Injuneered

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"Injuneered by W. C. Tuttle" is a humorous Western short story written in the early 20th century. Set in and around the frontier town of Piperock, it spins a comic tangle of poker, pride, and pandemonium when a showy visitor arrives with a makeshift circus. The story pokes fun at small-town rivalries and swindles, centering on a menagerie—elephant, lion, tiger, and calliope—that turns the West into a slapstick carnival. The narrator, Ike Harper, and his friend Dirty Shirt Jones watch Chief Axlegrease, an oil-rich show-off, roll into Piperock with wagons, a family, a calliope-playing Swede, and caged beasts. Local scamp Runnin’ Wolf cheats him in a midnight poker game and wins the whole outfit, only to sell it on to their rivals from Yaller Horse.