01782cam a2200265 4500 758163170 TxAuBib 19911211120000.0 761210s1901||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u (OCoLC)702089282 DLC IKM TxAuBib Orgain, Kate Alma. A waif from Texas [Book] : a collection of stories / Kate Alma Orgain. Austin, TX : B. C. Jones & co., printers, 1901. 3 p. l., 238 p. incl. front. (port.) : plates ; 21 cm. Illustrations on p. (4) of preliminary p., (3), (27), (53), (57), (67), (103), (108), (111), (131), (137), (157), (179), (187), (195), (217) and (221), some photographic and some signed by Western Studio or Success. The old settler's story -- The saloon that didn't stay -- Christmas in Texas -- A story of Ireland -- The woman with the hoe-in Texas -- The teacher of the log schoolhouse -- In the panhandle -- A boy -- A Texas norther -- Old Nelson -- Picnic in the panhandle -- The Red River plantation -- Commencement in Texas in the seventies -- A memory of Texas -- Change cars for Austin -- Parson Hall -- The railroad and the pug -- The negro old Abe's proclamation never reached -- The Irishman who didn't scare -- Eureka -- "If" -- Old Jack. 19911211. Texas Social life and customs Fiction. Short stories. Ben C. Jones & Co. Western Studio. RV8