Contents 



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 .... 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 



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