X. _Where They Dance with Snakes_ 104

XI. _The Terrible Badger Fight_ 121

XII. _Grand Canyon Ups and Downs_ 131

XIII. _Sisters under the Skin_ 147

XIV. _The Passing Show_ 158

XV. _Fools, Flood, and Dynamite_ 170




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_Chapter I: "OUT IN ARIZONA, WHERE THE BAD MEN ARE"_


"So you think you'd like to work in the Park Office at Grand Canyon?"

"Sure!" "Where is Grand Canyon?" I asked as an afterthought.

I knew just that little about the most spectacular chasm in the world,
when I applied for an appointment there as a Government worker.

Our train pulled into the rustic station in the wee small hours, and
soon I had my first glimpse of the Canyon. Bathed in cold moonlight, the