The Texican

Dane Coolidge

CONTENTS

Title: The Texican

Author: Dane Coolidge

Language: English

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THE TEXICAN

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

HIDDEN WATER. With four illustrations in color by Maynard Dixon. Crown 8vo. $1.35 net.

A. C. McCLURG & CO., Publishers
CHICAGO

The calf was like its mother, but she, on account of her brand and ear-marks, held the entire attention of the Texan

[Chapter IV]

TO MY OLD FRIEND
DANE COOLIDGE
WHO HAS STAYED WITH ME THROUGH ALL MY TROUBLES
THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR

"Oh, out from old Missouri

I set me forth to roam

Indicted by a jury

For toling hawgs from home.

"With faithful Buck and Crowder

I crossed the Western plains

Then turned them loose in the Cow-Country

And waited for my gains.

"And now I'm called a Cattle King

With herds on many a stream—

And all from the natural increase

Of that faithful old ox-team."

The Song of Good-Eye.

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Transcriber's Note:

E-text prepared by Shaun Pinder, Christian Boissonnas,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
(http://www.pgdp.net)
from page images generously made available by
Internet Archive
(https://archive.org)