NG 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