Chapter I: Front Matter

SIGURD OUR GOLDEN COLLIE AND OTHER COMRADES OF THE ROAD

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

FAIRY GOLD THE RETINUE AND OTHER POEMS

E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

SIGURD OUR GOLDEN COLLIE

AND

OTHER COMRADES _of the_ ROAD

By KATHARINE LEE BATES

NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 FIFTH AVENUE

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY _All Rights Reserved_

_First printing November, 1919_ _Second printing March, 1920_

Printed in the United States of America

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INSCRIBED

TO

THE ONE WHOM SIGURD LOVED BEST

A few of the sketches and poems in this volume have already appeared in print. Acknowledgments are due to _The Christian Endeavor World_, _Life_, _The Outlook_ and _Scribner's Magazine_.

CONTENTS

I

SIGURD OUR GOLDEN COLLIE

PAGE

_Vigi_ 3

PUPPYHOOD 5

_The Dogs of Bethlehem_ 28

GROWING UP 30

_Laddie_ 55

THE CALL OF THE BLOOD 57

_Sigurd's Meditations in the Church Porch_ 89

ADVENTURES 90

_The Heart of a Dog_ 120

HOME STUDIES 121

_The Pleaders_ 144

COLLEGE CAREER 146

_To Sigurd_ 174

FAREWELLS 177

_To Joy-of-Life_ 215

II

OTHER COMRADES OF THE ROAD

_The Pinegrove Path_ 218

ROBIN HOOD 219

_Why the Spire Fell_ 246

AN EASTER CHICK 248

_How Birds Were Made_ 270

TAKA AND KOMA 272

_Warbler Weather_ 288

SUMMER RESIDENTS AT A WISCONSIN LAKE. BY KATHARINE COMAN 290

_The Jester_ 304

EMILIUS 305

_Hudson's Cat_ 322

CATASTROPHES 324

_To Hamlet_ 349

HAMLET AND POLONIUS 350

SIGURD OUR GOLDEN COLLIE AND OTHER COMRADES OF THE ROAD