_1910, by_ G.W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY.




_The Happy Family_.




To B.W.V.


_"... met the Ananias of the cow camp. I have knocked about cow
camps, mining camps, railroad and telegraph camps, and kicked
up alkali dust for many a weary mile on the desert. Yet
wherever I went I never failed to meet him. He is part and
parcel of every outfit.... He is indispensable, irresistible,
and incorrigible; and while in but few cases can he be held a
thing of beauty, he is certainly a joy forever--at least to
those who have known his type with some degree of
understanding...."_

From a letter.




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