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]

THE PACIFIST

THE PACIFIST

In Ben’s blood there coursed the fire of the Celt,