1900

TO MY FRIEND
AND FELLOW IN THE CRAFT OF LETTERS
WINFIELD M. THOMPSON
TO WHOM I AM INDEBTED
FOR MORE THAN ONE OF THE STORIES
TOLD HEREIN
THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED


CONTENTS

[ PREFACE ]

[ 'ROUND HOME ]

[ AUNT SHAW’S PET JUG ]

[ OLD BOGGS’S SLARNT ]

[ CY NYE, PREVARICATOR ]

[ UNCLE BENJY AND OLD CRANE ]

[ “PLUG” ]

[ THE SONG OF THE HARROW AND PLOW ]

[ HOORAY FOR THE SEASON OF FAIRS ]

[ HAD A SET OF DOUBLE TEETH ]

[ GRAMPY’S LULLABY ]

[ HOSKINS’S COW ]

[ AN OLD STUN’ WALL ]

[ THE STOCK IN THE TIE-UP ]

[ EPHRUM WADE’S STAND-BY IN HAYING ]

[ RESURRECTION OF EPHRUM WAY ]

[ LOOK OUT FOR YOUR THUMB ]

[ THE TRIUMPH OF MODEST MARIA ]

[ SON HAS GOT THE DEED ]

[ AN IDYL OF COLD WEATHER ]

[ BUSTED THE “TEST YOUR STRENGTH” ]

[ “WHEN A MAN GETS OLD” ]

[ I’VE GOT THEM CALVES TO VEAL ]

[ THE OFF SIDE OF THE COW ]

[ THE LYRIC OF THE BUCK-SAW ]

[ MISTER KEAZLE’S EPITAPH ]

[ PLAIN OLD KITCHEN CHAP ]

[ TAKIN’ COMFORT ]

[ EPHRUM KEPT THREE DOGS ]

[ LAY OF DRIED-APPLE PIE ]

[ GRAMPY SINGS A SONG ]

[ UNCLE MICAJAH STROUT ]

[ THE TRUE STORY OF A KICKER ]

[ MORAL. ]

[ ZEK’L PRATT’S HARRYCANE ]

[ THOSE PICKLES OF MARM’S ]

[ “THE MAN I KNEW I KILLED” ]

[ ’LONG SHORE CRUISE OF THE “NANCY P.” ]

[ TALE OF THE SEA-FARING MAN ]

[ CAP’N NUTTER OF THE “PUDDENTAME” ]

[ GOOD-BY, LOBSTER ]

[ CURE FOR HOMESICKNESS ]

[ ON THE OLD COAST TUB ]

[ TALE OF THE KENNEBEC MARINER ]

[ DRIVE, CAMP, AND WANGAN ]

[ THE LAW ’GAINST SPIKE-SOLE BOOTS ]

[ THE CHAP THAT SWINGS THE AXE ]

[ THE SONG OF THE WOODS’ DOG-WATCH ]

[ FIDDLER CURED THE CAMP ]

[ THE SONG OF THE SAW ]

[ DOWN THE TRAIL WITH GUM PACKS ]

[ REAR O’ THE DRIVE ]

[ MATIN SONG OF PETE LONG’S COOK ]

[ OFF FOR THE LUMBER WOODS ]

[ HERE’S TO THE STOUT ASH POLE ]

[ MISTER WHAT’S-HIS-NAME OF SEBOOMOOK ]

[ HA’NTS OF THE KINGDOM OF SPRUCE ]

[ THE HERO OF THE COONSKIN CAP ]

[ UP IN MAINE ]

[ A HAIL TO THE HUNTER ]

[ HOSSES ]

[ THEM OLD RAZOOS AT TOPSHAM TRACK ]

[ TO HIM WHO DRIV THE STAGE ]

[ HE BACKED A BLAMED OLD HORSE ]

[ B. BROWN—HOSS ORATOR ]

[ “JEST A LIFT” ]

[ BART OF BRIGHTON ]

[ GOIN’ T’ SCHOOL ]

[ THE PAIL I LUGGED TO SCHOOL ]

[ THE PADDYWHACKS ]

[ THAT MAYBASKET FOR MABEL FRY ]

[ THE MYSTIC BAND ]

[ AT THE OLD “GOOL” ]


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