Plain Mary Smith
A Romance of Red Saunders
By Henry Wallace Phillips
With Illustrations
By Martin Justice
New York
The Century Co.
1905
Copyright, 1905, by
The Century Co.
Copyright, 1905, by
Frank Leslie Publishing House
(Incorporated)
Published October, 1905
THE DE VINNE PRESS
"I grabbed cans of tomatoes, and pasted the heap"
CONTENTS
I. "But wasn't it a Gorgeous Smash!"
II. "The Village Pride"
III. Sandy Gray
IV. The Fight
V. "On my Bureau was a Knife—"
VI. "I'm Mary Smith"
VII. "Save me, Arthur!"
VIII. Archie out of Aspinwall
IX. Enter Brother Belknap
X. "Your Life, if You Hurt Him!"
XI. Saxton's Story
XII. Bill Meets a Relative
XIII. Red Makes a Few Remarks
XIV. Brother Belknap's Revolution
XV. Tomatoes by the Quart
XVI. Red Plays Trumps
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"I grabbed cans of tomatoes, and pasted the heap"
"'You git married and shuck them clothes'"
"I left home ... mother and father both waving me good-by in the road"
"The Matilda saw a whale, or something, and shied"
"He grabbed up his wooden box and made a miracle"
"'Still wearing your legs cut short, I see'"
"I laid two strong hands on Archie's mane"
"I crowded my victim down against the saddle with my left hand"
PLAIN MARY SMITH
A ROMANCE OF RED SAUNDERS
I
"BUT WASN'T IT A GORGEOUS SMASH!"
Old Foster used to say the reason some women married men they entirelyshould not was because nature tried to even up all round. Very likelythat's it, but it's a rocky scheme for the Little Results. When mymother married my father, it was the wonder of the