Twenty Years of Hus'ling
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J. P. Johnston. Twenty Years of Hus'ling
Twenty Years of Hus'ling
Table of Contents
MY APOLOGY
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I
OFF FOR NEW YORK.—PAGE 31
ARRIVING AT NEW YORK.—PAGE 31
RETURNING HOME FROM NEW YORK.—PAGE 34
CHAPTER II
SEE 'ER GO! SEE 'ER GO! THE CRAZY OLD FOOL, SEE 'ER GO.—PAGE 39
CHAPTER III
THE EGG DISASTER.—PAGE 50
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
"BUT YOU MUST ADD THAT CLAUSE." "OH, NO, I GUESS I MUST NOT."—PAGE 68
CHAPTER VI
WILL REMOVE TAR, PITCH, PAINT, OIL OR VARNISH FROM YOUR CLOTHING—PAGE 76
CHAPTER VII
ELEVEN DAYS FOR ELEVEN DOLLARS.—PAGE 81
CHAPTER VIII
THIS, MADAM, IS THE STEREOSCOPIC LENS.—PAGE 101
CHAPTER IX
THOSE KIND COST ME $10.00 PER DOZ.—PAGE 111
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
A DUSTY JOB A SURE SALE
"AS YE SOW SO SHALL YE REAP."—PAGE 140
CHAPTER XII
DEVOE, JOHNSTON & CO., HORSE TRAINERS.—PAGE 153
CHAPTER XIII
EASILY PERSUADED.—PAGE 176
CHAPTER XIV
HEAVENS AND EARTH! FRANK; WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW?—PAGE 193
CHAPTER XV
A WILY DETECTIVE ON THE WRONG SCENT
THE WILY DETECTIVE'S RETURN TO THE HOTEL
CHAPTER XVI
A "KICKER AND SQUEALER."
A FOUR MILE CHASE.—PAGE 234
CHAPTER XVII
"STOP THAT MAN! STOP THAT MAN."
CHAPTER XVIII
"BY GRACIOUS, I'M JUST IN TIME, FOR ONCE."
CHAPTER XIX
GOOD DAY, DOCTHER, DARLINT! GOOD DAY.—PAGE 293
MADAM, THE DRUM OF YOUR RIGHT EAR IS ALMOST ENTIRELY DESTROYED.—PAGE 297
CHAPTER XX
HERE, WAITER, BRING ME ANOTHER BEAN.—PAGE 312
THE DOCTOR A "STAR" BOARDER
DUTCHY AS CHAMBERMAID.—PAGE 321
CHAPTER XXI
THE DR. AND HIS CROSS-EYED GIRL.—PAGE 351
CHAPTER XXII
THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SITUATION.—PAGE 388
MY FIRST AUCTION SALE AT BLISSFIELD MICH.—PAGE 398
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
OUR NEAT, NICE, TIDY BOARDING HOUSE AT KANSAS CITY, MO.—PAGE 416
A BADLY MIXED POLITICAL SPEECH NEAR CRESTLINE, O.—PAGE 438
CHAPTER XXV
MY FIRST SALE AS PROPRIETOR AND AUCTIONEER AT REPUBLIC, OHIO.—PAGE 445
A SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL OPERATION.—PAGE 454
CHAPTER XXVI
A PROFITABLE HORSE TRADE—PAGE 476
CHAPTER XXVII
THREE DAYS CO-PARTNERSHIP WITH A SIDE SHOW.—PAGE 483
A NOVEL TURN-OUT—PAGE 490
CHAPTER XXVIII
EXHIBITING A PHONOGRAPH NEAR ELKHART, IND.—PAGE 505
CHAPTER XXIX
MY UNIQUE CONVEYANCE IN THE MINING AND LUMBER CAMP.—PAGE 523
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
A COLLAPSE NEAR BRAINERD, MINN.—PAGE 557
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
DECIDING A HORSE TRADE.—PAGE 606
CHAPTER XXXIV
TRAVELING BY TANDEM TEAM.—PAGE 624
"MR. JOHNSTON, DARE I TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW?"—PAGE 635
SPIN ON THE BOULEVARD WITH MR. KEEFER
OH WELL, YOU GET SHAVED ACROSS THE STREET, ETC.—PAGE 656
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J. P. Johnston
Published by Good Press, 2019
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He also said, that after I had attended school eight years there, he would give me my choice of three things; to graduate at West Point, learn the jewelry business, or be a preacher.
When this letter was read aloud by my mother, in the presence of the family and a couple of neighbor boys, who had called that evening, it created a great deal of laughter.
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