LITTLE MISS SOPHIE, 140

IF I HAD KNOWN! 154

CHALMETTE, 155

AT EVENTIDE, 159

THE IDLER, 166

LOVE AND THE BUTTERFLY, 168

THE BEE-MAN, 169

AMID THE ROSES, 176




PREFACE.


These fugitive pieces are launched upon the tide of public opinion to
sink or swim upon their merit. They will float for a while, but whether
they will reach the haven of popularity depends upon their enduring
qualities. Some will surely perish, many will reach some port, but time
alone will tell if any shall successfully breast the ocean of thought
and plant its standard upon the summit of fame.

When one enters the domain of authorship, she places herself at the