CONTENTS

PART ONE
THE OPEN SPACES
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By Scarlet Torch and Blade[ 3]
Builders of Highways[10]
Oregon Snow[18]
The Pruner[23]
Snoots[27]
Little Black Bull[30]
Mountain Tops[32]
The River[33]
The Juggler[34]
Nature’s Totems[36]
Minstrels of the Night[38]
The Long Bet[39]
The Caves of Josephine[43]
Hobnobbing with the Firmament  [50]
PART TWO
PEOPLE AND THINGS
Hearth-glow[61]
The Want-ad of My Soul[63]
The Bell[65]
Gossip[68]
Love’s Labor Lost[73]
The Half Undone[75]
The Man Who Poisons Dogs[77]
A and The[79]
Melted Candles[80]
Holly[83]
PART THREE
MORE RHYME THAN REASON
Monday[87]
Gettin’ to It[90]
Flies[93]
A Dino’s Aura[100]
Just Cat[109]
Danger[112]
PART FOUR
A PAGEANT OF THE TREES
The Forest[115]
The Sequoia Gigantia[118]
A Spruce’s Root[120]
The Douglas Fir[123]
The Tamarack[125]
The Monterey Cypress[127]
The Madrona[129]
The Yellow Pine[130]
The Brush[132]
The Timber-line[135]
The Ghost-Trees[138]
PART FIVE
RHYMES OF FRANCE
Frogs[143]
Transition[145]
Kiddy of France[149]
Spring—1919[150]
Homesick[152]