New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1922
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright, 1922
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1922
TO MY MOTHER
WHOSE VISION CAUSED ME
TO SEE BIG THINGS
“The theater is a crucible of civilization. It is a place of human communion. It is in the theater that the public soul is formed.”
Victor Hugo.
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | The Raindrops | [1] |
| II. | Country Folks | [17] |
| III. | The Land of the Dacotahs | [33] |
| IV. | The Little Country Theater | [41] |
| V. | The Heart of a Prairie | [59] |
| VI. | Characteristic Incidents | [67] |
| VII. | A Bee in a Drone’s Hive | [95] |
| VIII. | Larimore | [153] |
| IX. | Forty Towns | [167] |
| X. | Cold Spring Hollow | [179] |
| Appendices | [187] |