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Title: Twenty Years of Hus'ling

Author: J. P. Johnston

Illustrator: Denslow

Release Date: April 18, 2008 [EBook #25087]

Language: English

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Twenty Years of Hus'ling

BY

J. P. JOHNSTON,

AUTHOR OF
"THE AUCTIONEER'S GUIDE."

PORTRAYING THE PECULIAR INCIDENTS, COMIC SITUATIONS, FAILURES AND
SUCCESSES OF A MAN WHO TRIES ALMOST EVERY KIND OF BUSINESS AND FINALLY
WINS.

_FORTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS_

BY

DENSLOW

THOMPSON & THOMAS
CHICAGO
1902

COPYRIGHT, 1887,
BY J. P. JOHNSTON.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

COPYRIGHT, 1900,
BY THOMPSON & THOMAS.

TO THE "HUS'LERS" OF AMERICA, OR THOSE WHO ARE DETERMINED
IN THEIR EFFORTS TO STRIKE FOR INDEPENDENCE
AND SECURE SUCCESS BY ENERGY, PERSISTENCY,
AND HONESTY OF PURPOSE, I RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATE THIS VOLUME.

MY APOLOGY.

After finishing all that I had intended for publication in my book
entitled "THE AUCTIONEER'S GUIDE," I was advised by a few of my most
intimate friends to add a sketch of my own life to illustrate what had
been set forth in its pages.

This for the sole purpose of stimulating those who may have been for
years "pulling hard against the stream," unable, perhaps, to ascertain
where they properly belong, and possibly on the verge of giving up all
hope, because of failure, after making repeated honest efforts to
succeed.

The sketch when prepared proved of such magnitude that it was deemed
advisable to make it a separate volume. Hence, the "TWENTY YEARS OF
HUS'LING."

J. P. JOHNSTON.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Date and place of birth--My Mother's second marriage--A kind
step-father--Raising a flock of sheep from a pet lamb--An established
reputation--Anxious to speculate--Frequent combats at home--How I
conquered a foe--