Produced by David T. Jones and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) FLINT HIS FAULTS, HIS FRIENDSHIPS AND HIS FORTUNES FLINT His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes BY MAUD WILDER GOODWIN AUTHOR OF "THE HEAD OF A HUNDRED," "WHITE APRONS," "THE COLONIAL CAVALIER," ETC. BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1897 _Published_, _1897_, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A. Dedicated to Miriam. TABLE OF CONTENTS. * * * * * * CHAPTER PAGE I. THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS 1 II. MINGLED YARN 11 III. OLD FRIENDS 35 IV. THE DAVITTS 57 V. THE OLD SHOP 71 VI. THE GLORIOUS FOURTH 87 VII. ON THE BEACH 102 VIII. THE MARY ANN 125 IX. NORA COSTELLO 139 X. FLYING POINT 154 XI. THE POINT OF VIEW 174 XII. "PIPPA PASSES" 188 XIII. A SOLDIER 205 XIV. TWO SOUL-SIDES 218 XV. A BIRTHDAY 236 XVI. YES OR NO 252 XVII. A LITTLE DINNER 270 XVIII. A MAIDEN'S VOW 289 XIX. A SLUM POST 303 XX. THE UNFORESEEN 323 XXI. GOD'S PUPPETS 338 XXII. THE END 356 Flint: His Faults, His Friendships, and His Fortunes CHAPTER I THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS "Say not 'a small event.' Why 'small'? Costs it more pain that this ye call 'A great event' should come to pass Than that? Untwine me from the mass Of deeds which make up life, one deed Power should fall short in, or exceed."