Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories, The

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1> THE JIMMYJOHN BOSS AND OTHER STORIES </h1> <p><br/></p> <h2> By Owen Wister </h2> <p><br/></p> <hr /> <p><br/></p> <p>To Messrs. Harper &amp; Bothers and Henry Mills Alden whose friendliness and fair dealing I am glad of this chance to record</p> <p>Owen Wister</p> <p><br/></p> <hr /> <p><SPAN name="link2H_PREF" id="link2H_PREF"></SPAN></p> <h2> Preface </h2> <p>It's very plain that if a thing's the fashion&mdash;<br/> Too much the fashion&mdash;if the people leap<br/> To do it, or to be it, in a passion<br/> Of haste and crowding, like a herd of sheep,<br/> <br/> Why then that thing becomes through imitation<br/> Vulgar, excessive, obvious, and cheap.<br/> <br/> No gentleman desires to be pursuing<br/> <br/> What every Tom and Dick and Harry's doing.<br/> <br/> Stranger, do you write books? I ask the question,<br/> Because I'm told that everybody writes<br/> That what with scribbling, eating, and digestion,<br/> And proper slumber, all our days and nights<br/> <br/> Are wholly filled. It seems an odd suggestion&mdash;<br/> But if you do write, stop it, leave the masses,<br/> Read me, and join the small selected classes.<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />