Selfish............................. 20 Song, A............................. 33 Sorrow Tugs, The.................... 40 Spring in the Trenches.............. 44 States, The......................... 160 Story Telling....................... 64 Stuck............................... 166 Success and Failure................. 77 Sugar Camp, At...................... 26 Sulkers, The........................ 92 Take Home a Smile................... 71 Thanksgiving........................ 98 Things That Haven't Been Done Before 172 Things That Make Soldier Great, The. 114 Toast to Happiness, A............... 146 To-morrow........................... 120 Treasures........................... 144 True Nobility....................... 91 Understanding....................... 150 Under the Skin of Men............... 163 Vow, A.............................. 143 Wish, A............................. 16 What a Baby Costs................... 18 When Father Shook the Stove......... 154 When Pa Comes Home.................. 138 When Pa Counts...................... 108 When You Know a Fellow.............. 11 INDEX OF FIRST LINES A man doesn't whine at his losses............. 142 A man must earn his hour of peace............. 109 Are you fond of your wife and your children... 57 As fall the leaves, so drop the days.......... 188 A smudge on his nose and a smear on his cheek....................................... 13 A table cloth that slightly soiled............ 118 A touch of the plain and the prairie.......... 96 At Sugar Camp the cook is kind................ 26 Be a friend. You don't need money............. 97 Before we take an auto ride Pa says to Ma..... 22 Be grateful for the kindly friends............ 179 Be more than his dad.......................... 128 Can't is the worst word that's written........ 52 Cheek that is tanned by the wind of the north. 59 Courage isn't a brilliant dash................ 72 Did you ever sit down and talk with men....... 163 Does the grouch get richer quicker............ 14 Foxes can talk if you know how to listen...... 80 Full many a time a thought has come........... 103 Gentle hands that never weary................. 140 God grant me kindly thought................... 121 He little knew the sorrow that was in his vacant chair................................ 24 He spent what he made, or he gave it away..... 124 He was going to be all that a mortal should... 120 He wiped his shoes before his door............ 132 How do you tackle your work each day.......... 62 How fine it is at night to say................ 164 "How much do babies cost?" said he............ 18