LITMIR.BIZ

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066191535

Table of Contents

       CHAPTER I. [1]

       MY BIRTHPLACE, HOME AND PARENTAGE

       A MUSICAL FATHER

       A MISCHIEVOUS BOYHOOD

       A FALSE ALARM

       A REMOVAL

       CHARACTER SKETCHES

       THE POET’S “PRENTICE HAND”

       CHAPTER II.

       A ROMANTIC AND NOMADIC YOUTH

       DIVERS PRANKS

       THE INNOCENT SUFFER FOR THE GUILTY

       BILL AND THE DONKEY

       SCHOOL LIFE

       SENT TO THE MILL

       TAKING TO BURNS

       TWIN COMPANIONS AT NIGHT SCHOOL

       AMONG THE HAND WOOLCOMBERS

       LEARNING TO BE AN ACROBAT

       TRYING THE FIDDLE

       THE “NIGGER” BUSINESS

       A STROLLING, ROLLICKING PLAYER

       TRICKING POLICEMAN LEACH

       MILL LIFE AND POETRY

       MAKING AND SAILING SHIPS

       CHAPTER III

       TO THE STAGE AGAIN

       OH! FOR A SAILOR’S LIFE!

       LONGING FOR HOME AGAIN

       TRAMPING AND ADVENTURING

       THE PRODIGAL RETURNS HOME

       LOOKING FOR A TRADE

       ADVENTURING WITH THE SHOWS

       CHAPTER IV

       PLAYING THE CLOWN AND EVADING THE IMPOSSIBLE

       CLOWNS AT A DISCOUNT

       SEEKING AND FINDING

       FIRST IMPRESSIONS

       SHANKS’ PONY

       THE GREEN BAG

       ENTERTAINING STRANGERS

       THE BAG MYSTERY

       AT WARP-DRESSING AGAIN

       A MINISTERING ANGEL

       CHAPTER V

       “T’OTHER LODGER!”

       AMONG THE IRISH

       THE BARN DORMITORY—THE FIRE

       MY ESCAPE FROM THE FIRE

       HOW THE PEOPLE RECEIVED ME

       A CHATTY, QUIZZY, KINDLY POLICEMAN

       THE RESULT OF THE FIRE

       CLOTHING THE NAKED

       ON THE WAY TO

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