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 .... 99 

 X. Toilers and Idlers of the 



Shining Hours . . . .113 



XL 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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