BEING THE CHRONICLES OF THE REVEREND
JOHN CARMICHAEL, OF WYOMING, U.S.A.,
AS SET FORTH AND EMBELLISHED BY
HIS FRIEND AND ADMIRER
HAPPY HAWKINS
AND HERE RECORDED BY
ROBERT ALEXANDER WASON
AUTHOR OF
HAPPY HAWKINS,
THE KNIGHT-ERRANT, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
STANLEY L. WOOD
NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1912
By Small, Maynard and Company
(Incorporated)
Entered at Stationers’ Hall
Published, September 7, 1912;
Sixth edition, November, 1912
Many there are who respond to the commonplace, monotonous call of
Duty, and year after year uncomplainingly spend their lives on the
treadmill of Routine; but who still feel in their hearts the call of
the open road, the music of the stars, the wine of the western wind,
and the thrilling abandon of a mad gallop out beyond speed limits and
grass signs to where life has ceased to be a series of cogs and—a man
is still a man.
To the members of this fraternity, whose emblem, hidden behind deep
and steadfast eyes, is often missed by man, but always recognized by
dogs and horses, I dedicate this book, in the hope that for an hour or
two it may lift the pressure a little.