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Baltimore Alpha Photo-Engraving Co. Baltimore BY WAY OF PREFACE you, who read this printed page. Seek here no lofty theme or thought; Its author brings no message sage. No remedy with wisdom fraught. But just some rhymes in simple strain. Light musings with no high intent. Some idle songs and tales as vain. With wayside pictures interblent. The fruit of scribbling nights and days. Of walks in search of camera spoil. He gathers and before you lays — A record of his pleasant toil. And though small worth appear therein^ And less of real poetic power. It still from care your thoughts may win. Or serve to fill an empty hour. THE illustrations scattered through the pages that follow are chosen from a collection of pictures taken by the author on various walking trips about the suburbs of Baltimore and on brief excursions upon its nearby waters. While they may possess no great merit from an artistic view-point, they give a fairly adequate presentation of the beauty of scenes that are within easy reach of the city dweller. THE VERSES THE SUNSHINE TRAIL The Sunshine Trail 3 The Walker 4 A Summer Morning 6 A Tried Prescription 6 The Old Rail Fence 7 A Sun Worshipper lo October Days I3 Do You Remember, Sweetheart? 13 A Winter Miracle IS Late Autumn 16 Ballade of Rejoicing 17 The Faithful Pine 18 The Song of Peace 20 Daybreak 23 To the March Wind 23 Gwynn's Falls 24 A May-Time Summons 26 A Misty Morning 26 Dusk in the Pines 27 The Camera 28 The Coming of the Rain 30 Sky Land 3° In the City 33 Moon Magic 33 The Unsleeping City 36 Druid Hill Park 36 Vacation Longings 37 The Sunset Road 3^ In Mid-July 40 A Summer Storm 40 A Hustler's Wish 43 Down the Bay 43 THE VERSES THE SUNSHINE TRAIL— Continued Vacation Song 46 Moonlight on the Chesapeake 46 Ballade of Conquering 47 Night on the Beach 48 Pioneers 50 At the Door 53 Nightfall 53 The Picture Hunter 54 The Christmas Way 56 The Spirit of Christmas 57 Love in Labor 57 New Year's Eve 58 A Fallen Idol 59 Ballade of Conditions 60 Thanksgiving , 63 The Witchery of Hallowe'en " 63 Two Souls ... 65 Chance 66 Sea Ventures 66 Puzzling ^ ... 67 The Hills of Hope 68 Ballade of Lost Pictures 70 The Aviator 73 Love's Torment 73 The Glorious Fourth 74 The Other Way 76 A Declaration 76 Ballade of the Terrible Prophet 77 A Query 78 The Strenuous Life 80 A Cheer-full Soul 83 Over-Talented 84 What Columbus Missed 86 Spring Song 87 In the Fishing Season 87 The Dollar of Our Daddies 88 A Bout with the H. C. L. 90 A Tailor-Made Ghost Story 93 A Pathetic Case 96 A Sarcastic Rooter 96 A Job for Cupid 97 Crushed 98 A Last Appeal 100 Corrected 100 The Commuter 103 Poor Man 103 The Newer Independence Day 104 THE VERSES THE SUNSHINE TRAIL— Continued Christmas Changes io6 A Christmas Suggestion 107 An Unkind Cut 108 Signs of Summer I09 Resolution no A Call by Wireless no A Warrior Bold 113 The Reason ii3 A Leap-Year Episode 114 A Bad Break 116 The New Woman 116 A Slippery Scheme n? In Answer n? FROM THE CHILDREN'S PAGE Out of Date 121 Doin' 'Rithmetic 122 The Neglected Boy 123 A Busy Little Man 124 A Practical Young Lady 125 An Artist 125 Smoothing the Way 126 The Circus Parade 128 Not to Be Fooled 128 Company Comin' 131 The Broomstick Horse 131 The Little Gardener 132 The Busy Carpenter I33 Making Sure of It i34 Explaining His Failure i34 Christmas Morning i3S Not a Success i3S The Noble Firemen 136 An After-Christmas Complaint 138 The Rock-a-Bye Train 138 A Tale of a Valentine 141 An Open Winter 142 A Dreadful Shock . I43 An Ignoramus I44 On the Job I44 The Winter Walk I4S Skating Weather I4S A Toy-Breaker's Dream 146 The Snow-Man and the Sun 148 Playing Indians 148 When Lincoln Was a Boy iSi THE VERSES FROM THE CHILDREN'S PAGE— Continued The Frost Elves 152 Imitating Brother 154 The Gali-ant Soldiers 154 Tellin' Time 155 The Weather Prophet .... 155 A Huge Joke 156 A Freak 158 First One In 158 A Disgusted Patriot 161 Most Too Real 161 Goin' Barefoot 162 The Goblins 164 A Lonesome Kid 164 Johnny Jump-up 165 Going to the Country 166 The Alarm Clock 167 Song of the Snowflakes 168 The Brave Young General 171 Good Reasoning 171 » Spring Is Coming Back Again 172 Kept In 173 A Doubtful Story 174 The Crow 174 The Rabbit 175 The Pig 175 School Again 176 IN PEACE AND WAR Run to the Hills 179 The Destruction of the "Maine" 182 Dewey at Manila 183 The Voyage of the "Oregon" 186 The Marines at Guantanamo 191 The End of the Spanish Fleet 192 Before Election 195 A Passing 199 All Fools Day 199 After the Fire 200 The Call of Maryland 203 The Old Fort 204 The Iceberg and the Ship 206 Ever Fair Baltimore , 209 The Bells of Christmas 210 The Lusitania 212 To a Certain Arrogant Monarch 213 Enlightened 2x5 THE VERSES IN PEACE AND WAR— Continued Our Bit 216 O Mothers of the Land 219 After the Armistice 219 The King Comes to His Own Again 220 The President's Mission 222 Go Slow 222 The City of Failure 223 The Dervish's Good Counsel 230 Entombed 233 Outwitted 241 John Darrell's Quest 243 APPENDIX To an Old Daguerreotype 258 The Old Schoolhouse 259 A Retrospect .... 