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"'Well,' says she, 'we never played anything for pikers, did we, dad?'"

THE MAN NEXT DOOR

BY

EMERSON HOUGH

Author of
THE COVERED WAGON, NORTH OF 36, Etc.

Illustrated by
WILL GREFÉ

New York
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1917, by EMERSON HOUGH
Copyright, 1916, by THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY

TO THE MEN WITH WHOM I RODE
IN THE OLD DAYS

CONTENTS

I - How Come Us to Move
II - Where We Threw In
III - Us Living in Town
IV - Us and Christmas Eve
V - Us and the Home Ranch
VI - Us and Them Better Thing
VII - What Their Hired Man Done
VIII - How Old Man Wright Done Business
IX - Us and Their Fence
X - Us Being Alderman
XI - Us and the Freeze-Out
XII - Us and a Accidental Friend
XIII - Them and the Range Law
XIV - How Their Hired Man Come Back
XV - The Commandment That Was Broke
XVI - How I Was Foreman
XVII - Him and the Front Door
XVIII - How Tom Stacked Up
XIX - Them and Bonnie Bell
XX - What Our William Done
XXI - Her Pa's Way of Thinking
XXII - Me and Their Line Fence
XXIII - Tom and Her
XXIV - How Bonnie Bell Left Us All
XXV - Me and Them
XXVI - How I Went Back
XXVII - How I Quit Old Man Wright
XXVIII - The Hole in the Wall
XXIX - How the Game Broke
XXX - How It Come Out After All

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"'Well,' says she, 'we never played anything for pikers, did we, dad?'"
"'Well,' says he, 'our dog is more of a trench fighter.'"
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