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Title: Happy Hawkins

Author: Robert Alexander Wason

Posting Date: May 13, 2009 [EBook #3705]
Release Date: February, 2003
First Posted: July 29, 2001

Language: English

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Happy Hawkins

by

Robert Alexander Wason

TO

MY OLD PAL

CONTENTS

I THE DIAMOND DOT
II CONVINCING A COOK
III UNDER FIRE
IV PROFESSIONAL DUTY
V JUST MONODY--A MAN
VI THE RACE
VII MENTAL TREATMENT FOR A BROKEN LEG
VIII THE LETTER
IX ADRIFT AGAIN
X A WINTER AT SLOCUM'S LUCK
XI DRESS REFORM AT THE DIAMOND DOT
XII THE LASSOO DUEL
XIII BUSINESS IS BUSINESS
XIV THE CHINESE QUESTION
XV THE DIAMOND DOT AGAIN
XVI THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMAN
XVII IN RETIREMENT
XVIII CUPID
XIX BARBIE MAKES A DISCOVERY
XX RICHARD WHITTINGTON ARRIVES
XXI HAPPY MAKES A DISCOVERY
XXII A FRIENDLY GAME
XXIII CAST STEEL
XXIV FEMININE LOGIC
XXV THE WAYS OF WOMANKIND
XXVI A MODERN KNIGHT-ERRANT
XXVII THE CREOLE BELLE
XXVIII THE DAY OF THE WEDDING
XXIX THE FINAL RECKONING
XXX THE AFTERGLOW

CHAPTER ONE

THE DIAMOND DOT

I wasn't really a Westerner an' that's why I'm so different from most
of 'em. Take your regular bonie fide Westerner an' when he dies he
don't turn to dust, he turns to alkali; but when it comes my turn to
settle, I'll jest natchely become the good rich soil o' the Indiana
cornbelt.

I was born in Indiana and I never left it till after I was ten years
old. That's about the time boys generally start out to hunt Injuns; but
I kept on goin' till I found mine--but I didn't kill him--nor him me
neither, as far as that goes.

I allus did have the misfortune o' gettin' hungry at the most
inconvenient times, an' after I 'd been gone about two weeks I got
quite powerful hungry, so I natchely got a job wai