261 Ballade of Striving 261 Some Syndicate Contributions 262 THE PICTURES Sunshine Land Frontispiece On the Sunshine Trail 2 An Inviting Lane 4 The Way to the Fields 5 On the Hillen Road 8 The Grove on the Hilltop 9" Across the Fair Green Hills ^ . . . . 11 The Leaf-Strewn Stream 12 From Shade to Sun 14 The Close of a Winter Day 15 Radiant Summer 18 Winter's Soft White Mantle 19 Bleak December 21 In the Patapsco Valley, near Avalon 22 The Rapids, Gwynn's Falls Park 24 The Lone Pine 25 The Shore Walk, Sherwood Forest 28 A Midwinter Thaw 29 A Scene in Sky Land 31 On the Crownest Road, Druid Hill Park 32 The Tents of the Corn Host 34 A Touch of Winter 35 The Spirit of Autumn 38 The Deserted Mansion 39 The Path to the Spring 41 In Worthington Valley 42 The Curving Shore 44 The Reader on the Beach 45 Gathering Clouds 48 A Breezy Day 49 Under the Trees, Lower End of Lake Roland 51 Where Shadows Linger 5- Mountain Pass Spring, Druid Hill Park 54 Just to Oblige the Photographer 55 THE PICTURES View from Prospect Hill, Druid Hill Park S8 Herring Run at Belair Road 59 August Noon 6i The Spreading Stream 62 The Sun-Flooded Woodland 64 At Cedar Point, near Betterton 65 The Glowing West 68 Daybreak in the City 69 The Ellicott Driveway 71 Hazy October 72 The Castle on the Hill 74 When the Floodgate Is Open 75 Driftwood Point, on the Severn 78 Rough Going 79 Mingled Shadows 81 The Mill Pond 82 The Dam in Summer 84 The Dam in Winter 85 Blustery Anarch 88 A Stony Beach 89 Avenue of Poplars, Carroll Park 91 When the Frost Has Wrought a Silence 92 Morning on the Potomac 94 Evening on the Severn 95 The Long White Way • 98 A Roadside Monarch 99 The Broad Waters of the Chesapeake loi A "Moonlight," Ocean City 102 The Gunpowder below Loch Raven 104 The Crest of the Hill 105 Chattolanee Spring, Green Spring Valley 108 Old Viaduct, near Claremont 109 A Boulder-Strewn Watercourse m Old Rock Mill, Jones Falls 112 Lake Montebello 114 A Spring Morning on the Johnnycake Road 115 Tramping Companions 120 There's Room for You 122 Crise's Spring, Druid Hill Park 123 The Cascade 126 In the Robber's Den 127 When Dogwood Blooms 129 The River Road 13° A Unique Footbridge 132 Old Mill on Gwynn's Falls I33 What's Coming Now? 136 Stony Run, Wyman Park 137 Gwynn's Falls, the Dam After a Storm 139 THE PICTURES The Pool Below the Dam 140 The Blue Pond, Wilkens Avenue 142 At the Zoo 143 A Carload of Kids 146 An Autumn Byway 147 The Daisy Field 149 A Woodland Pool 150 An Undaunted "Hiker" 152 When Fields Are White 153 The Village Street, Hillsdale 156 The Tunnel Bridge, Ilchester 157 Sunrise on the Sassafras 159 Reflected Beauty 160 The Explorers 162 A Glimpse of the Big Arches, Pa. R. R. 163 Pigs Is Pigs 166 An Aristocratic Brood 167 The Meeting of the Waters 169 Clifton, the Old Home of Johns Hopkins 170 Early Spring in Druid Hill Park 172- Western Run at Mt. Washington .^ . . . . 173 In Times of Peace 178 The Hillside Walk. Gwynn's Falls Park 180 Old Carroll Mansion, Wyman Park 181 The Long Shadows 184 An April Overflow 185 Currentless Waters 187 The Island in the Boat Lake, Druid Hill Park 188 Grateful Shade 190 The Chestnut Grove 191 On the Shore of the Patapsco 194 Mount Clare, Carroll Park 195 Giant-Rock Near Hollofield . 197 A Glimpse of Bear Creek 198 The City by Night, from Federal Hill Park 200 Washington Monument 201 The Observatory, Patterson Park 204 Looking Down the River from Fort McHenry 205 Deepdene Road, Roland Park 207 Key Monument, Eutaw Place . 208 A Wintry Outlook 210 When Snowdrifts Hide Familiar Paths 211 Along the Northern Central 214 The City in War Paint 215 A Turn in the Stream 217 'TwixT Sea and Sky 218 The Lake, Patterson Park 220 Edge of the Winter Woods 221 THE PICTURES The Foam Line 224 Launching the Fishing Boat 225 Demolishing the Old Custom House 227 All Saints Church, Reisterstown 228 Battle Monument 230 Old Water Wheel on the Winans Estate 231 A Natural Mirror . . .. " . 234 The Cattail Swamp 235 Old Relay Station, B. & O. R. R. 237 The Thomas Viaduct Across the Patapsco 238 On the Annapolis Road 240 GiLMAN Hall, Johns Hopkins University 241 High Trestle at Oakleigh, Md. & Pa. R. R. 244 The Distant City, from Lake Ashburton 245 The Gunpowder at Hartford Road 247 Jones Falls at Woodberry 248 Through Stony Ways 250 Pleasant Pastures 251 THE SUNSHINE TRAIL AND NOW LOOK PLEASANT, PLEASE G®eGe<3