Part 27

To try to keep the leaves were vain: Men understand that they must fall; Why should they bitterly complain When sorrows come to one and all? Why should they mourn the passing day That must depart along the way?

INDEX

Answering Him....................... 126 Apple Tree, The..................... 68 As Fall the Leaves.................. 188 At the Door......................... 132 Autumn at the Orchard............... 136

Be a Friend......................... 97 Bear Story, A....................... 134 Boy That Was, The................... 186 Breakfast Time, At.................. 50 Bumps and Bruises Doctor, The....... 107

Canning Time........................ 66 Can't............................... 52 Care-Free Youth..................... 78 Challenge........................... 145 Courage............................. 72

Defeat.............................. 111 Division............................ 141 Dull Road, The...................... 67 Duty................................ 133 Duty to Our Flag, Our............... 58

Easy World, An...................... 158 Epicure, The........................ 74 Eternal Friendship.................. 167 Expectation......................... 176

Failures............................ 83 Faith............................... 168 Father.............................. 46 Father and Son...................... 128 Fishing Cure, The................... 102 Finer Thought, The.................. 164 Finest Age, The..................... 76 Folks............................... 36 Friend's Greeting, A................ 32

Gentle Gardener, The................ 75 Going Home for Christmas, On........ 24 Gratitude........................... 179 Greatness........................... 73 Guessing Time....................... 148

Happiest Days, The.................. 88 Happy Slow Thinker, The............. 103 Hard Knocks......................... 43 Hard Work........................... 177 Home................................ 28 Homesick............................ 117 Home-Town, The...................... 70 House-Hunting....................... 156 How Do You Tackle Your Work?........ 62 Hunter, The......................... 59

I................................... 170 It Isn't Costly..................... 14 It's September...................... 60

James Whitcomb Riley................ 54 Joy of a Dog, The................... 116 June Couple, The.................... 130 Junk Box, The....................... 185

Laddies............................. 48 Lady in the Electric, To the........ 122 Life................................ 63 Life's Tests........................ 85 Little Master Mischievous........... 38 Living Beauties, The................ 49

Ma and Her Check Book............... 100 Ma and the Auto..................... 22 Man, A.............................. 142 Man, A Real......................... 180 Man Who Couldn't Save, The.......... 124 Mother.............................. 19 Mother's Day........................ 140 Mother's Glasses.................... 94 My Creed............................ 15 My Paw Said So...................... 80

Neighborly Man, The................. 182 No Place to Go...................... 110

Obligation of Friendship, The....... 162 Old Friends......................... 34 Only a Dad.......................... 42 Opportunity......................... 39 Other Fellow, The................... 57 Out-of-Doors........................ 104

Path That Leads to Home, The........ 30 Patriotic Wish, A................... 112 Peace............................... 109 Peaceful Warriors, The.............. 82 People Liked Him.................... 152 Perfect Dinner Table, The........... 118 Prayer, A........................... 121 Preparedness........................ 81 Price of Joy, The................... 113 Princess Pat's, The................. 96 Promotion........................... 174 Purpose............................. 93

Raisin Pie.......................... 84 Ready Artists, The.................. 86 Real Bait, The...................... 90 Real Singing........................ 106 Results and Roses................... 56 Revenge............................. 173 Rich................................ 21 Roses............................... 184 Rough Little Rascal, The............ 13

Selfish............................. 20 Song, A............................. 33 Sorrow Tugs, The.................... 40 Spring in the Trenches.............. 44 States, The......................... 160 Story Telling....................... 64 Stuck............................... 166 Success and Failure................. 77 Sugar Camp, At...................... 26 Sulkers, The........................ 92

Take Home a Smile................... 71 Thanksgiving........................ 98 Things That Haven't Been Done Before 172 Things That Make Soldier Great, The. 114 Toast to Happiness, A............... 146 To-morrow........................... 120 Treasures........................... 144 True Nobility....................... 91

Understanding....................... 150 Under the Skin of Men............... 163

Vow, A.............................. 143

Wish, A............................. 16 What a Baby Costs................... 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