Toronto
William Briggs
1908

Copyright, Canada, 1908, by R. Henry Mainer.

These few stories of a good old
woman I dedicate to the
memory of
A. R. S. M.
who sat beside me while I wrote
them and offered many happy suggestions.

"Her face, deep lined; her eyes were gray,
Mirrors of her heart's continuous play;
Her head, crowned with a wintry sheet,
Had learned naught of this world's deceit.
She oft forgot her own in others' trials,
And met the day's rebuffs with sweetest smiles."