ts................... 18
When Father Shook the Stove......... 154
When Pa Comes Home.................. 138
When Pa Counts...................... 108
When You Know a Fellow.............. 11

INDEX OF FIRST LINES

A man doesn't whine at his losses............. 142
A man must earn his hour of peace............. 109
Are you fond of your wife and your children... 57
As fall the leaves, so drop the days.......... 188
A smudge on his nose and a smear on his
cheek....................................... 13
A table cloth that slightly soiled............ 118
A touch of the plain and the prairie.......... 96
At Sugar Camp the cook is kind................ 26

Be a friend. You don't need money............. 97
Before we take an auto ride Pa says to Ma..... 22
Be grateful for the kindly friends............ 179
Be more than his dad.......................... 128

Can't is the worst word that's written........ 52
Cheek that is tanned by the wind of the north. 59
Courage isn't a brilliant dash................ 72

Did you ever sit down and talk with men....... 163
Does the grouch get richer quicker............ 14

Foxes can talk if you know how to listen...... 80
Full many a time a thought has come........... 103

Gentle hands that never weary................. 140
God grant me kindly thought................... 121

He little knew the sorrow that was in his
vacant chair................................ 24
He spent what he made, or he gave it away..... 124
He was going to be all that a mortal should... 120
He wiped his shoes before his door............ 132
How do you tackle your work each day.......... 62
How fine it is at night to say................ 164
"How much do babies cost?" said he............ 18

I am selfish in my wishin' every sort o' joy.. 20
I believe in the world........................ 168
I'd like to be a boy again.................... 16
I'd like to be the sort of friend............. 32
I'd like to be the sort of man................ 112
I'd like to leave but daffodills.............. 75
I do not say new friends are not considerate.. 34
I do not think all failure's undeserved....... 77
If I had hatred in my heart................... 173
If never a sorrow came to us.................. 85
I might not ever scale the mountain heights... 143
I'm not the man to say that failure's sweet.