ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
["SLEEP, FOR THY MOTHER BENDS OVER THEE YET!"] . . Frontispiece
[BACK FROM TOWN--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
[A HOBO VOLUNTARY--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
[HE CAMPS NEAR TOWN, ON THE OLD CRICK-BANK] . . . . . . . 27
[AND SO LIKEWISE DOES THE FARMHANDS STARE] . . . . . . . . 31
[A HOBO VOLUNTARY--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
[BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . 34
[BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . 35
[AND WRAPPED IN SHROUDS OF DRIFTING CLOUDS] . . . . . . . 37
[UNCLE SIDNEY TO MARCELLUS--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . 40
[THE POET'S LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . 42
[OF THE ORCHARD-LANDS OF CHILDHOOD] . . . . . . . . . . . 43
[FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . 46
[FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . 47
[MY HENRY--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
[NOTHIN' THAT BOY WOULDN'T RESK!] . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
[A LETTER TO A FRIEND--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
[A LETTER TO A FRIEND--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
[THE OLD-FASHIONED BIBLE--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . 54
[THE BLESSED OLD VOLUME] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
[GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
[GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
["THE LITTLE MAN IN THE TINSHOP"--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . 61
[THE ORCHESTRA, WITH ITS MELODY] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
[TOMMY SMITH--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
[OUR OLD FRIEND NEVERFAIL--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . 72
[HIS MOUTH IS A GRIN WITH THE CORNERS TUCKED IN] . . . . . 75
[ART AND POETRY--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
[DOWN TO THE CAPITAL--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
[TO OLD ONE-LEGGED CHAPS, LIKE ME] . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
["IT'S ALL JES' ARTIFICIAL, THIS-ERE HIGH-PRICED
LIFE OF OURS"] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
[OLD CHUMS--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
[SCOTTY--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
[THE OLD MAN--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
[IN YOUR REPOSEFUL GAZE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
[THE OLD MAN--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
[THE ANCIENT PRINTERMAN--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . 101
[O PRINTERMAN OF SALLOW FACE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
[THE OLD MAN AND JIM--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
["WELL, GOOD-BY, JIM"] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
[THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
[THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
[THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
[THE OLD SCHOOL-CHUM--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
[THE OLD SCHOOL-CHUM--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
[MY JOLLY FRIEND'S SECRET--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . 114
[AH, FRIEND OF MINE, HOW GOES IT] . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
[MY JOLLY FRIEND'S SECRET--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . 119
[THE OLD BAND--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
[I WANT TO HEAR THE OLD BAND PLAY] . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
[THE OLD BAND--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
[MY FRIEND--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
[MY FRIEND--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
[THE TRAVELING MAN--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
[WHO HAVE MET HIM WITH SMILES AND WITH CHEER] . . . . . . 129
[DAN O'SULLIVAN--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
[DAN O'SULLIVAN--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
[MY OLD FRIEND--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
[OLD JOHN HENRY--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
[A SMILIN' FACE AND A HEARTY HAND] . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
[CHRISTMAS GREETING--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
[ABE MARTIN--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
[HIS MOUTH, LIKE HIS PIPE, 'S ALLUS GOIN'] . . . . . . . . 143
[THE LITTLE OLD POEM THAT NOBODY READS--HEADPIECE] . . . . 146
[THE LITTLE OLD POEM THAT NOBODY READS--TAILPIECE] . . . . 147
[IN THE AFTERNOON--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
[YOU IN THE HAMMOCK; AND I, NEAR BY] . . . . . . . . . . . 149
[IN THE AFTERNOON--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
[HERR WEISER--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
[AND LILY AND ASTER AND COLUMBINE] . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
[HERR WEISER--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
[A MOTHER-SONG--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
[WHAT "OLD SANTA" OVERHEARD--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . 160
[WHAT "OLD SANTA" OVERHEARD--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . 161
[WHEN OLD JACK DIED--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
[WE COULDN'T ONLY CRY WHEN OLD JACK DIED] . . . . . . . . 165
[WHEN OLD JACK DIED--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
[THAT NIGHT--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
[THAT NIGHT--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
[TO ALMON KEEFER--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
[UNDER "THE OLD SWEET APPLE TREE"] . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
[TO ALMON KEEFER--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
[TO THE QUIET OBSERVER--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
[TO THE QUIET OBSERVER--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
[REACH YOUR HAND TO ME--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
[REACH YOUR HAND TO ME, MY FRIEND] . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
[REACH YOUR HAND TO ME--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
[THE DEAD JOKE AND THE FUNNY MAN--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . 180
[THE DEAD JOKE AND THE FUNNY MAN--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . 181
[AMERICA'S THANKSGIVING--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . 182
[OLD INDIANY--HEADPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
[BUT, FELLERS, SHE'S A LEAKY STATE!] . . . . . . . . . . . 187
[OLD INDIANY--TAILPIECE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190