Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales

by Ruth McEnery Stuart

Transcriber's note

Inconsistencies in language and dialect found in the original book have been retained. Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Printer errors have been changed, and they are indicated with a [mouse-hover] and listed at the [end of this book].

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[See page [34]

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SOLOMON CROW'S
CHRISTMAS POCKETS
AND OTHER TALES

BY

RUTH McENERY STUART

AUTHOR OF

"A GOLDEN WEDDING" "THE STORY OF BABETTE"
"CARLOTTA'S INTENDED" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1897

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

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CARLOTTA'S INTENDED, and Other Tales. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 50.

THE GOLDEN WEDDING, and Other Tales. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 50.

THE STORY OF BABETTE. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 50.

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Published By HARPER & BROTHERS,
New York.

Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved.

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TO

MY DEAR NIECE

LITTLE MISS LEA CALLAWAY

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CONTENTS

	PAGE
Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets	[3]
The Two Tims	[23]
The Freys' Christmas Party	[39]
Little Mother Quackalina	[67]
Old Easter	[91]
Saint Idyl's Light	[111]
"Blink"	[131]
Duke's Christmas	[165]
Uncle Ephe's Advice To Brer Rabbit	[193]
May Be So	[199]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

"'DIS HEAH'S A FUS-CLASS THING TER WORK OFF
BAD TEMPERS WID'"		[Frontispiece]
"'SHE OUGHT TO EAT CANARY-SEED AND
FISH-BONE'"	Facing p.	[46]
THE ITALIAN ORGAN-GRINDER	"	[62]
"THE PROFESSOR NOT ONLY SANG, BUT DANCED"	"	[64]
"THE FARMER'S BOY WAS A HUNTER"	"	[68]
"SIR SOOTY HIMSELF ACTUALLY WADDLED INTO
THE FARM-YARD"	"	[74]
"'I'M GOIN' TO SWAP 'EM'"	"	[76]
"MADE HER PUT OUT HER TONGUE"	"	[78]
"HER OWN TEN BEAUTIFUL DUCKS WERE CLOSE
ABOUT HER"	"	[86]
OLD EASTER	"	[92]
"'YAS, MISSY, I WAS TWENTY-FO' HOND'ED YEARS
OLE, LAS' EASTER SUNDAY'"	"	[94]
"'DE CATS? WHY, HONEY, DEY WELCOME TO COME
AN' GO'"	"	[106]
"'KEEP STEP, RABBIT, MAN!'"	"	[192]
"'WELL, ONE MO' RABBIT FUR DE POT'"	"	[194]

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