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COPYRIGHT, 1916
SHERMAN, FRENCH & COMPANY

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To
CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOLEDG-
MENT OF PAST ENCOUR-
AGEMENT AND ADVICE

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UNTRAVELLED TRAILS

• I would forsake the beaten thoroughfares,
• The rutted roads down which the rabble ride;
• Behold the byways beckon--unawares--
• They seem to whisper, "Come! The world is
• wide;
• On chartless seas, spread your undaunted sails,
• And fare forth boldly on untravelled trails! "

• If Man is truly "master of his fate,"
• And the unchallenged " Captain of his soul,"
• Perchance the byways and " the Streets called
• Straight
• May find their ending at the selfsame goal;
• I woud not deem one pathway orthodox,
• And bar all others with unyielding locks.

• So let us leave the busy roads behind,
• And seek the byaths, overgrown with grass,--
• Their silence and their solitude are kind;
• Whalt matter whether few or many pass!
• Each soul must seek, alone, its Holy Grails
• By questing bravely on untravelled trails.

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CONTENTS

• PAGE
• PRETENDING AWAY THE YEARS
• PRETENDING AWAY THE YEARS 1
• THE FIRST STEPS 2
• BABIES 3
• IN THE INTERPRETER'S HOUSE 5
• LULLABY 7
• A CONFESSION 8
• PARENTAL INJUSTICE 9
• THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 11
• TEASIN' 12
• SHOWING OFF 14
• AN UNLUCKY DAY 16
• THE DISOBLIGING CLOCK 18
• A DEEP REVENGE 19
• THE RUBAIYAT OF THAT DOG JIGGER 21
• A JUVENILE FLIRTATION 22
• HICK'RY BANTER 24
• A PUZZLING QUESTION 25
• LEATHER BOOTS 27
• MAMMA'S "VISIT" 29
• AN ACCOMMODATING CONSCIENCE 31
• THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A COPPER CENT 32
• WASTED EFFORT 36
• FATHER'S POST GRADUATE COURSE 38
• THE GOBBLER'S OPINION OF THANKSGIVING 40
• A VEXATIOUS FATHER 42
• THE ADVENTURES OF BUNNY COTTONTAIL 44
• A HARROWING EXPERIENCE 46
• PARENTAL INCONSISTENCY 47
• A DISAPPOINTING SHOW 48
• A RETROSPECT 49
• AN OBLIGING FATHER 50
• NICKNAMES 51
• THE WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN DEBATE 54
• THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 57
• SOME RANDOM REMARKS BY THE CHILDREN 60
• YE VALIANT KNIGHTE AND YE GRACLESSE PAGE 62
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• THE GREAT OBJECTION 64
• THE HAWK'S NEST 66
• THE PIG IN THE PARLOR 69
• SECRETS 72
• WHEN MR. SCREECH OWL CAME 73
• OUR FIRST ALMA MATER 74
• COUNTY FAIR AND VANITY FAIR 76
• MAKE BELIEVES 79
• HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS POETRY
• HOMEMADE CHRISTMAS POETRY 83
• THE FIRST CHRISTMAS 84
• THE RUNAWAY REINDEERS 85
• THE BOY'S CANDIDATE 87
• A NEW BEATITUDE 89
• WHEN SANTA WAS A BOY 90
• THE ETERNAL UNFITNESS OF THINGS 91
• HOW SANTA CLAUS MISSED HAVING A PASSENGER 92
• THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS 95
• A MESSAGE TO SANTA CLAUS 96
• AN AWFUL THOUGHT 97
• DO YOUR CHRISTMAST SHOPPING EARLY 98
• WHERE WAS SANTA CLAUS? 100
• SANTA CLAUS AND THE CLIMATE 101
• A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION 103
• THE MISTAKES OF SANTA CLAUS 104
• JUVENILE CHRISTMAS ORATORY 105
• A PREMATURE DISCOVERY 109
• AN AFTER CHRISTMAS LAMENT 111
• FROM FURROW AND FIELD
• FROM FURROW AND FIELD 115
• PLOWING 116
• "FARMER'S INSTITOOT" 118
• A SIGN OF SPRING 121
• WHEN I GET TO THINKIN' 122
• NOONTIME IN HARVEST 125
• WHEN FRUIT TREE AGENTS COME 127
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• TWO POINTS OF VIEW 129
• ÆSTHETICS ON THE FARM 131
• STRAY REMARKS BY WILLIAM 133
• THE CROSSROADS 136
• AN OLD TIMER'S FIRE 138
• WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN 139
• YET ONE MORE YEAR 143
• WILD FLOWERS 145
• WHEN THE "SIGN" IS RIGHT 148
• LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
• LIGHTS AND SHADOWS 153
• IT IS NOT GOOD THAT MAN SHOULD BE ALONE 155
• THE EVOLUTION OF GOSSIP 162
• I SAID IN MY HASTE 164
• THE SEAMY SIDE 166
• BEHIND THE MASK 167
• STREET LIGHTNING PEOPLE 169
• DISTANCE LENDS ENCHANTMENT 171
• ZEROES 174
• TRUMPS 178
• BETWEEN THE LINES 179
• THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 180
• THE HOODOO DAYS 181
• WHY? 183
• QUARRELS 185
• THE PASSING OF THE SLATE 187
• BLOTS 189
• IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE 190
• MODEL PEOPLE 192
• HIS SWEET TEMPERED WIFE 194
• HER EASTER THOUGHTS 197
• THE OLD-FASHIONED GRANDMOTHER 200
• INTRODUCIN' BOOMVILLE 202
• THE LEISURE CLASS IN BOOMVILLE 205
• THE BOOMVILLE BANNER 208
• BUMBOS CASTLE 211
• A STONE-AGE CURTAIN LECTURE 219
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• THE HOBO 222
• BUT 223
• OUR LOST ILLUSIONS 225
• THE GIRL FOR ME 227
• REST IN PEACE 228
• THE POET AND HIS ART 229
• "NEUTRAL" 231
• TO OLD MT. UNION 233
• WHAT IS IT ALL FOR? 235
• MY FAITH 237
• JUDGE NOT 239
• THE HERMIT 241
• THE PRICE 243
• SAYIN' GOODBYE 245