“PICKED UP SOME OF THE SHREDS”

[P. 150


THE MISSIONARY SHERIFF

BEING
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A PLAIN MAN
WHO TRIED TO DO HIS DUTY

BY
OCTAVE THANET

ILLUSTRATED BY
A. B. FROST AND CLIFFORD CARLETON

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1897

Copyright, 1897, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved.


CONTENTS

PAGE
THE MISSIONARY SHERIFF1
THE CABINET ORGAN51
HIS DUTY97
THE HYPNOTIST131
THE NEXT ROOM167
THE DEFEAT OF AMOS WICKLIFF217

ILLUSTRATIONS

“PICKED UP SOME OF THE SHREDS”Frontispiece
“TORE THE LETTER INTO PIECES”Facing p.20
THE THANKSGIVING BOX30
“SHE PAUSED BEFORE MRS. SMITH’S SECTION”46
“SHE LEANED HER SHABBY ELBOWS ON THE GATE”56
“‘SOMEBODY THREW THESE THINGS AT OUR WINDOW’”70
“‘NOW, BOYS, LET’S COME AND PLAY ON THE ORGAN’”74
“‘THEY HAVE ENGAGED ME’”94
“HARNED HID HIS FACE”116
“‘IT WON’T BE SUCH A BIG ONE IF THE DOOR HOLDS’”126
“‘SHE MUST LOOK AT IT’”...

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