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CONTENTS
PAGE
- MORIAH'S MOURNING[3 ]
- AN OPTICAL DILEMMA[19 ]
- THE SECOND MRS. SLIMM[37 ]
- APOLLO BELVEDERE. A CHRISTMAS EPISODE OF THE PLANTATION[53 ]
- NEAREST OF KIN (ON THE PLANTATION)[71 ]
- THE DEACON'S MEDICINE[93 ]
- TWO GENTLEMEN OF LEISURE[113 ]
- THE REV. JORDAN WHITE'S THREE GLANCES[131 ]
- LADY. A MONOLOGUE OF THE COW-PEN[157 ]
- A PULPIT ORATOR[165 ]
- AN EASTER SYMBOL. A MONOLOGUE OF THE PLANTATION[175 ]
- CHRISTMAS AT THE TRIMBLES'[181 ]
- A MINOR CHORD[211 ]
ILLUSTRATIONS
- "'THANK THE LORD! NOW I CAN SEE TO LOOK FOR 'EM!'"[Frontispiece ]
- "A SURPRISED AND SMILING MAN WAS SITTING AT HER
POLISHED KITCHEN TABLE"[Facing p. 8 ] - "'I'M AC-CHILLY MOST AFEERD
TO
SEE
YOU CONVERTED'"[Facing p. 40 ] - "'I PROMISED HIM I'D PUT ON MO'NIN' FOR HER
SOON AS I MARRIED INTO DE FAMILY'"[Facing p. 74 ] - "SAYS SHE, 'OPEN YORE MOUTH!' AN' OF CO'SE
I OPENED IT"[Facing p. 98 ] - "I DES LETS 'EM LOOSE P'OMISKYUS, TELL
EV'YBODY SEE BLUE LIGHTNIN'"[Facing p. 134 ] - "SALVATION'S KYAR IS MOVIN'!"[Facing p. 148 ]
- "'WON'T YER, PLEASE, SIR, SPELL DAT WORD
OUT FUR ME SLOW?'"[Facing p. 168 ]
Moriah was a widow of a month, and when she announced her intention of marrying again, the plantation held its breath. Then it roared with laughter.