PAGE INTRODUCTION xiii A BIBLE RIDDLE 3 CLOSED GATES 6 HIRING A COACHMAN 9 THE FIERCEST THING IN THE BIBLE 11 SACRIFICE HITS 13 THE LIBERTY OF OBEDIENCE 15 CUTTING CORNERS 18 HABITS 20 A LESSON IN COURTESY 23 LITTLE FOXES 25 A TRICKY OX 28 "SHINE INSIDE" 30 THE STORM KING EAGLE 33 A DOG WHICH ATE THE BIBLE 35 STEAM AND SAILS 37 A FISH-STORY 39 OPPORTUNITY 41 GOD IS NOW HERE 43 DAVID LIVINGSTONE'S FAITH 45 THE HAPPY MAN 47 A SERMON FOR THE BOYS 49 TIRE-TROUBLE 51 WATCHING FOR IDLE BOYS 53 CHRIST AND THE DOG 55 THE BOY WHO WAS TO BE MANAGER 58 A TALE ABOUT WORDS 61 SUFFOCATED TREES 64 ULYSSES AND THE SIRENS 66 POISON-LABELS 68 LIES THAT WALK 71 WELLINGTON AND THE SOLDIER 73 ABRAHAM'S GUEST 75 ABOUT GENEROSITY 78 SUN AND WIND 80 THE BOY AND THE TURTLE 82 THE BOY AND THE NICKEL 84 THE THREE FATES 86 THE INCH-WORM AND THE MOUNTAIN 88 THE FRENCH DRUMMER-BOY 91 A KING IN THE STUFF 93 BREAD AND WINE 96 THE FIRST CHRISTMAS CAROL 98 A HINT FROM A CARIBOU 100 THE REPENTANCE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON 103 EASTER 105 THE WHISPERING GALLERY 108 THE HE-SAID GIRL 111 ON DECK 113 THE TERROR BY NIGHT 116 THE BRAMBLE BUSH KING 119 WHERE IS HEAVEN? 122 THE CHRISTIAN ARMY 124 INTRODUCTION In a certain Western university the president receives a salary of ten thousand dollars a year for training young men and young women, while not many miles distant from that university is a stock-farm the superintendent of which receives a salary of twelve thousand dollars for training high-bred colts. That colt-trainer is at hand when the colt is foaled, and before it rises to its feet has rubbed down its head and put a halter upon it, so that from birth it shall be accustomed to the feeling of the halter.