"'WE SPRINKLED IT IN PERSON'" 107 "'HE DISCOVERED THE ONE PERFECT STALK'" 111 "'IT WOULD DE DEUCEDLY AWKWARD ... IF THEY WOULD EXPLODE IN THE MOUTH OF THE PERSON WHO WAS EATING THEM'" 115 "SHE COULD SLAM THEM DOWN ON THE HEARTH-STONES LIKE TORPEDOES'" 119 "'THE JOYS AND WOES OF THE TOILERS WHO MINED IT'" 127 "'FOR THOUGH I'M BUT A CARPET-TACK,'" ETC. 131 "'I SHOULD HESITATE TO TRY TO DRIVE A CANAL-BOAT'" 137 "'I HAVEN'T EVER HAD A HOME; I'VE ALWAYS BOARDED'" 141 "'I FEEL THAT I COULD GO OUT AND MOW THREE ACRES OF GRASS'" 147 "'HE WOULD GO OUT DAY AFTER DAY AND SIT DOWN BESIDE IT'" 151 "'HE SHOVELS OFF A FOOT-PATH'" 155 "'SPEND A WHOLE DAY ON ONE WINDOW'" 161 "'WELL, I'M FOND OF GOLF'" 167 "'AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL TEA'" 171 "'THE BABY IS ROCKED TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT'" 175 "'POOR DICK DAWKINS ISN'T TAKEN CARE OF AT ALL'" 179 "'DR. PREACHLY ONLY GOT EIGHT PAIRS LAST XMAS'" 189 "'A CHINA DOLL TO THE DAUGHTER OF A CARPENTER'" 193 "'HULLO, SONNY! HAD A GOOD TIME?'" 197 "'I GAVE MY DOLLY AWAY TO-DAY'" 201 "'I DON'T QUITE CATCH YOUR DRIFT'" 207 "'I FELT AS IF I HAD SWALLOWED AN OVERSHOE'" 213 "'I FOUND EIGHT SANDWICHES AND A PINT OF SALTED ALMONDS'" 219 "'THEY WERE FOUND SOME DAYS LATER WHEN THE ROOM WAS PUT IN ORDER'" 223 "'THERE'S NOT MUCH MONEY IN STOCKS'" 231 "'A NICE LITTLE BASKET-HAT ON HER HEAD TO HOLD THE PINS IN'" 235 "'AN ELECTRIC NOTICE TO QUIT'" 239 FINDING OUT WHAT IS BEING COOKED FOR DINNER 245 "'COURTING HIS BEST GIRL ON SOME OTHER FELLOW'S STONE WALL'" 251 "'HOLDING UP A GREAT OSAGE ORANGE'" 255 "'THE PICTURE OF A HEART WITH AN ARROW DRAWN THROUGH IT'" 259 "'IT TOOK MY HIRED MAN TWO WEEKS TO SCRUB IT OUT'" 265 "'AN UNPAID GROCER'S BILL BECOMES AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE'" 271 "'THE LION, THE ELEPHANT, THE TIGER, ALL HAVE THEIR WORK TO DO'" 275 "'THEY EAT UP MY NEW CLOTHES'" 279 "'WASTED MY ENERGY UPON THE UNRESPONSIVE AIR'" 283 I BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION