Mr. Scraggs

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Mr. Scraggs, by Henry Wallace PhillipsThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Mr. ScraggsAuthor: Henry Wallace PhillipsRelease Date: April 29, 2004 [EBook #12197]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MR. SCRAGGS ***Produced by Al HainesMR. SCRAGGSINTRODUCED BY RED SAUNDERSByHENRY WALLACE PHILLIPSAuthor of "Red Saunders," "Plain Mary Smith," etc.THE GRAFTON PRESSPUBLISHERS NEW YORKCopyright, 1903, 1904, 1905, by The Curtis Publishing Co.Copyright, 1903, by S. S. McClure Co. Copyright, 1905, by TheGrafton PressPublished January, 1906 Second edition February, 1906CONTENTSI. BY PROXY II. IN THE TOILS III. ST. NICHOLAS SCRAGGS IV. THE SIEGE OF THE DRUG STORE V. THE MOURNFUL NUMBER VI. MR. SCRAGGSINTERVENES VII. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTHLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS"Made any other human countenance I ever see look like a nigger-minstrel show""He was disappointed in love—he had to be""Scraggsy looked like a forlorn hope lost in a fog""'Dearly beloved Brethren,' says I""Put up a high-grade article of cat-fight""You will talk to my ol' man like that, will you?""So we rode in, right cheerful""I was all over that Injun"MR. SCRAGGSINTRODUCED BY RED SAUNDERSBY PROXYI had met Mr. Scraggs, shaken him ...