Chapter II: Book TWO: The Tin-Canners

I Of January in the North--of the winter pastimes of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walnut--and of a penetrating chill 71

II Of a pronounced change of scene--of a daring game of chance amid tropical scents--and of the gloating of Charles Walnut and Herman Blister 75

III Of migrants and migrations--of the true sun-hunter and his desires--and of his uniform, and his fluent assortment of equipment 79

IV Of the Tin-Can Tourists of the World--of immigrants and other unsupervised and unsolicited visitors, national and local--of cheap skates--and of the reason why tin-canners do not abound in Palm Beach 87

V Of portable bungalows--of the rheumatic dairyman--of the little ole truck--of simple pleasures and low expenditures 96

VI Of Mrs. Jarley, the original tin-canner--of the two schools of tin-can thought--of the hard-boiled bachelor with the condensed outfit--and of folk who ride on the backs of their necks 103

VII Of the migrant from Marion--of his fears--of land at a nickel an acre--of sand fleas and sand spurs--of loneliness and honeymooners--and of the doctor who was run to death 110

VIII Of the marvelous sitting ability of the tin-canners--of the parks in which they sit--of the horseshoe bugs and the checker and domino beetles--of the delicate movements of a celebrated horseshoe tosser--and of the International Horseshoe Club 115