STORIES FOR BOYS

“I never saw a King,” Gordon remarked, “and I’m sure
I never expected to see one sitting on a log in the rain.”

STORIES FOR BOYS

BY
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1915

THIS BOOK OF BOYS’ STORIES IS DEDICATED
TO MY BROTHER
C. BELMONT DAVIS
WHO WAS A BOY ABOUT THE SAME TIME I WAS