The string of excited children 190 I got Chloe off to make a visit to her daughter 198 I really do not miss ice, now that my little brown jug is swung in the well 200 Patty came in 210 "Plat eye!" 216 Goliah cried and sobbed 225 Had Eva to sow by hand a little of the inoculated seed 232 Her little log cottage was as clean as possible 236 The sacred spot with its heavy live oak shadows 242 "I met Dab on the road" 249 Cherokee steps 250 The smoke-house at Cherokee for meat curing 260 Sol's wife, Aphrodite, is a specimen of maternal health and vigor 262 I saw a raft of very fine poplar logs being made 263 Cypress trees 265 She was a simple, faithful soul—always diligent 270 Winnowing house for preparation of seed rice 272 "Patty en Dab en me all bin a eat" 276 Chloe began: "W'en I bin a small gal" 288 I took Chloe to Casa Bianca to serve luncheon 299 "I read tell de kumfut kum to me" 309 "Up kum Maum Mary wid de big cake een de wheelbarrer" 311 Gibbie and the oxen 313 In the field—sowing 317 How to lay the breakfast table 321 Joy unspeakable 326 The church in Peaceville 331 Chloe was a great success at the North 338 My old summer home at Pawleys Island 349 The roof of the house on Pawleys Island—from the sand-hills 352 "En de 'omans mek answer en say: 'No, ma'am; we neber steal none'" 356 "Dem all stan' outside de fence" 367 Fanning and pounding rice for household use 375 Pounding rice 376 The rice-fields looked like a great lake 399 Casa Bianca 422 Rice-fields from the highlands 439 "You see I didn't tell no lie" 442 A WOMAN RICE PLANTER