Last Grand Adventure

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Howard Ph.D West. Last Grand Adventure

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER TWENTY

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

CHAPTER THIRTY

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

CHAPTER FORTY

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

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Women will often approach our covered wagon that my wife Carol and I travel through the desert southwest in, look up to my wife perched on the seat and say to her, "I admire you, that's a pretty brave way to travel!" My wife, Christmas Carol, always replies, "I couldn't do it without the constant help of God; He makes it easy for me." The women usually rejoin, "I'm sure they are a big help. But, I still think it's pretty brave!"

Sometimes Carol is brave and sometimes she isn’t. I know that no man ever fully understands his wife, and I never did, but I aim to explain what I observe about mine so that right from the beginning of this story you can begin to know my peculiar traveling companion.

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I was determined to make the needed miles before we quit for the day and all the stops were hindering us so I handed Carol those six leather ribbons that she's afraid to hold, hooked a lead rope to our left-hand leader and led out, running the gauntlet of tourists by ignoring all I could and keeping my head down with my hat pulled over my face.

It was thus that Bob Cleveland (the friend of Bob Cornelius who had sold us two sets of harness) found me; trudging along with my head down and the lead rope in my hand. Being a teamster himself he didn't hesitate to offer advice, "Hey West," he called "Don't you know you're supposed to be driving those burros, not leading them!"

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