may be the means of helping some boys from Satan's snares and prove a
blessing to them, I trust, will be answered.

Isabel C. Byrum

Year 1917





Contents


Chapter

I The Prairie Pasture
II In the Sod Cellar
III What the Big Chest Contained
IV Early School Days
V The Card Parties
VI Visitors and Pastimes
VII Leaving Home
VIII With the Circus
IX Caught Unawares
X A Child Again
XI How John Became a Man


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