The Path to Home
Transcriber's Note: A few minor irregularities of punctuation have been corrected in this text.
By Edgar A. Guest
Author of Just Folks — Over Here A Heap o' Livin'
The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago
Copyright, 1919
The Reilly & Lee Co.
All Rights Reserved.
Printed in The United States of America.
To F. K. R. A friend who had faith
There's the mother at the doorway, and the children at the gate, And the little parlor windows with the curtains white and straight. There are shaggy asters blooming in the bed that lines the fence, And the simplest of the blossoms seems of mighty consequence. Oh, there isn't any mansion underneath God's starry dome That can rest a weary pilgrim like the little place called home.
Men have sought for gold and silver; men have dreamed at night of fame; In the heat of youth they've struggled for achievement's honored name; But the selfish crowns are tinsel, and their shining jewels paste, And the wine of pomp and glory soon grows bitter to the taste. For there's never any laughter, howsoever far you roam, Like the laughter of the loved ones in the happiness of home.
Edgar A. Guest
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The Path to Home
INDEX
The Path to Home
Fine
Spoiling Them
An Old-Fashioned Welcome
Our House
A Plea
Story-Time
The Mother Watch
Faces
The Lost Purse
The Doctor
Lines For a Flag Raising Ceremony
The Toy-Strewn Home
Kindness
Under the Roof Where the Laughter Rings
St. Valentine's Day
Dr. Johnson's Picture Cow
Compensation
It Couldn't Be Done
Service
At the Peace Table
Mrs. Malone and the Censor
The Unknown Friends
First Name Friends
The Furnace Door
Out Fishin'
Selling the Old Home
Daddies
Picture Books
Mother's Job
The Approach of Christmas
The Bride
An Apple Tree in France
Along the Paths o' Glory
Cliffs of Scotland
Mother's Party Dress
Little Fishermen
The Cookie-Lady
Pleasure's Signs
Snooping 'Round
Bud Discusses Cleanliness
Tied Down
Our Country
Fatherhood
A Choice
What Father Knows
Back Home
The Dead Return
My Soul and I
Aunty
Bread and Jam
The Little Woman
The Father of the Man
When Mother Made An Angel Cake
The Gift of Play
Toys and Life
Being Dad on Christmas Eve
Little Girls
United States
When My Ship Comes In
The Children
The Comedian
Faith
The Burden Bearer
"It's a Boy"
The Finest Fellowship
Different
There Will Always Be Something to Do
A Boy at Christmas
Best Way to Read a Book
The Song of Loved Ones
Becoming a Dad
The Test
The Old Wooden Tub
Lost Opportunities
Patriotism
The Tramp
The Lonely Garden
The Silver Stripes
Tinkerin' at Home
When An Old Man Gets to Thinking
My Job
A Good Name
Alone
Shut-Ins
The Cut-Down Trousers
Dinner-Time
The Pay Envelope
The Evening Prayer
Thoughts of a Father
When a Little Baby Dies
To the Boy
His Dog
Lullaby
The Old-Fashioned Parents
The Fun of Forgiving
Tonsils
At Dawn
Names and Faces
Pleasing Dad
Living Flowers
The Common Joys
His Example
The Change-Worker
A Convalescin' Woman
The Doubtful To-Morrow
Tommy Atkins' Way
The Right Family
A Lesson from Golf
Father's Chore
The March o' Man
INDEX OF FIRST LINES