TO UNCLE SAM xvii 



that, though old, you wish you may never die. 

 Long life to you, Uncle Sam! It's a great thing 

 to look upon life open-eyed, with its evils and 

 hardships and troubles, and upon men with their 

 ways, and still to find them good. That, you 

 succeed in doing, grumble and cuss as you may. 

 This book, these words, are like your conversation, 

 an echo of life lived. — Yours, Steve. 



July 1910. 



