Bill Nye and BoomerangTHE CLUB-FOOTED LOVER OF PIUTE PASS.Reading editionChapter navigation127 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…BILL NYE AND BOOMERANG;MY MULE BOOMERANG,THE APOLOGY.OSTROPHE TO AN ORPHAN MULE.A MINERS' MEETING—MY MINE—A MIRAGE ON E PLAINS.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVSAD MEMORIES OF THE DEAD YEAR.LETTER FROM PARIS.PREHISTORIC CROCKERY.SUGGESTION'S FOR A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.THE FRAGRANT MORMON.RECOLLECTIONS OF THE OPERA.A SUNNY LITTLE INCIDENT.HE REWARDED HER.THE MODERN PARLOR STOVE.REMARKS TO ORIGINATORS.QUEERSIC SEMPER GLORIA HOUSEPLANT.HOW TO TELL.BIOGRAPHY OF COLOROW.DIARY OF A SAUCY YOUNG THING.KILLING OFF THE JAMES' BOYS.A RELIC.SOME REASONS WHY I CAN'T BE AN INDIAN AGENT.THE PICNIC SNOOZER'S LAMENT.BILLIOUS NYE AND BOOMERANG IN THE GOLD MINES.TWO GREAT MEN.DIRTY MURPHY.A ROCKY MOUNTAIN SUNSET.THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BUMBLE-BEE.DRAWBACKS OF PUBLIC LIFE.THE GLAD, FREE LIFE OF THE MINER.SOME THOUGHTS OF CHILDHOOD.THE NEW ADJUSTABLE CAMPAIGN SONG.SITTING ON ON A VENERABLE JOKE.A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE.MYSELF, DR. TALMAGE, AND OTHER DIVINES.FINE-CUT AS A MEANS OF GRACE.THE WEATHER AND SOME OTHER THINGS.THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD.THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON.THE INDIAN AND THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL.THE MUSE.SHOEING A BRONCO.Chapter I · —PUMPKIN JIM.Chapter II · —GERALDINE CARBOLINE O'TOOLE.Chapter III · —STARTLING REVELATIONS.Chapter IV · —ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.WILLIAM NYE AND THE HEATHEN CHINEE.HONG LEE'S GRAND BENEFIT AT LEADVILLE.YOU FOU.Chapter I · —A TALE OF LOVE AND PARENTAL CUSSEDNESS.Chapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVSPEECH OF SPARTACTUS.CORRESPONDENCE.HE WENT OUT WEST FOR HIS HEALTH.A QUIET LITTLE WEDDING WITHOUT ANY FRILLSTHOUGHTS ON SPRINGTHE SAME OLD THING.THE VETERAN WHO DIED WHILE GETTING HIS PENSION.GINGERBREAD POEMS AND COLD PICKLED FACTS.ORIGIN OF BEAUTIFUL SNOW,UTE ELOQUENCE.THE AGED INDIAN'S LAMENT.HOW A MINING STAMPEDE BREAKS OUT.THE GREAT ROCKY MOUNTAIN REUNION OF YALLER DOGS.WHAT WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE HAS DONE FOR WYOMING.PORTUGUESE WITHOUT A MASTER.THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOG.THE BUCKNESS WHEREWITH THE BUCK BEER BUCKETH.BILLIOUS NYE AND THE AMATEUR STAGE.A JOURNALISTIC CORRECTION.THOUGHTS ON MARRIAGE.A UTE PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION.THE CLUB-FOOTED LOVER OF PIUTE PASS.CHAPTER THE FIRST.CHAPTER THE TWICE.CHAPTER THREE TIMES.CHAPTER FOUR TIMES.THE AUTOMATIC LIARSOME POSTOFFICE FIENDS.AGRICULTURE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7500 FEET.THE GENTLE YOUTH FROM LEADVILLE.A SNIDE JOURNALIST.HE WAS BLIND.THOUGHTS OF THE MELLOW PREVIOUSLY.MY TOMBSTONE MINE.BANKRUPT SALE OF A CIRCUS.GREELEY VERSUS VALLEY TAN.THE ETERNAL FITNESS OF THINGS.THEY UNANIMOUSLY AROSE AND HUNG HIM.RHETORIC VS. WOODTICK.THE MODEL WIFE.SOME OVERLAND TOURISTS.CATCHING MOUNTAIN TROUT AT AN ELEVATION OF 8000 FEET.TROUT FISHING.HOME-MADE INDIAN RELICS.THE PREVIOUS REPORTER.THE PEACE COMMISSION.SOME ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.THE CROW INDIAN AND HIS CAWS.THE NUPTIALS OP DANGEROUS DAVIS.THE HOLIDAY HOG.SOME CENSUS CONUNDRUMS.THE GENTLE POWER OF A WOMAN'S INFLUENCE.THE NATIVE INBORN SHIFTLESSNESS OF THE PRAIRIE DOGS.ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.THE SECRET OF GARFIELD'S ELECTION.PERILS OF THE BUTTERNUT PICKER.A WORD OR TWO ABOUT THE SWALLOW.LAUGHING SAM.THE CALAMITY JANE CONSOLIDATED.THE NOCTURNAL COW.THE RELENTLESS GARDEN HOSE.A WAIL.THE GREAT, HORRID MAN RECEIVETH NEW YEAR CALLS.JUST THE THING.THANKS.AN ANTI-MORMON TOWN.A CHRISTMAS RIDE IN JULY.EXAMINING THE BRAND ON A FROZEN STEER.ONION PEELIN'S.Previous chapter ←A UTE PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION.Next chapter →CHAPTER THE FIRST.All chapters and sections (127)Other sectionsBILL NYE AND BOOMERANG;MY MULE BOOMERANG,THE APOLOGY.OSTROPHE TO AN ORPHAN MULE.A MINERS' MEETING—MY MINE—A MIRAGE ON E PLAINS.Chapters1234Other sectionsSAD MEMORIES OF THE DEAD YEAR.LETTER FROM PARIS.PREHISTORIC CROCKERY.SUGGESTION'S FOR A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.THE FRAGRANT MORMON.RECOLLECTIONS OF THE OPERA.A SUNNY LITTLE INCIDENT.HE REWARDED HER.THE MODERN PARLOR STOVE.REMARKS TO ORIGINATORS.QUEERSIC SEMPER GLORIA HOUSEPLANT.HOW TO TELL.BIOGRAPHY OF COLOROW.DIARY OF A SAUCY YOUNG THING.KILLING OFF THE JAMES' BOYS.A RELIC.SOME REASONS WHY I CAN'T BE AN INDIAN AGENT.THE PICNIC SNOOZER'S LAMENT.BILLIOUS NYE AND BOOMERANG IN THE GOLD MINES.TWO GREAT MEN.DIRTY MURPHY.A ROCKY MOUNTAIN SUNSET.THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BUMBLE-BEE.DRAWBACKS OF PUBLIC LIFE.THE GLAD, FREE LIFE OF THE MINER.SOME THOUGHTS OF CHILDHOOD.THE NEW ADJUSTABLE CAMPAIGN SONG.SITTING ON ON A VENERABLE JOKE.A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE.MYSELF, DR. TALMAGE, AND OTHER DIVINES.FINE-CUT AS A MEANS OF GRACE.THE WEATHER AND SOME OTHER THINGS.THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD.THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON.THE INDIAN AND THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL.THE MUSE.SHOEING A BRONCO.Chapters1234Other sectionsWILLIAM NYE AND THE HEATHEN CHINEE.HONG LEE'S GRAND BENEFIT AT LEADVILLE.YOU FOU.Chapters1234Other sectionsSPEECH OF SPARTACTUS.CORRESPONDENCE.HE WENT OUT WEST FOR HIS HEALTH.A QUIET LITTLE WEDDING WITHOUT ANY FRILLSTHOUGHTS ON SPRINGTHE SAME OLD THING.THE VETERAN WHO DIED WHILE GETTING HIS PENSION.GINGERBREAD POEMS AND COLD PICKLED FACTS.ORIGIN OF BEAUTIFUL SNOW,UTE ELOQUENCE.THE AGED INDIAN'S LAMENT.HOW A MINING STAMPEDE BREAKS OUT.THE GREAT ROCKY MOUNTAIN REUNION OF YALLER DOGS.WHAT WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE HAS DONE FOR WYOMING.PORTUGUESE WITHOUT A MASTER.THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOG.THE BUCKNESS WHEREWITH THE BUCK BEER BUCKETH.BILLIOUS NYE AND THE AMATEUR STAGE.A JOURNALISTIC CORRECTION.THOUGHTS ON MARRIAGE.A UTE PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION.THE CLUB-FOOTED LOVER OF PIUTE PASS.CHAPTER THE FIRST.CHAPTER THE TWICE.Chapters34Other sectionsTHE AUTOMATIC LIARSOME POSTOFFICE FIENDS.AGRICULTURE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7500 FEET.THE GENTLE YOUTH FROM LEADVILLE.A SNIDE JOURNALIST.HE WAS BLIND.THOUGHTS OF THE MELLOW PREVIOUSLY.MY TOMBSTONE MINE.BANKRUPT SALE OF A CIRCUS.GREELEY VERSUS VALLEY TAN.THE ETERNAL FITNESS OF THINGS.THEY UNANIMOUSLY AROSE AND HUNG HIM.RHETORIC VS. WOODTICK.THE MODEL WIFE.SOME OVERLAND TOURISTS.CATCHING MOUNTAIN TROUT AT AN ELEVATION OF 8000 FEET.TROUT FISHING.HOME-MADE INDIAN RELICS.THE PREVIOUS REPORTER.THE PEACE COMMISSION.SOME ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.THE CROW INDIAN AND HIS CAWS.THE NUPTIALS OP DANGEROUS DAVIS.THE HOLIDAY HOG.SOME CENSUS CONUNDRUMS.THE GENTLE POWER OF A WOMAN'S INFLUENCE.THE NATIVE INBORN SHIFTLESSNESS OF THE PRAIRIE DOGS.ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.THE SECRET OF GARFIELD'S ELECTION.PERILS OF THE BUTTERNUT PICKER.A WORD OR TWO ABOUT THE SWALLOW.LAUGHING SAM.THE CALAMITY JANE CONSOLIDATED.THE NOCTURNAL COW.THE RELENTLESS GARDEN HOSE.A WAIL.THE GREAT, HORRID MAN RECEIVETH NEW YEAR CALLS.JUST THE THING.THANKS.AN ANTI-MORMON TOWN.A CHRISTMAS RIDE IN JULY.EXAMINING THE BRAND ON A FROZEN STEER.ONION PEELIN'S.A TALE OF LOVE AND COLD PIZEN.← A UTE PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION.CHAPTER THE FIRST. →