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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