Excerpt from The Boy From Missouri Valley We waxed reckless and sent the money - more than that, we sent a twenty-dollar bill. We plunged! (i In just a week the investment arrived. He did not advise when he would come, Or how. He came, we saw, he conquered. Why should he advise Of his coming? He just reported, and his first words were the Duke's motto: I am here. He was unnecessarily freckled and curiously small. His legs had the Greek curve, from much horse back riding, herding cattle on the prairies; his hair was the color of a Tamworth pig; his hands were red; his wrists bony and briar-scarred. He carried his shoes in his hands, so as not to wear out the sidewalk, Or because they aggravated sundry stone bruises - l don't know which. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.