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UNCLE WALT


[Illustration: To George Matthew Adams
From his Accomplice Walt Mason]


UNCLE WALT
[WALT MASON]

[Illustration]

The Poet Philosopher







Chicago
George Matthew Adams
1910

Copyright, 1910, by George Matthew Adams.
Registered in Canada in accordance with
the copyright law. Entered at Stationers'
Hall, London. All rights reserved.




Contents


  A Glance at History         17
  Longfellow                  18
  In Politics                 19
  The Human Head              20
  The Universal Help          21
  Little Sunbeam              22
  The Flag                    23
  Doc Jonnesco                24
  Little Girl                 25
  The Landlady                26
  Twilight Reveries           27
  King and Kid                28
  Little Green Tents          29
  Geronimo Aloft              31
  The Venerable Excuse        32
  Silver Threads              33
  The Poet Balks              34
  The Penny Saved             35
  Home Life                   36
  Eagles and Hens             37
  The Sunday Paper            38
  The Nation's Hope           39
  Football                    40
  Health Food                 41
  Physical Culture            43
  The Nine Kings              44
  The Eyes of Lincoln         45
  The Better Land             46
  Knowledge Is Power          47
  The Pie Eaters              48
  The Sexton's Inn            49
  He Who Forgets              50
  Poor Father                 51
  The Idle Question           52
  Politeness                  53
  Little Pilgrims             55
  The Wooden Indian           56
  Home and Mother             57
  E. Phillips Oppenheim       58
  Better than Boodle          59
  The Famous Four             60
  Niagara                     61
  A Rainy Night               62
  The Wireless                63
  Helpful Mr. Bok             64
  Beryl's Boudoir             65
  Post-Mortem Honors          67
  After A While               68
  Pretty Good Schemes         69
  Knowledge by Mail           70
  Duke and Plumber            71
  Human Hands                 72
  The Lost Pipe               73
  Thanksgiving                74
  Sir Walter Raleigh          75
  The Country Editor          76
  Useless Griefs              77
  Fairbanks' Whiskers         78
  Letting It Alone            79
  The End of the Road         80
  The Dying Fisherman         81
  George Meredith             82
  The Smart Children          83
  The Journey                 85
  Times Have Changed          86
  My Little Dog "Dot"         87
  Harry Thurston Peck         88
  Tired Man's Sleep           89
  Tomorrow                    90
  Toothache                   91
  Auf Wiedersehen             92
  After the Game              93
  Nero's Fiddle               94
  The Real Terror             95
  The Talksmiths              96
  Woman's Progress            97
  The Magic Mirror            99
  The Misfit Face            100
  A Dog Story                101
  The Pitcher                102
  Lions and Ants             103
  The Nameless Dead          104
  Ambition                   105
  Night's Illusions          106
  Before and After           107
  Luther Burbank             108
  Governed Too Much          109
  Success in Life            110
  The