Shorty's Yarns: Western Stories and Poems of Bruce Kiskaddon

Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations & Poems......Page 8
Introduction ~ An Uncommon Waddy......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 22
A Note on the Text......Page 23
After the Fall Roundup......Page 24
1 Autobiography......Page 26
Startin\' Out......Page 30
Rough Hands......Page 32
Hair Cuttin\'......Page 33
Wolves......Page 34
Reptiles......Page 35
Old Time Country School Days......Page 36
The Traveling School Master......Page 37
It Was a Draw!......Page 38
The Cow Boy\'s Shirt Tail......Page 40
Concernin’ Bill......Page 42
Bill’s Injun Trouble......Page 43
Bill Meets a Funeral......Page 44
Bill Doctors the Chimleys......Page 46
City Folks Go Bear Huntin’......Page 48
Bill Plays Ghost......Page 49
That Letter......Page 52
Bill’s Joke Goes Wrong......Page 54
Bill Has Luck......Page 55
Bill Goes to Turkey Creek Dance......Page 57
Bill Takes the Mules to Pre[a]chin’......Page 59
The Preacher Loses His Team......Page 60
Bill Leaves for the High Country......Page 62
Shorty Is Bill’s Secretary......Page 63
Going to Summer Camp......Page 66
Bill Turns Pugilist......Page 68
Bill Does a Fan Dance......Page 70
Bill Buys Some Medicine......Page 72
Bill Visits a Married Friend......Page 74
The Rock Creek Dance......Page 77
Bill and the Medicine Man Get Quarantined......Page 79
Bill Adjusts Matrimonial Affairs......Page 80
Bill Has Trouble......Page 82
Bill Says Goodbye......Page 84
Ridin\' School......Page 88
Introducing the Professor......Page 90
Rildy Brings the Portfolio......Page 92
The Second Perfessor Arrives......Page 94
Zeb Loses a Trick......Page 96
Rildy and Zeb Have a Date......Page 98
Shorty Rescues the Second Perfessor......Page 100
The Perfessor Buys a Horse . . . and a Dog......Page 102
Eph and the Perfessor Says Good Bye......Page 104
Shorty Turns Diplomat......Page 106
Shorty’s Boss Buys a Mule Team......Page 108
Thinkin\'......Page 112
Shorty Goes Home for Armistice Day......Page 114
Shorty Finishes His Visit......Page 117
All Dressed Up......Page 120
Shorty Meets Some Missourians......Page 122
Shorty Meets a Fool for Luck......Page 123
Shorty Hears Ike Analyse Words......Page 125
The Boss Buys a Mare......Page 127
He Was After a Road Runner......Page 129
Shorty and Ike Meet the Boss’s Nephews......Page 131
The Other Feller\'s Beef......Page 134
Shorty Corrects a Mistake......Page 136
The Fortune Teller Sends Ike Fishing......Page 138
Ike Has Trouble With His Hat......Page 141
Ike Meets a Romance......Page 143
Cap’n Beasley Goes in for Cattle......Page 145
Stockings and Watches......Page 148
The Wrangler......Page 152
Ricky Comes and Goes......Page 154
Cap Takes to Mules......Page 157
Squint Comes and Goes......Page 159
Cap and Morton Each Tell One......Page 163
Stickin’ to One Idee......Page 165
Hell Among the Yearlin’s......Page 167
Ike Gets a New Job......Page 171
The Old Timers......Page 174
Shorty’s Boss Buys Purebred Bulls......Page 176
Bruce Kiskaddon Visits Old Friends in Arizona......Page 178
Afterword for the City Dweller ~ The Old Night Hawk......Page 181
Notes......Page 186