PART ONE
_THE OPEN SPACES_
PAGE
BY SCARLET TORCH AND BLADE 3
BUILDERS OF HIGHWAYS 10
OREGON SNOW 18
THE PRUNER 23
SNOOTS 27
LITTLE BLACK BULL 30
MOUNTAIN TOPS 32
THE RIVER 33
THE JUGGLER 34
NATURE’S TOTEMS 36
MINSTRELS OF THE NIGHT 38
THE LONG BET 39
THE CAVES OF JOSEPHINE 43
HOBNOBBING WITH THE FIRMAMENT 50
PART TWO
_PEOPLE AND THINGS_
HEARTH-GLOW 61
THE WANT-AD OF MY SOUL 63
THE BELL 65
GOSSIP 68
LOVE’S LABOR LOST 73
THE HALF UNDONE 75
THE MAN WHO POISONS DOGS 77
A AND THE 79
MELTED CANDLES 80
HOLLY 83
PART THREE
_MORE RHYME THAN REASON_
MONDAY 87
GETTIN’ TO IT 90
FLIES 93
A DINO’S AURA 100
JUST CAT 109
DANGER 112
PART FOUR
_A PAGEANT OF THE TREES_
THE FOREST 115
THE SEQUOIA GIGANTIA 118
A SPRUCE’S ROOT 120
THE DOUGLAS FIR 123
THE TAMARACK 125
THE MONTEREY CYPRESS 127
THE MADRONA 129
THE YELLOW PINE 130
THE BRUSH 132
THE TIMBER-LINE 135
THE GHOST-TREES 138
PART FIVE
_RHYMES OF FRANCE_
FROGS 143
TRANSITION 145
KIDDY OF FRANCE 149
SPRING—1919 150
HOMESICK 152