Half-way . PUBLISHED BY THE SHITH-DIGBY COMPANY TACOMA, Washington 1920 Copyright, 1920BY J. T. SMITH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED /iUI: 2( li,^0 PRESS OF SMITH-DIGBY CO. TACOMA, WASH. C1A575324 DEDICA TIONTo the young man or young womanthat has the patience to work and waitand stick this little volume is dedicated. —Author. HALF-WAY** By J. A. X. Smith Jim Kenderdine, hobo. Born in a small manufacturing townin Connecticut, he had received aGrammar School education and gradu-ated at the age of sixteen, and withthe optimism of youth had fancied hewas prepared to step to the highestrung of the ladder of


Half-way . PUBLISHED BY THE SHITH-DIGBY COMPANY TACOMA, Washington 1920 Copyright, 1920BY J. T. SMITH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED /iUI: 2( li,^0 PRESS OF SMITH-DIGBY CO. TACOMA, WASH. C1A575324 DEDICA TIONTo the young man or young womanthat has the patience to work and waitand stick this little volume is dedicated. —Author. HALF-WAY** By J. A. X. Smith Jim Kenderdine, hobo. Born in a small manufacturing townin Connecticut, he had received aGrammar School education and gradu-ated at the age of sixteen, and withthe optimism of youth had fancied hewas prepared to step to the highestrung of the ladder of success by thesimple snap of his fingers. He hadstopped school and had idled awayall of the following Winter, and Springhad arrived, yet he had no set plan asto his future. His father owned asmall but complete factory, and em-ployed a dozen or more workmen. At 10 HALF-WAY his fathers earnest solicitation he hadconsented to enter the factory to learnthe business from the bottom up. Hewas a great reader andhalfway00smit


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