J. Poindexter, Colored


By Irvin S. Cobb

Fiction

J. POINDEXTER, COLORED
SUNDRY ACCOUNTS
FROM PLACE TO PLACE
THOSE TIMES AND THESE
LOCAL COLOR
OLD JUDGE PRIEST
BACK HOME
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMM

Wit and Humor

ONE THIRD OFF
A PLEA FOR OLD CAP COLLIER
THE ABANDONED FARMERS
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
EATING IN TWO OR THREE LANGUAGES
"OH, WELL, YOU KNOW HOW WOMEN ARE!"
FIBBLE D.D.
"SPEAKING OF OPERATIONS—"
EUROPE REVISED
ROUGHING IT DE LUXE
COBB'S BILL OF FARE
COBB'S ANATOMY

Miscellany

THE THUNDERS OF SILENCE
THE GLORY OF THE COMING
PATHS OF GLORY
"SPEAKING OF PRUSSIANS—"

New York
George H. Doran Company

J. Poindexter, Colored
By
Irvin S. Cobb

Author of
"Old Judge Priest," "Speaking
of Operations—
," Etc.
New York
George H. Doran Company

Copyright, 1922,
By George H. Doran Company

Copyright, 1922,
By The Curtis Publishing Company
Printed in the United States of America

J. Poindexter, Colored
TO
MARGARET ILLINGTON BOWES


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
ONE:Down Yonder[11]
TWO:North-Bound[27]
THREE:Manhattan Isle[41]
FOUR:Harlem Heights[61]
FIVE:Local Colored[88]
SIX:Gold Coast[94]
SEVEN:Country Side[103]
EIGHT:Dark Secrets[114]
NINE:Movie-Land[120]
TEN:Black Belt[140]
ELEVEN:Afric Shores[151]
TWELVE:Business Deals[162]
THIRTEEN:Private Life[167]
FOURTEEN:Oiled Skids[173]
FIFTEEN:Vet to Zym[193]
SIXTEEN:Lady-Like![201]
SEVENTEEN:Sable Plots[210]
EIGHTEEN:White Hopes[224]
NINETEEN:Pistol Plays[235]
TWENTY:Piebald Joys[247]
TWENTY-ONE:Headed Home[252]
TWENTY-TWO:Last Words[264]

J. Poindexter, Colored