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by Eugene Wood




TO
THE SAINTED MEMORY
OF HER WHOM, IN THE DAYS BACK HOME,
I KNEW AS "MY MA MAG"
AND WHO WAS MORE TO ME THAN I CAN TELL, EVEN
IF MY TARDY WORDS COULD REACH HER
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

"That she who is an angel now
Might sometimes think of me"




CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
THE OLD RED SCHOOL-HOUSE
THE SABBATH-SCHOOL
THE REVOLVING YEAR
THE SWIMMING-HOLE
THE FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT
THE DEVOURING ELEMENT