HOWARD FUTHEY BRINTON

BOSTON
THE GORHAM PRESS MCMXVIII

Copyright, 1918, by Howard F. Brinton

All Rights Reserved

MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.

TO

THOMAS WILSON PIERCE, M. A.,

AND

WILLIAM MacFUNN BAIRD

CONTENTS
PAGE
The Pacifist[9]
“Adam’s Apple”[11]
Mac’s (Psychologic) Cigar[12]
Breaking In[15]
La Reve[16]
Sol[17]
The Poor Man’s Club[18]
Retrospect[20]
On “Gungha Din”[21]
Why?[22]
Barney[23]
Come, Little Girl[24]
I’ll Come, Little Boy[25]
Chenoweth[26]
You Wonder[28]
In “Del’s”[29]
The Mother[30]
Jumbo’s Dream[31]
The Blues[33]
The “I Told You So Club”[34]
E Pluribus[37]
The Man About Town[39]
Elk Creek[40]
How the Village Canard Started[41]
The Spring Violet[44]
Sandy Flash[45]
The New Suit[46]
The Libertine[47]
The Liberty Cornet Band[48]
The Periodic[50]
Mrs. Murphy’s Purchase[51]
The Legend of Deborah’s Rock[52]
The Actor-Man[54]
The Gangster[55]
Tom[58]
La Langue Anglaise[59]
Ne’er More[60]
When “Ty” Cobb Comes to Town[61]