Folks from Dixie
MR. RUGGLES.
FOLKS FROM DIXIE
BY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Author of “Lyrics of Lowly Life”
With Illustrations by E. W. KEMBLE
NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1898
Copyright, 1897 , By Bacheller Syndicate.
Copyright, 1898 , By John Brisben Walker.
Copyright, 1898 , By Dodd, Mead and Company.
University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.
To my Friend H. A. TOBEY, M.D.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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FOLKS FROM DIXIE
Contents
List of Illustrations
Folks from Dixie
ANNER ’LIZER’S STUMBLIN’ BLOCK
ANNER ’LIZER’S STUMBLIN’ BLOCK
THE ORDEAL AT MT. HOPE
THE ORDEAL AT MT. HOPE
THE COLONEL’S AWAKENING
THE COLONEL’S AWAKENING
THE TRIAL SERMONS ON BULL-SKIN
THE TRIAL SERMONS ON BULL-SKIN
JIMSELLA
JIMSELLA
MT. PISGAH’S CHRISTMAS ’POSSUM
MT. PISGAH’S CHRISTMAS ’POSSUM
A FAMILY FEUD
A FAMILY FEUD
AUNT MANDY’S INVESTMENT
AUNT MANDY’S INVESTMENT
THE INTERVENTION OF PETER
THE INTERVENTION OF PETER
NELSE HATTON’S VENGEANCE
NELSE HATTON’S VENGEANCE
AT SHAFT 11
AT SHAFT 11
THE DELIBERATION OF MR. DUNKIN
THE DELIBERATION OF MR. DUNKIN