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] |