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Title: Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road

Author: Katharine Lee Bates

Release Date: July 11, 2010 [EBook #33134]

Language: English

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SIGURD OUR GOLDEN COLLIE
AND
OTHER COMRADES OF THE ROAD

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

FAIRY GOLD
THE RETINUE AND OTHER POEMS

E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

[Illustration: JOY OF LIFE AND SIGURD]

SIGURD OUR GOLDEN COLLIE

AND

OTHER COMRADES _of the_ ROAD

By KATHARINE LEE BATES

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 FIFTH AVENUE

COPYRIGHT, 1919,
BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
_All Rights Reserved_

_First printing November, 1919_
_Second printing March, 1920_

Printed in the United States of America

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INSCRIBED

TO

THE ONE WHOM SIGURD LOVED BEST

A few of the sketches and poems in this volume have already appeared
in print. Acknowledgments are due to _The Christian Endeavor World_,
_Life_, _The Outlook_ and _Scribner's Magazine_.

CONTENTS

I

SIGURD OUR GOLDEN COLLIE

PAGE

_Vigi_ 3

PUPPYHOOD 5

_The Dogs of Bethlehem_ 28

GROWING UP 30

_Laddie_ 55

THE CALL OF THE BLOOD 57

_Sigurd's Meditations in the Church Porch_ 89

ADVENTURES 90

_The Heart of a Dog_ 120

HOME STUDIES 121

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