With Illustrations by

PERCY D. JOHNSON

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1914

TO

HELENA RUTH KETCHAM


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Down that garden path I flew [ Frontispiece]
Then Roxanne and the bottle and I all collapsed on the grass together [ 25]
He stood there in the doorway and laughed until his big shoulders shook [ 85]
I never saw my father's face so lovely [ 107]
Tony ... nosed almost every inch of the shed [ 135]
He just moaned he was making an explosion [ 169]
The Colonel handed me the medal [ 243]
"You stand right here and tell me how it all looks" [ 273]

PHYLLIS