TO
THE BOY
WHO HAS MADE ALL BOYHOOD DEAR TO ME--
MY ONLY SON
=John=

[Illustration]




ILLUSTRATIONS


PAGE
"HIS SERIOUS LITTLE FACE PUCKERED INTO AN
AN ANXIOUS FROWN" (_See page 4_) Frontispiece

"EVERY ONE WAS MAKING PATCHWORK" 6

"'DEAR AS IT IS TO ME, IT IS NOT SO DEAR AS THE
KEEPING OF MY WORD'" 11

"THE FAMILIAR SQUARES OF FADED PATCHWORK MET
HIS EYE" 19

"EACH BOY LONGED TO OWN IT" 30

"HOEING AWAY IN HIS GARDEN" 38