Copyright, 1923, by Houston Post

Copyright, 1923, by Harper & Brothers

Printed in the U. S. A.

To

Mr. Roy G. Watson

Table of Contents

  1. [Foreword]
  2. [The Sensitive Colonel Jay]
  3. [A Matter of Loyalty]
  4. [Taking No Chances]
  5. [The Other Side of It]
  6. [Journalistically Impossible]
  7. [The Power of Reputation]
  8. [The Distraction of Grief]
  9. [A Sporting Interest]
  10. [Had a Use for It]
  11. [The Old Landmark]
  12. [A Personal Insult]
  13. [Toddlekins]
  14. [Reconciliation]
  15. [Buying a Piano]
  16. [Too Late]
  17. [Nothing to Say]
  18. [“Goin Home Fur Christmas”]
  19. [Just a Little Damp]
  20. [Her Mysterious Charm]
  21. [Convinced]
  22. [His Dilemma]
  23. [Something for Baby]
  24. [Some Day]
  25. [A Green Hand]
  26. [A Righteous Outburst]
  27. [Getting at the Facts]
  28. [Just for a Change]
  29. [Too Wise]
  30. [A Fatal Error]
  31. [Prompt]
  32. [The Rake-Off]
  33. [The Telegram]
  34. [An Opportunity Declined]
  35. [Correcting a Great Injustice]
  36. [A Startling Demonstration]
  37. [Leap Year Advice]
  38. [After Supper]
  39. [His Only Opportunity]
  40. [Getting Acquainted]
  41. [Answers to Inquiries]
  42. [City Perils]
  43. [Hush Money]
  44. [Relieved]
  45. [No Time to Lose]
  46. [A Villainous Trick]
  47. [A Forced March]
  48. [Book Reviews]
  49. [A Conditional Pardon]
  50. [Inconsistency]
  51. [Bill Nye]
  52. [To a Portrait]
  53. [A Guarded Secret]
  54. [A Pastel]
  55. [Jim]
  56. [Board and Ancestors]
  57. [An X-Ray Fable]
  58. [A Universal Favorite]
  59. [Spring]
  60. [The Sporting Editor on Culture]
  61. [A Question of Direction]
  62. [The Old Farm]
  63. [Willing to Compromise]
  64. [Ridiculous]
  65. [Guessed Everything Else]
  66. [The Prisoner of Zembla]
  67. [Lucky Either Way]
  68. [The “Bad Man”]
  69. [A Slight Mistake]
  70. [Delayed]
  71. [A Good Story Spoiled]
  72. [Revenge]
  73. [No Help for It]
  74. [Rileys Luck]
  75. [“Not So Much a Tam Fool”]
  76. [A Guess-Proof Mystery Story]
  77. [Futility]
  78. [The Wounded Veteran]
  79. [Her Ruse]
  80. [Why Conductors Are Morose]
  81. [“Only to Lie—”]
  82. [The Pewee]
  83. [The Sunday Excursionist]
  84. [Decoration Day]
  85. [Charge of the White Brigade]
  86. [An Inspiration]
  87. [Coming to Him]
  88. [His Pension]
  89. [The Winner]
  90. [Hungry Henry’s Ruse]
  91. [A Proof of Love]
  92. [One Consolation]
  93. [An Unsuccessful Experiment]
  94. [Superlatives]
  95. [By Easy Stages]
  96. [Even Worse]
  97. [The Shock]
  98. [The Cynic]
  99. [Speaking of Big Winds]
  100. [Unknown Title]
  101. [An Original Idea]
  102. [Calculations]
  103. [A Valedictory]
  104. [Solemn Thoughts]
  105. [Explaining It]
  106. [Her Failing]
  107. [A Disagreement]
  108. [An E for a Knee]
  109. [The Unconquerable]
  110. [An Expensive Veracity]
  111. [Grounds for Uneasiness]
  112. [It Covers Errors]
  113. [Recognition]
  114. [His Doubt]
  115. [A Cheering Thought]
  116. [What It Was]
  117. [Vanity]
  118. [Identified]
  119. [The Apple]
  120. [How It Started]
  121. [Red Conlin’s Eloquence]
  122. [Why He Hesitated]
  123. [Turkish Questions]
  124. [Somebody Lied]
  125. [Marvelous]
  126. [The Confession of a Murderer]
  127. [“Get Off the Earth”]
  128. [The Stranger’s Appeal]
  129. [The Good Boy]
  130. [The Colonel’s Romance]
  131. [A Narrow Escape]
  132. [A Years Supply]
  133. [Eugene Field]
  134. [Slightly Mixed]
  135. [Knew What Was Needed]
  136. [Some Ancient News Notes]
  137. [A Sure Method]
  138. [Endnotes]

Foreword