6 APOLOGETIC 



their worry and care and weave the worn threads into 

 youthful toggery. 



Too late ! Too late ! 



I am aware of the dangers that lie in wait for the 

 book-writer. " Oh, that mine adversary had written 

 a book ! " was the burden of Job's prayer, 3,500 years 

 ago, and it is doubtful whether the roll of passing cen- 

 turies has flattened the peril. However, flattering 

 myself that I am no man's adversary, I will take 

 the risk and launch my volume, hoping for it fair 

 weather, favoring gales, and a broad harbor from 

 which to spread its wholesome freight wherever it may 



do the most good. 



T. M. 



