. . . . . . . . . 160 WHEN OLD JACK
DIED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 WHEN WE THREE
MEET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
"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
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