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THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA
EDITED BY MARSHALL P. WILDER
Volume X

Funk & Wagnalls Company
New York and London
Copyright MDCCCCVII, BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
Copyright MDCCCCXI, THE THWING COMPANY

CONTENTS
PAGE
Araminta and the Automobile
Charles Battell Loomis
1825
At Aunty's House
James Whitcomb Riley
2007
Backsliding Brother, The
Frank L. Stanton
1972
Biggs' Bar
Howard D. Sutherland
1967
Bookworm's Plaint, A
Clinton Scollard
1878
Breitmann in Politics
Charles Godfrey Leland
1943
Concord Love Song, A
James Jeffrey Roche
1913
Contentment
Oliver Wendell Holmes
1952
Demon of the Study, The
John Greenleaf Whittier
1869
Der Oak Und Der Vine
Charles Follen Adams
1823
Double-Dyed Deceiver, A
O. Henry
1927
Dum Vivimus Vigilamus
John Paul
2005
Evidence in the Case of
Smith vs. Jones, The
Samuel L. Clemens
1918
Fall Styles in Faces
Wallace Irwin
1992
"Festina Lente"
Robert J. Burdette
2016
Genial Idiot Discusses
Leap Year, The
John Kendrick Bangs
2018
Great Prize Fight, The
Samuel L. Clemens
1903
Had a Set of Double Teeth
Holman F. Day
1994
Height of the Ridiculous, The
Oliver Wendell Holmes
1832
THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA
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Her Brother: Enfant Terrible
Edmund L. Sabin
2001
Hezekiah Bedott's Opinion
Frances M. Whicher
1893
His Grandmother's Way
Frank L. Stanton
1901
Invisible Prince, The
Henry Harland
1836
Jackpot, The
Ironquill
2003
Jacob
Ph\u0153be Cary
1898
Johnny's Pa
Wilbur D. Nesbit
1802
Lay of Ancient Rome, A
Thomas Ybarra
2013
Little Bopeep and Little Boy Blue
Samuel Minturn Peck
2015
Love Song
Charles Godfrey Leland
1950
Maxims
Benjamin Franklin
1804
Meeting, The
S. E. Riser
1915
Mister Rabbit's Love Affair
Frank L. Stanton
1887
Mother of Four, A
Juliet Wilbor Tompkins
1976
Mothers' Meeting, A
Madeline Bridges
1886
Nevada Sketches
Samuel L. Clemens
1805
New Year Idyl, A
Eugene Field
2011
Old-Time Singer, An
Frank L. Stanton
1941
Oncl' Antoine on 'Change
Wallace Bruce Amsbary
1891
Our Hired Girl
James Whitcomb Riley
1888
Plain Language from Truthful James Bret Harte
1997
Poe-'em of Passion, A
Charles F. Lummis
1879
Possession
William J. Lampton
2000
Real Diary of a Real Boy, The
Henry A. Shute
1881
Reason, The
Ironquill
1890
Rubaiyat of Mathieu Lattellier
Wallace Bruce Amsbary
1965
Settin' by the Fire
Frank L. Stanton
1821
Shining Mark, A
Ironquill
1877
"There's a Bower of Bean-Vines"
Ph\ue000be Cary
1916
To Bary Jade
Charles Follen Adams
1899
Tom's Money
Harriett Prescott Spofford 1955
Trial that Job Missed, The
Kennett Harris
1917
Trouble-Proof
Edwin L. Sabin
1801
The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Wit And Humor Of America, Vol. X, by Marshall P. Wilder.
CONTENTS
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Uncle Bentley and the Roosters
Hayden Carruth
1873
Unsatisfied Yearning
R. K. Munkittrick
1835
What Lack We Yet
Robert J. Burdette
1897
When Lovely Woman
Ph\ue001be Cary
1834
Whisperer, The
Ironquill
1822
Why Wait for Death and Time?
Bert Leston Taylor
1866
Willy and the Lady
Gelett Burgess
2009
Winter Dusk
R. K. Munkittrick
1975
Winter Joys
Eugene Field
1868
Ye Legende of Sir Yroncladde
Wilbur D. Nesbitt
1973
COMPLETE INDEX AT THE END OF VOLUME X.
[Pg 1801]
TROUBLE-PROOF[1]
BY EDWIN L. SABIN

Never rains where Jim is\u2014
People kickin', whinin';
He goes round insistin',\ue002
"Sun isalmost shinin'!"

Never's hot where Jim is\ue003 When the town is sweatin'; He jes' sets and answers,\ue004 "Well,I ain't a-frettin'!"

Never's cold where Jim is\ue005
None ofus misdoubt it,
Seein' we're nigh frozen!

He"ain't thought about it"!

Things that rile up others
Never seem to strike him!
"Trouble-proof," I call it,\ue006
Wisht that I was like him!
[Pg 1802]

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