| PAGE | |
| Bud And Ivy | [Frontispiece] |
| John Jay | [2] |
| "'Wot we all gwine do now?'" | [7] |
| Mars' Nat | [29] |
| "A group of pretty girls sat on the porch" | [37] |
| "Filled both his hands" | [41] |
| Under the apple-tree | [52] |
| Uncle Billy | [65] |
| "The ganders had chased him around" | [76] |
| "George came out and locked the door" | [93] |
| "Sat alone by the church steps" | [111] |
OLE MAMMY'S TORMENT.
CHAPTER I.
Uncle Billy rested his axe on the log he was chopping, and turned his grizzly old head to one side, listening intently. A confusion of sounds came from the little cabin across the road. It was a dilapidated negro cabin, with its roof awry and the weather-boarding off in great patches; still, it was a place of interest to Uncle Billy. His sister lived there with three orphan grandchildren.