III ~ THE TAVERN OF THE SEAS IV ~ OVER THE “POLLY'S” RAIL V ~ ON THE BRIDGE OF YACHT “OLENIA” VI ~ AND WE SAILED VII ~ INTO THE MESS FROM EASTWARD VIII ~ LIKE BUGS UNDER A THIMBLE IX ~ A MAN'S JOB X ~ HOSPITALITY, PER JULIUS MARSTON XI ~ A VOICE FROM HUE AND CRY XII ~ NO PLACE POR THE SOLES OP THEIR FEET XIII ~ A CAPTAIN OP HUMAN FLOTSAM XIV ~ BEARINGS FOR A NEW COURSE XV ~ THE RULES OF THE ROAD XVI ~ MILLIONS AND A MITE XVII ~ “EXACTLY!” SAID MR. FOGG XVIII ~ HOW AN ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD—ONCE! XIX ~ THE PRIZE PACKAGE FROM MR. FOGG XX ~ TESTING OUT A MAN XXI ~ BITTER PROOF BY MORNING LIGHT XXII ~ SPECIAL BUSINESS OF A PASSENGER XXIII ~ THE MONSTER THAT SLIPPED ITS LEASH XXIV ~ DOWN A GALLOPING SEA XXV ~ A GIRL AND HER DEBT OF HONOR XXVI ~ THE FANGS OF OLD RAZEE XXVII ~ THE TEMPEST TURNS ITS CARD XXVIII ~ GIRL'S HELP AND MAN'S WORK XXIX ~ THE TOILERS OF OLD RAZEE XXX ~ THE MATTER OP A MONOGRAM IN WAX XXXI ~ THE BIG FELLOW HIMSELF XXXII ~ A GIRL'S DEAR “BECAUSE!” PINE TREE BALLADS Rhymed Stories of Unplaned Human Natur’ Up in Maine By Holman F. Day CONTENTS FOREWORD PINE TREE BALLADS OUR HOME FOLKS FEEDIN’ THE STOCK JOHN W. JONES DEED OF THE OLD HOME PLACE OUR HOME FOLKS THANKSGIVIN’ JIM “OLD POSH” THE SUN-BROWNED DADS OF MAINE “HEAVENLY CROWN” RICH OLD “FIGGER-FOUR” PHEBE AND ICHABOD WHEN OUR HERO COMES TO MAINE UNCLE TASCUS AND THE DEED SONGS OF THE SEA AND SHORE TALE OF A SHAG-EYED SHARK THE GREAT JEEHOOKIBUS WHALE “AS BESEEMETH MEN” THE NIGHT OF THE WHITE REVIEW THE BALLAD OF ORASMUS NUTE THE DORYMAN’S SONG WE FELLERS DIGGIN’ CLAMS DAN’L AND DUNK THE AWFUL WAH-HOOH-WOW SKIPPER JASON ELLISON BALLADS OF DRIVE AND CAMP THE RAPO-GENUS CHRISTMAS BALL BALLADS OF DRIVE AND CAMP WHEN THE ALLEGASH DRIVE GOES THROUGH THE KNIGHT OF THE SPIKE-SOLE BOOTS ’BOARD FOR THE ALLEGASH” THE WANGAN CAMP PLUG TOBACCO AT SOURDNAHUNK O’CONNOR FROM THE DRIVE JUST HUMAN NATURE BALLAD OF OZY B. ORR THE BALLAD OF “OLD SCRATCH” WHEN ’LISH PLAYED OX OLD “TEN PER CENT” DIDN’T BUST HIS FORK MEAN SAM GREEN DICKERER JIM BALLAD OF BENJAMIN BRANN THE HEIRS A. B. APPLETON, “PIRUT” NEXT TO THE HEART WITH LOVE—FROM MOTHER THE QUAKER WEDDING THE MADAWASKA WOOING THE SONG OF THE MAN WHO DRIVES THE OLD PEWTER PITCHER OUR GOOD PREVARICATORS OUR LIARS HERE IN MAINE THE BALLAD OF DOC PLUFF THE BALLAD OF HUNNEMAN TWO ORADUDOLPH MOODY, REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT TRIBUTE TO MR. ATKINS’S BASS VOICE