ASHES ON THE SLIDE 106

THE LOST CUPID OF MOSCHUS 110

CHRISTMAS EVE 113

CARLSBAD 115

THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE 120

RED 122

JEWISH LULLABY 124

AT CHEYENNE 126

THE NAUGHTY DOLL 128

THE PNEUMOGASTRIC NERVE 131

TEENY-WEENY 134

TELKA 137

PLAINT OF A MISSOURI 'COON 146

ARMENIAN LULLABY 151

THE PARTRIDGE 153

CORINTHIAN HALL 156

THE RED, RED WEST 162

THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE 165

IPSWICH 167

BILL'S TENOR AND MY BASS 170

FIDUCIT (from the German) 175

THE "ST. JO GAZETTE" 177

IN AMSTERDAM 183

TO THE PASSING SAINT 186

THE FISHERMAN'S FEAST 188

NIGHTFALL IN DORDRECHT (Slumber Song) 191

THE ONION TART 193

GRANDMA'S BOMBAZINE 197

RARE ROAST BEEF 203

GANDERFEATHER'S GIFT 208

OLD TIMES, OLD FRIENDS, OLD LOVE 211

OUR WHIPPINGS 213

BION'S SONG OF EROS 218

MR. BILLINGS OF LOUISVILLE 220

POET AND KING 222

LYDIA DICK 225

LIZZIE 229

LITTLE HOMER'S SLATE 231

ALWAYS RIGHT 233

"TROT, MY GOOD STEED" (Volkslied) 235

PROVIDENCE AND THE DOG 237

GETTIN' ON 242

THE SCHNELLEST ZUG 245

BETHLEHEM-TOWN 250

THE PEACE OF CHRISTMAS-TIME 252

DOINGS OF DELSARTE 254

BUTTERCUP, POPPY, FORGET-ME-NOT 259

Second Book of Verse.

FATHER'S WAY.

MY father was no pessimist; he loved the things of earth,--
Its cheerfulness and sunshine, its music and its mirth.
He never sighed or moped around whenever things went wrong,--
I warrant me he'd mocked at fate with some defiant song;
But, being he warn't much on tune, when times looked sort o' blue,
He'd whistle softly to himself this only tune he knew,--

[Illustration: Music]

Now mother, when she heard that tune which father whistled so,
Would say, "There's something wrong to-day with Ephraim, I kno