THE POEMS AND PROSE
SKETCHES OF
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
ARMAZINDY
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S
SONS NEW YORK 1917
Copyright, 1894, 1898, by
James Whitcomb Riley
⁂ The publication of this volume in the Homestead Editionof the works of James Whitcomb Riley is made possibleby the courtesy of The Bowen-Merrill Company, ofIndianapolis, the original publishers of Mr. Riley’sbooks.
TO
HENRY EITEL
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ARMAZINDY | |
Armazindy | 3 |
The Old Trundle-Bed | 15 |
Natural Perversities | 17 |
The Old School-Chum | 20 |
Writin’ Back to the Home-Folks | 22 |
The Blind Girl | 25 |
We Defer Things | 28 |
The Muskingum Valley | 29 |
For this Christmas | 31 |
A Poor Man’s Wealth | 32 |
The Little Red Ribbon | 34 |
“How did You Rest, Last Night?” | 35 |
A Good-Bye | 37 |
When Maimie Married | 38 |
“This Dear Child-Hearted Woman that is Dead” | 40 |