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THE STRENGTH OF GIDEON[1]
MAMMY PEGGY'S PRIDE[25]
VINEY'S FREE PAPERS[51]
THE FRUITFUL SLEEPING OF THE REV. ELISHA EDWARDS[73]
THE INGRATE[87]
THE CASE OF 'CA'LINE'[105]
THE FINISH OF PATSY BARNES[113]
ONE MAN'S FORTUNES[129]
JIM'S PROBATION[163]
UNCLE SIMON'S SUNDAYS OUT[177]
MR. CORNELIUS JOHNSON, OFFICER-SEEKER[207]
AN OLD-TIME CHRISTMAS[229]
A MESS OF POTTAGE[239]
THE TRUSTFULNESS OF POLLY[255]
THE TRAGEDY AT THREE FORKS[267]
THE FINDING OF ZACH[285]
JOHNSONHAM, JUNIOR[295]
THE FAITH CURE MAN[305]
A COUNCIL OF STATE[315]
SILAS JACKSON[339]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[IT'S FREEDOM, GIDEON.]
[MAMMY PEGGY CAME MARCHING IN LIKE A GRENADIER.]
[UNCLE ISHAM DYER EXHORTS.]
[JIM.]
[THE BISHOP'S ADDRESS.]
[HIS BROTHER AND SISTER.]

THE STRENGTH
OF GIDEON

THE STRENGTH OF GIDEON

Old Mam' Henry, and her word may be taken, said that it was "De powerfulles' sehmont she ever had hyeahd in all huh bo'n days." That was saying a good deal, for the old woman had lived many years on the Stone place and had heard many sermons from preachers, white and black. She was a judge, too.