January And June

Now, Nature is the mother, a d I-the child. jfirst part . PAOE Life ............................................. 12 A Mystery ....................................... 16 Pumpkins and Enterprise .......................... 1 7 Death .......................................... 18 Our Folks. ..................................... 22 Jemelry ......................................... 30 Finished ......................................... 34 Bugs and Beauties ............................... 37 Ploughshares and Elorrows ......................... 41 Our Defences ..................................... 44 Digging for a Subject. ........................... 60 Railway Magic ................................... 57 Fourth of July ................................... 64 It Rains ......................................... 69 Movements ..................................... 5 6 Hendom .............................. .... . 84 Chicken Pie ...................................... 91 viii COXTENTS Happiness at Cost. ............................... A 9 M 5 Aerial Rehearaal .................................. 97 Domestic Enchantment ............................ 100 An Unscientific Chat about llusic .................... 101 The Wind and the Night ........................... 115 The Stage is Coming. ............................ 121 A Summer Day in Haying ......................... 127 The Last Rose of Summer .......................... 139 Fall ............................................. 1 43 Indian Summer ................................... 148 And Such a Change. ............................. 163 The Old Times and the New ..................... 167 Queer Estimates ................................. 160 A Voice from the Past ............................. 164 Waiting ......................................... 166 l N o Room for Two. ............................ 1 . 7 0 The Grammar of Life ............................. 1 12 Dont Forget .................................... l80 Blessed Almanacs .. W........................... 1 . 8 . 3 . . The Wonders of Galena. ......................... 186 The Okl-fa hioned Fire ............................ 188 CONTENTS. k Presto I Chnnge l ................................. P 1 A 9 G 1 E Voices of the Dead ............................... 1 95 Thanksgiving ...................................... 202 The Old Garret ................................... 206 A Half-hour at the Window ....................... t 210 Our Pnper ....................................... 220 Riding on a Rail .................................. 242 Winter Nights .................................... 249 The Laat of Ten ................................. 262 ................................. a Shadows we are 266 Time Indicted .................................... 26 1 The Old-fashioned Mother ......................... 2 12 The Dying Musician ............................... 2 79 June Dews ....................................