Produced by Robert Shimmin, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. [Illustration: "... and I got it"] John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life By FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS Author of "John Burt" and "The Kidnapped Millionaires" Illustrated for Mr. Smith by A.B. FROST [Illustration] NEW YORK Doubleday, Page & Company 1905 Copyright, 1905, by Doubleday, Page & Company Published June, 1905 _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian._ DEDICATED TO MY DAUGHTER Olive Marie Adams TO THE READER John Henry Smith has requested me to revise and edit his diary, and, to use his own expression, "See if I can make some kind of a book from it." It was his idea that I should eliminate certain marked passages, and disguise others, so as to conceal the identity of the originals. Since Mr. Smith is abroad I can do as I please. Aside from renaming his characters, I have left them exactly as he has drawn them. This may lead him to do his own editing in the future. I have also taken the liberty of reproducing some of the sketches made by Mr. Smith. In addition to literary, artistic, and athletic gifts Mr. Smith has had the rare good fortune to--but I must not anticipate his story. THE EDITOR Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. CONTENTS ENTRY NO. PAGE I. Miss Harding is Coming 3 II. Mainly about Smith 21 III. Mr. Harding Wins a Bet 29 IV. Bishop's Hired Man 44 V. The Eagle's Nest 54 VI. I Play with Miss Harding 65 VII. Two Boys from Buckfield 77 VIII. Downfall of Mr. Harding 91 IX. Mr. Smith Gets Busy 102 X. The Two Gladiators 115 XI. The Barn Dance 136 XII. The St. Andrews Swing 154 XIII. Our New Professional 176 XIV. Myself and I 188 XV. The Auto and the Bull 199 XVI. Miss Harding Owns Up 219 XVII. The Passing of Percy 235 XVIII. Mr. Harding's Struggle 253 XIX. The Tornado 258 XX. Fat Ewes and Sharp Knives 281 XXI. I am Entirely Satisfied 300 XXII. I am Utterly Miserable 303 XXIII. A Few Closing Confessions 317 THE CHARACTERS JOHN HENRY SMITH, who tells the story. Heir of his father, lives in Woodvale club house, devoted to golf, becomes interested in Wall Street, and falls in love with Grace Harding GRACE HARDING, only daughter of Robert L. Harding, visitor in Woodvale ROBERT L. HARDING, millionaire railway magnate, who first despises golf and then becomes infatuated with it MRS. HARDING, the matter-of-fact wife of the above