Contents 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. A BOY AND A DOG . . , 9 

 II. A BRICK HOUSE WITH A PAST 21 



III. "THE HEART OF MIDLO- 



THIAN" . . . , / . 29 



IV. THE BLUEGRASS CLAIMS ITS 



OWN . . .... . 39 



V. MIDSUMMER NIGHT ALARMS 55 



VI. THE COMING OF THE DAWN . 65 



VII. DUMB WALLS . . . . . 81 



VIII. THE GARDEN GATE ... 89 

 IX. THE TRAGEDY OF THE FLY- 

 ING SQUIRRELS . v . . 99 

 X. TOILERS AND IDLERS OF THE 



SHINING HOURS. . . . 113 



XI. THE RAIN UPON THE ROOF . 123 

 XII. FIRESIDE FANCIES . . .129 



XIII. THE BEGINNINGS OF TO-MOR- 



ROW . . . . . . .139 



XIV. BACK TO THE BRIGHT LIGHTS 145 



