The Old Soldier's Story
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1. Front matter2. THE OLD SOLDIER'S STORY AS TOLD BEFORE THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY IN NEW YORK CITY3. SOMEP'N COMMON-LIKE4. MONSIEUR LE SECRETAIRE [JOHN CLARK RIDPATH]5. A PHANTOM6. IN THE CORRIDOR7. LOUELLA WAINIE8. THE TEXT9. WILLIAM BROWN10. WHY11. THE TOUCH OF LOVING HANDS IMITATED12. A TEST13. A SONG FOR CHRISTMAS14. SUN AND RAIN15. WITH HER FACE16. MY NIGHT17. THE HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN18. GOOD-BY, OLD YEAR19. FALSE AND TRUE20. A BALLAD FROM APRIL21. BRUDDER SIMS22. DEFORMED23. FAITH24. THE LOST THRILL25. AT DUSK26. ANOTHER RIDE FROM GHENT TO AIX27. IN THE HEART OF JUNE28. DREAMS29. BECAUSE30. TO THE CRICKET31. THE OLD-FASHIONED BIBLE32. UNCOMFORTED33. WHAT THEY SAID34. AFTER THE FROST35. CHARLES H. PHILLIPS OBIT NOVEMBER 5TH, 188136. WHEN IT RAINS37. AN ASSASSIN38. BEST OF ALL39. BIN A-FISHIN'40. UNCLE DAN'L IN TOWN OVER SUNDAY41. SOLDIERS HERE TO-DAY42. SHADOW AND SHINE43. THAT NIGHT44. AUGUST45. THE GUIDE IMITATED46. SUTTER'S CLAIM IMITATED47. HER LIGHT GUITAR48. WHILE CIGARETTES TO ASHES TURN49. TWO SONNETS TO THE JUNE-BUG50. AUTOGRAPHIC For an Album51. AN IMPROMPTU ON ROLLER SKATES52. WRITTEN IN BUNNER'S "AIRS FROM ARCADY"53. IN THE AFTERNOON54. AT MADAME MANICURE'S55. A CALLER FROM BOONE BENJ. F. JOHNSON VISITS THE EDITOR56. LORD BACON WRITTEN AS A JOKE AND ASCRIBED TO A VERY PRACTICAL BUSINESS MAN, AMOS J. WALKER57. MY FIRST WOMERN58. AS WE READ BURNS59. TO JAMES NEWTON MATTHEWS IN ANSWER TO A LETTER ON THE ANATOMY OF THE SONNET60. SONG61. WHEN WE THREE MEET62. JOSH BILLINGS DEAD IN CALIFORNIA, OCTOBER 15, 188563. WHICH ANE64. THE EARTHQUAKE CHARLESTON, SEPTEMBER 1, 188665. A FALL-CRICK VIEW OF THE EARTHQUAKE66. LEWIS D. HAYES OBIT DECEMBER 28, 188667. IN DAYS TO COME68. LUTHER A. TODD OBIT JULY 27, 1887, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI69. WHEN THE HEARSE COMES BACK70. OUR OLD FRIEND NEVERFAIL71. DAN O'SULLIVAN72. JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY SEPULTURE—BOSTON, AUGUST 13, 189073. MEREDITH NICHOLSON74. GOD'S MERCY75. CHRISTMAS GREETING76. TO RUDYARD KIPLING77. THE GUDEWIFE78. TENNYSON ENGLAND, OCTOBER 5, 189279. ROSAMOND C. BAILEY80. MRS. BENJAMIN HARRISON WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 25, 189281. GEORGE A. CARR GREENFIELD, JULY 21, 191482. TO ELIZABETH OBIT JULY 8, 189383. TO ALMON KEEFER INSCRIBED IN "TALES OF THE OCEAN"84. TO—"THE J. W. R. LITERARY CLUB"85. LITTLE MAID-O'-DREAMS86. TO THE BOY WITH A COUNTRY DAN WALLINGFORD87. CLAUDE MATTHEWS GOVERNOR OF INDIANA88. TO LESLEY89. THE JUDKINS PAPERS90. TO THE QUIET OBSERVER ERASMUS WILSON, AFTER HIS LONG SILENCE91. AMERICA'S THANKSGIVING 90092. WILLIAM PINKNEY FISHBACK93. JOHN CLARK RIDPATH94. NEW YEAR'S NURSERY JINGLE95. TO THE MOTHER96. TO MY SISTER A BELATED OFFERING FOR HER BIRTHDAY97. A MOTTO98. TO A POET ON HIS MARRIAGE MADISON CAWEIN99. ART AND POETRY TO HOMER C. DAVENPORT100. HER SMILE OF CHEER AND VOICE OF SONG ANNA HARRIS RANDALL101. OLD INDIANY FRAGMENT INTENDED FOR A DINNER OF THE INDIANA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO102. ABE MARTIN103. O. HENRY WRITTEN IN THE CHARACTER OF "SHERRARD PLUMMER"104. "MONA MACHREE"105. WILLIAM McKINLEY CANTON, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 30, 1907106. BENJAMIN HARRISON ON THE UNVEILING OF HIS MONUMENT AT INDIANAPOLIS OCTOBER 27, 1908107. LEE O. HARRIS CHRISTMAS DAY—1909108. THE HIGHEST GOOD WRITTEN FOR A HIGH-SCHOOL ANNUAL109. MY CONSCIENCE110. MY BOY111. THE OBJECT LESSON