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.

Contents

Page
Anner ’Lizer’s Stumblin’ Block[3]
The Ordeal at Mt. Hope[29]
The Colonel’s Awakening[69]
The Trial Sermons on Bull-Skin[83]
Jimsella[113]
Mt. Pisgah’s Christmas ’Possum[125]
A Family Feud[137]
Aunt Mandy’s Investment[159]
The Intervention of Peter[171]
Nelse Hatton’s Vengeance[185]
At Shaft 11[205]
The Deliberation of Mr. Dunkin[235]

List of Illustrations

Page
“Mr. Ruggles”[Frontispiece]
“A Visit from Uncle Eben”[18]
“Aunt Caroline was finding solace in her pipe”[56]
“Brother Hezekiah Sneedon”[84]
“Whyn’t you git me somep’n’ to fix myself up in?”[114]
“I see ’possum grease on yo’ mouf”[131]
“Old Aunt Doshy”[137]
“Wha’ ’d you ketch?”[186]

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