"You don't need another vine," I answered mutinously....._Frontispiece_

He stood calmly in the midst of Sallie's family and baggage, both
animate and inanimate 38

"Say, Polk, I let the Pup git hung by her apron to the wheel of your
car" 98

His gray eyes were positively mysterious with interrupted dreams 182

"We must not allow the men time to get sore over this matter of the
League" 218

"Is this right?" he asked 244

"She's our Mother," he said 276

Scrouged so close to his arm that it was difficult for both of them to
walk 280





THE TINDER BOX

CHAPTER I

THE LOAD