THE CONTENTS
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 |
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 |
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 |
LIEBEREICH
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
“IUPITER TONANS”
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
“SIS”
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
THOR’S EMERALD
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
GUILE
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |