Lady Luck

by Hugh Wiley

Lady Luck establishes Hugh Wiley as a humorist second to none -- it tells of the pursuit of Lady Luck by the Wildcat and his mascot goat over the trail of adventure that leads them to the Pacific coast, before they finally get a firm clutch of Lady Luck's tail feathers. Milestones of laughter mark the Wildcat's trail.

Excerpt from Lady Luck
Ah wuz a fiel' han' fo' Ah sailed de sea,
Wlisht Ah Wuz a fiel' han' now.
Dis konk'rin' hero business don' make no hit wid me -
Wisht Ah wuz a fiel' han' now.
"Gimme back a nickel! How come coffee ten cents? Gimme back at nickel befo bofe ob us is on de same side ob de lunch counter."
"You an a policeman, you means. Cam yo'se'f. If dis wah keeps up, coffee g'wine cost fifteen cents nex' week."
"How come wah? Wah finished a yeah back.
Me an' Cap'n Jack wuz de fust men in de wah. Wah's done. Ah knows. Gimme back' at nickel."
"Mebbe de wah? is done, but de Democrats ain't. Git out ob heah wid dat goat, fo' you ruins mah trade."
The Wildcat picked up Captain Jack's bed-roll from the floor beside the lunch counter in the Memphis station.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1921