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                            SONGS OF THE
                              PRAIRIE



                                BY
                        ROBERT J. C. STEAD
                     Author of "PRAIRIE BORN."




                             New York
                       THE PLATT & PECK CO.




                        Copyright 1912, By
                       The Platt & Peck Co.




                             CONTENTS


                                              PAGE
                 The Prairie                     1
                 The Gramophone                  4
                 The Plow                        8
                 The Mothering                  12
                 Hustlin' in My Jeans           15
                 The Homesteader                20
                 Vain Suitors                   24
                 God's Signalman                26
                 Going Home                     32
                 Just Be Glad                   38
                 The Canadian Rockies           40
                 A Prairie Heroine              42
                 The Seer                       51
                 The Son of Marquis Noddle      56
                 The Prodigals                  62
                 The Squad of One               64
                 Alkali Hall                    70
                 Prairie Born                   76
                 "A Colonial"                   81
                 Little Tim Trotter             84
                 The Vortex                     86
                 The Old Guard                  91
                 Kid McCann                     93
                 Who Owns the Land?             99
                 A Race for Life               103





THE PRAIRIE


    The City? Oh, yes, the City
      Is a good enough place for a while,
    It fawns on the clever and witty,
      And welcomes the rich with a smile;
    It lavishes money as water,
      It