Twenty Years of Hus'ling

CHAPTER I. Date and place of birth--My Mother's second marriage--A kind step-father--Raising a flock of sheep from a pet lamb--An established reputation--Anxious to speculate--Frequent combats at home--How I conquered a foe--What a phrenologist said--A reconciliation--Breaking steers--Mysterious disappearance of a new fence--My confession--My trip to New York--The transformation scene--My retur...