HOWARD FUTHEY BRINTON
Reading edition
BOSTON THE GORHAM PRESS MCMXVIII
Copyright, 1918, by Howard F. Brinton
All Rights Reserved
MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.
TO
THOMAS WILSON PIERCE, M. A.,
AND
WILLIAM MacFUNN BAIRD
CONTENTS
PAGE
The Pacifist 9
“Adam’s Apple” 11
Mac’s (Psychologic) Cigar 12
Breaking In 15
La Reve 16
Sol 17
The Poor Man’s Club 18
Retrospect 20
On “Gungha Din” 21
Why? 22
Barney 23
Come, Little Girl 24
I’ll Come, Little Boy 25
Chenoweth 26
You Wonder 28
In “Del’s” 29
The Mother 30
Jumbo’s Dream 31
The Blues 33
The “I Told You So Club” 34
E Pluribus 37
The Man About Town 39
Elk Creek 40
How the Village Canard Started 41
The Spring Violet 44
Sandy Flash 45
The New Suit 46
The Libertine 47
The Liberty Cornet Band 48
The Periodic 50
Mrs. Murphy’s Purchase 51
The Legend of Deborah’s Rock 52
The Actor-Man 54
The Gangster 55
Tom 58
La Langue Anglaise 59
Ne’er More 60
When “Ty” Cobb Comes to Town 61