NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1915, by
THE H. K. FLY COMPANY.
Copyright, 1915, by
THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE COMPANY.

To the Memory of
My Mother

CONTENTS.

Chapter
I. [I DON'T MIND IF I DO!]
II. [THE LOGICAL CUSTODIAN]
III. [THREE QUARTERS AND SIX EIGHTHS]
IV. [I'LL TELL HER YOU'RE A BAPTIST]
V. [THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU]
VI. [MY MAN O'MARA]
VII. [HARRIGAN, THAT'S ME!]
VIII. [GREETINGS, SIR GALLAHAD!]
IX. [A MATTER OF ORNITHOLOGY]
X. [NOT A CHANCE IN THE WORLD]
XI. [I NEVER DID LIKE TO BE BEATEN]
XII. [THAT WOODS-RAT]
XIII. [THIS LITERARY THING]
XIV. [A GIRL LIKE HER]
XV. [LAW AND LUMBER]
XVI. [ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN]
XVII. [HONEY!]
XVIII. [I'M TELLING YOU GOOD-BYE]
XIX. [SOME LETTERS AND A REPLY]
XX. [BLUE FLANNEL AND CORDUROY]
XXI. [SETTING THE STAGE]
XXII. [IT HAPPENS IN BOOKS]
XXIII. [TO-MORROW—]
XXIV. [—AND TO-MORROW, AND TO-MORROW]
XXV. [IN REAL LIFE TOO]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ "I Ain't Never Seen Nothin'," He Stated Patiently. "I Ain't Never Seen More'n Three Houses in a Clearin' Before. I Ain't Never Been Outen the Timber—Till To-Day. But I Aim to See More Now—Before I Get Done." . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "I've Always Had to Wait a Long Time for Everything I've Wanted," the Boy Answered, "But I Always Get It, Just the Same, if I Only Want it Hard Enough." ]

[ "Blessings, My Children," He Called to the Two in the Shadow. "My Felicitations! and E'en though I know Not Your Identity, Still I May Sense Your Fond Confusion." ]

[ "Oh, I Can't Tell You How Glad I Am to See You So—So Well!" ]