Caleb Wright

A STORY OF THE WEST BY JOHN HABBERTON Author of "HELEN'S BABIES" "THE JERICHO ROAD" ETC. BOSTON LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Norwood, Mass.

CONTENTS

Chapter Page

I. Their Fortune 11

II. Taking Possession 25

III. Introduced 40

IV. Home-making 54

V. Business Ways 71

VI. The Unexpected 94

VII. An Active Partner 108

VIII. The Pork-house 124

IX. A Western Spectre 137

X. She wanted to know 150

XI. Caleb's Newest Project 163

XII. Deferred Hopes 177

XIII. Farmers' Ways 194

XIV. Fun with a Camera 211

XV. Cause and Effect 224

XVI. Decoration Day 242

XVII. Foreign Invasion 263

XVIII. The Tabby Party 281

XIX. Days in the Store 299

XX. Profit and Loss 316

XXI. Cupid and Corn-meal 332

XXII. Some Ways of the West 348

XXIII. After the Storm 366

XXIV. How it came about 381

XXV. Looking Ahead 406

XXVI. The Railway 428

XXVII. Conclusion 444