Excerpt from Heart Songs<br><br>Othin G is so frequently forgotten as the kindness and help fulness of others many readers of this little volume can recall the uplift that was given their youth-time ambition by the encouraging words of some faithful friend, who may now be sleeping 'neath the silent sod, but whose kindly influence moves on forever.<br><br>In the days that knew no care, when my young mind first began to yearn for expression to these heart songs, there was one who led me into his magnificent library, and there, surrounded by the master-minds of all ages, he urged me to know them and by his constant encouragement and sympathy awakened in me the strong desire for greater and higher knowledge.<br><br>To Col. J. R. Mcintosh, the friend of my childhood, is due much of whatever merit may be found in these verses.<br><br>It may be Of further interest to my readers to know, that all that is pictured upon these pages is either true to life, or founded upon actual incidents.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.