Foreword
Twenty-two of these Bucolics have appeared from time to time during the last three years in “A LINE O’ TYPE OR TWO” of The Chicago Tribune. For permission to reprint them here I am indebted to the genial “Conductor.”
P. S. W.
Chicago, November, 1918.
Contents
| Page | |
| The Skillet | [5] |
| The Bootleg Gang at Sims’ | [7] |
| The Mocking Bird | [11] |
| The Siren | [15] |
| Laury at the ’Phone | [17] |
| The ’Possum Hunt | [19] |
| Jupiter | [21] |
| Laury’s Lullaby | [23] |
| Bill Non-Committal | [25] |
| Laury’s “Eats” | [29] |
| Bill on Seth Watts | [33] |
| The Katydid | [37] |
| Bill’s Vote | [41] |
| Bill’s “Risin’” | [43] |
| Calamitous Days | [47] |
| The Pet Calf | [51] |
| Bill on War | [53] |
| Treed | [57] |
| Bill on Tobacco | [59] |
| The New Year’s Turkey | [65] |
| The Picture | [67] |
| The Letter from Lon | [69] |
| The Drouth | [73] |
| The Labor Situation | [75] |
| Killed in Action | [77] |
| November | [79] |
Say, Bill, ef I’ve cast sparrergrass at yew
In this ’ere book, ye needn’t think it’s trew;
Fer yew air jes’ ’s yer be from day ter day
In spite o’ what us foolin’ fellers say.
IDYLLS OF THE SKILLET FORK