"SLEEP, FOR THY MOTHER BENDS OVER THEE YET!" . . Frontispiece
BACK FROM TOWN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A HOBO VOLUNTARY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
HE CAMPS NEAR TOWN, ON THE OLD CRICK-BANK . . . . . . . 27
AND SO LIKEWISE DOES THE FARMHANDS STARE . . . . . . . . 31
A HOBO VOLUNTARY--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . 34
BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . 35
AND WRAPPED IN SHROUDS OF DRIFTING CLOUDS . . . . . . . 37
UNCLE SIDNEY TO MARCELLUS--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 40
THE POET'S LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . 42
OF THE ORCHARD-LANDS OF CHILDHOOD . . . . . . . . . . . 43
FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 46
FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 47
MY HENRY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
NOTHIN' THAT BOY WOULDN'T RESK! . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
A LETTER TO A FRIEND--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
A LETTER TO A FRIEND--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
THE OLD-FASHIONED BIBLE--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . 54
THE BLESSED OLD VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
"THE LITTLE MAN IN THE TINSHOP"--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . 61
THE ORCHESTRA, WITH ITS MELODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
TOMMY SMITH--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
OUR OLD FRIEND NEVERFAIL--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 72
HIS MOUTH IS A GRIN WITH THE CORNERS TUCKED IN . . . . . 75
ART AND POETRY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
DOWN TO THE CAPITAL--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
TO OLD ONE-LEGGED CHAPS, LIKE ME . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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"IT'S ALL JES' ARTIFICIAL, THIS-ERE HIGH-PRICED
LIFE OF OURS" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
OLD CHUMS--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SCOTTY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
THE OLD MAN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
IN YOUR REPOSEFUL GAZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
THE OLD MAN--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
THE ANCIENT PRINTERMAN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . 101
O PRINTERMAN OF SALLOW FACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
THE OLD MAN AND JIM--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
"WELL, GOOD-BY, JIM" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
THE OLD SCHOOL-CHUM--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
THE OLD SCHOOL-CHUM--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
MY JOLLY FRIEND'S SECRET--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 114
AH, FRIEND OF MINE, HOW GOES IT . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
MY JOLLY FRIEND'S SECRET--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 119
THE OLD BAND--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
I WANT TO HEAR THE OLD BAND PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
THE OLD BAND--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
MY FRIEND--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
MY FRIEND--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
THE TRAVELING MAN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
WHO HAVE MET HIM WITH SMILES AND WITH CHEER . . . . . . 129
DAN O'SULLIVAN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
DAN O'SULLIVAN--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
MY OLD FRIEND--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
OLD JOHN HENRY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
A SMILIN' FACE AND A HEARTY HAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
CHRISTMAS GREETING--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
ABE MARTIN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
HIS MOUTH, LIKE HIS PIPE, 'S ALLUS GOIN' . . . . . . . . 143
THE LITTLE OLD POEM THAT NOBODY READS--HEADPIECE . . . . 146
THE LITTLE OLD POEM THAT NOBODY READS--TAILPIECE . . . . 147
IN THE AFTERNOON--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
YOU IN THE HAMMOCK; AND I, NEAR BY . . . . . . . . . . . 149
IN THE AFTERNOON--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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HERR WEISER--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
AND LILY AND ASTER AND COLUMBINE . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
HERR WEISER--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
A MOTHER-SONG--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
WHAT "OLD SANTA" OVERHEARD--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . 160
WHAT "OLD SANTA" OVERHEARD--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . 161
WHEN OLD JACK DIED--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
WE COULDN'T ONLY CRY WHEN OLD JACK DIED . . . . . . . . 165
WHEN OLD JACK DIED--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
THAT NIGHT--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
THAT NIGHT--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
TO ALMON KEEFER--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
UNDER "THE OLD SWEET APPLE TREE" . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
TO ALMON KEEFER--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
TO THE QUIET OBSERVER--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
TO THE QUIET OBSERVER--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
REACH YOUR HAND TO ME--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
REACH YOUR HAND TO ME, MY FRIEND . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
REACH YOUR HAND TO ME--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
THE DEAD JOKE AND THE FUNNY MAN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . 180
THE DEAD JOKE AND THE FUNNY MAN--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . 181
AMERICA'S THANKSGIVING--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . 182
OLD INDIANY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
BUT, FELLERS, SHE'S A LEAKY STATE! . . . . . . . . . . . 187
OLD INDIANY--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
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