THE CONTENTS
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HEIMWEH
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I Life has no Future at Twenty-one 3
II Happiness is Better than Church 8
III Open the Door to Joy—Always 12
IV War is Glorious at the Beginning, but not at the End 16
V We go out to Fight under the Flag; we Return—under It 19
VI Growing Old is only an Idea—until we Know 22
VII Making Believe brings Things 27
VIII The End of Life is as its Beginning—Simple 31
IX Good Baskets must keep their Bottoms 35
X Things feel Heavier in Age 41
XI But the Poor-house may be One of the Mansions in Our Father’s House 47
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THE SIREN
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I Brassid 53
II On the Bottom of the Sea 63
III She may have had Brothers 68
IV But She was Best of All 72
V His Grandfather’s Courage made her want to love Him 77
VI Her Ancestors wore Scales 82
VII Strange that Love should make One Afraid 87
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THE LOADED GUN
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I Three Gentlemen of Philadelphia 93
II An Ounce of Whiskey or an Ounce of Brains 97
III Calling a Man a Pig 103
IV He did not Know that it was Loaded 108
V A Fool and his Money 114
VI The Old Man’s Last Cent 116
VII Her Big Trump 121
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LIEBEREICH
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I The House that he and Emmy Built 129
II Emmy and he were never Apart 136
III “Vergissnichtmein” 141
IV The Night-shirt with the Feather-stitching of Blue 145
V The Second Opening of the Door 152
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“IUPITER TONANS”
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I The Serious Insomnia of Hier Ruhet 157
II And the Polite Cannon of Weiss Nicht 160
III The Soup-spring 166
IV Knock Wood 172
V And Shoot to make Holes 178
VI Who broke Hier Ruhet’s Leg? 183
VII Pooh! 191
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“SIS”
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I Where the Orchards Smelled 197
II The Eyes that Wept till they went Blind 204
III The Golden Teapot with the Blue Rose 209
IV The Story at Last. Attend! 211
V Hiliary loved Both, and Both loved Him 215
VI She Believed in Miracles. Do you? 221
VII That was a Great Time for Kissing 225
VIII What may be Seen on a Doorstep 232
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THOR’S EMERALD
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I The Shibboleth of Liberty 237
II When the Summer came Again 245
III The Land of the Brave 254
IV The Home of the Free 260
V The Quality of Justice 268
VI The Foolishness of Preaching 277
VII To a Higher Tribunal 285
VIII The Shadow of Death 288
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GUILE
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I Chilly Wisdom 295
II Patchouly 301
III The Calyxlike Bonnet 306
IV The Fiddling of Fortune 312
V A Dangerous Train 317
VI Similia Similibus Curantur 322
VII The Ineffable Whirl 329
VIII The Length of a Minute 331
IX At Ten in the Morning 338
X By the Right of a Husband 340
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ILLUSTRATIONS
“So they marched away to the tune of ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me’” Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
“‘It’s like climbing Zion’s hill,’ said John to himself” 44
“‘I guess you’re the right sort,’ he said hoarsely. ‘Put it there!’” 100
“She was on the floor there before him, her face upraised to his” 126
“Like a picture in its frame, there stood his wife” 152
“The entire ship’s company gathered and viewed it curiously” 192
“‘I want to marry one of you girls, but hanged if I know which one to ask’” 218
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