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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

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

Transcriber's Note: In this e-text letters with macrons are preceded by an equal sign and enclosed in brackets, such as [=a] and [=o].

INSCRIBED

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

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