PROPRIETOR of THE WAGON-TIRE
HOUSE AND GENIAL PHILOSOPHER
of THE CATTLE COUNTRY

By

GRACE MAC GOWAN COOKE

and

ALICE MAC GOWAN

LONDON

HODDER AND STOUGHTON

27 PATERNOSTER ROW

"Ob! tell me a tale of the airly days—
Of the times as they ust to be;
• Piller of Fire,' and 'Shakespeare's Plays'
Is a' most too deep fer me!

Tell of the things jest like they wuz-
They don't need no excuse!

Don't tetch 'em up like the poet does,

Till they're all too fine fer use!"

TO THE MEMORY OF A MOTHER

WHOSE BENEVOLENCE WAS

AS BOUNDLESS AS

HULDAH'S

OWN

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