Chapter I: Front Matter

PECK'S BAD BOY WITH THE COWBOYS

By George W. Peck.

Author of Peck's Bad Boy Abroad, Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus, etc.

Relating the Amusing Experiences and Laughable Incidents of this Strenuous American Boy and his Pa while among the Cowboys and Indians in the Far West. Exciting Hunts and Adventures mingled with Humorous Situations and Laugh Provoking Events.

Fully Illustrated

Chicago

John R. Stanton Co.

Publishers

Copyright 1905

By Joseph B. Bowles

Copyright 1906

By Joseph B. Bowles

Copyright 1907

By Thompson & Thomas

Made In U. S. A.

ILLUSTRATIONS (not available in this file)

“Got Any Trailing Dogs?” Frontispiece

Pa Kicked the Dog

The Grizzly Looked as Big as a Brewery Horse

They Gave Pa Three Cheers

The Squaws Seemed to be Worshipping Pa

The Horse Stumbled, Throwing Pa Over His Head and Killing the Wolf

He Looked Like Moonlight on the Lake

The Chiefs Knees Knocked Together

Pa Only Touched the High Places

A Boy Dinosaurus Reached Out His Neck and Picked Up a Steer

We Were Captured by the Curry's Gang

Pa Told Them About the Wave of Reform

Say to the Engineer--“Charley, Turn Her Off and Stop Her”

One Day the Robbers Came Back From a Raid With Piles of Greenbacks

Drank to the Health of Their Distinguished Guest

The Robbers Guided Us in the Dark Through the Valley

The Pony Tossed Pa in the Air

Pa Swung His Ax Handle

Pa Was Alive to His Danger

The Buffaloes Licked Pa's Bald Head--Pa Began to Pray

A Couple of Bouncers Took Pa by the Elbows and Fired Him Out

“Dog Does Kinder Act as Though He Had Something on His Mind”

“Jerusalem, But You Are a Sight,” Said the Old Groceryman

Dad Said, “Good Shot, Hennery”

“It Rained Bananas and the Dago Came Down on His Head”

“The Farmer Had Grabbed Hold of a Wire Sign Across the Street”

“Hennery, This Attempt on Your Part to Murder Me Was Not the Success You Expected”

“Dad Sat in the Parlor With a Widow Until the Porter Had to Tell Him to Cut it Out”

“I Got a Gambler to Look Cross at Dad”

“Dad Was Up On a Limb and the Wild Animals Were Jumping Up to Eat His Shoes”

“Hennery, I Feel as Though Your Dad Was Not Long For This World”

Dad Among the Cowboys

“Dad Began to Pose as a Regular Old Rough Rider”

Dad On a Bucking Broncho

“That's a Prairie Dog From Texas”

“Dad Heard Something at Night and Rose Up in Bed”

“Dad Stepped On My Prairie Dog and Yelled Murder”

“We Left Under Escort of the Police”

“Arrest That Boy With the Rattlesnake,” Said the Groceryman

“Each Oyster Was As Big As a Pie Plate”

Landed With His Head in a Basket of Strictly Fresh Eggs

“You Ought to Have Seen Dad's Short Legs Carry Him to a Tree”

“Studied the Bears for Awhile and Let Dad Yell for the Police”

Come to Present Arms

When the Fireworks Went Off in the Grocery

“Dad Said if Rockefeller Could Raise Hair by the Sunshine Method, He Could”