CONTENTS ABE MARTIN 142 AMERICA'S THANKSGIVING 182 ANCIENT PRINTERMAN, THE 101 ART AND POETRY 78 BACK FROM TOWN 23 BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY 34 BECAUSE 152 CHRISTMAS GREETING 141 DAN O'SULLIVAN 132 DEAD JOKE AND THE FUNNY MAN, THE 180 DOWN TO THE CAPITAL 80 FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR 46 GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO 58 HER VALENTINE 140 HERR WEISER 153 HOBO VOLUNTARY, A 25 I SMOKE MY PIPE 36 IN THE AFTERNOON 148 IN THE HEART OF JUNE 120 JAMES B MAYNARD 100 LETTER TO A FRIEND, A 52 "LITTLE MAN IN THE TINSHOP, THE" 61 LITTLE OLD POEM THAT NOBODY READS, THE 146 MOTHER-SONG, A 158 MY BACHELOR CHUM 74 MY FRIEND 126 MY HENRY 48 MY JOLLY FRIEND'S SECRET 114 MY OLD FRIEND 134 OLD BAND, THE 121 OLD CHUMS 89 OLD-FASHIONED BIBLE, THE 54 OLD JOHN HENRY 136 OLD INDIANY 185 OLD MAN, THE 92 OLD MAN AND JIM, THE 105 OLD SCHOOL-CHUM, THE 112 OUR OLD FRIEND NEVERFAIL 72 POET'S LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN, THE 42 REACH YOUR HAND TO ME 176 SCOTTY 90 SONG BY UNCLE SIDNEY, A 41 STEPMOTHER, THE 162 THAT NIGHT 168 TO ALMON KEEPER 170 TO THE QUIET OBSERVER 174 TOM VAN ARDEN 68 TOMMY SMITH 66 TRAVELING MAN, THE 128 UNCLE SIDNEY TO MARCELLUS 40 WHAT "OLD SANTA" OVERHEARD 160 WHEN OLD JACK DIED 163 WHEN WE THREE MEET 60 ILLUSTRATIONS "SLEEP, FOR THY MOTHER BENDS OVER THEE YET!" Frontispiece BACK FROM TOWN--HEADPIECE 23 A HOBO VOLUNTARY--HEADPIECE 25 HE CAMPS NEAR TOWN, ON THE OLD CRICK-BANK 27 AND SO LIKEWISE DOES THE FARMHANDS STARE 31 A HOBO VOLUNTARY--TAILPIECE 33 BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY--HEADPIECE 34 BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY--TAILPIECE 35 AND WRAPPED IN SHROUDS OF DRIFTING CLOUDS 37 UNCLE SIDNEY TO MARCELLUS--HEADPIECE 40 THE POET'S LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN--HEADPIECE 42 OF THE ORCHARD-LANDS OF CHILDHOOD 43 FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR--HEADPIECE 46 FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR--TAILPIECE 47 MY HENRY--HEADPIECE 48 NOTHIN' THAT BOY WOULDN'T RESK! 49 A LETTER TO A FRIEND--HEADPIECE 52 A LETTER TO A FRIEND--TAILPIECE 53 THE OLD-FASHIONED BIBLE--HEADPIECE 54 THE BLESSED OLD VOLUME 55 GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO--HEADPIECE 58 GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO--TAILPIECE 59 "THE LITTLE MAN IN THE TINSHOP"--HEADPIECE 61 THE ORCHESTRA, WITH ITS MELODY 63 TOMMY SMITH--HEADPIECE 66 OUR OLD FRIEND NEVERFAIL--HEADPIECE 72 HIS MOUTH IS A GRIN WITH THE CORNERS TUCKED IN 75 ART AND POETRY--HEADPIECE 78 DOWN TO THE CAPITAL--HEADPIECE 80 TO OLD ONE-LEGGED CHAPS, LIKE ME 83 "IT'S ALL JES' ARTIFICIAL, THIS-ERE HIGH-PRICED LIFE OF OURS" 87 OLD CHUMS--HEADPIECE 89 SCOTTY--HEADPIECE 90 THE OLD MAN--HEADPIECE 92 IN YOUR REPOSEFUL GAZE 95 THE OLD MAN--TAILPIECE 99 THE ANCIENT PRINTERMAN--HEADPIECE 101 O PRINTERMAN OF SALLOW FACE 103 THE OLD MAN AND JIM--HEADPIECE 105 "WELL, GOOD-BY, JIM" 107 THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE 109 THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE 110 THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE 111 THE OLD SCHOOL-CHUM--HEADPIECE 112 THE OLD SCHOOL-CHUM--TAILPIECE 113 MY JOLLY FRIEND'S SECRET--HEADPIECE 114