“JOSIAH’S BALD HEAD AND MINE” 86 THE COLORED CHILDREN 93 OLD DR. CORK 99 THE SLAVE WOMAN WHO POISONED THE CHILD 104 MADELINE 110 COLONEL SEYBERT 122 “LOW, BRUTAL, ENVIOUS MIND” 128 DEFENDING HIS HOME 133 THE LEADER 138 FELIX AND THE TEACHER 143 “THE OLD, THE FEEBLE” 149 “HIS OVERSEER” 153 “A LITTLE TUMBLE-DOWN COTTAGE” 155 CLEOPATRA 156 ROSY 161 “HE WUZ GLAD TO SET DOWN” 167 THE OLD NEGRO 172 “GAWGE PERKINS AM DAID” 176 ONE OF THE MOURNERS 179 “YOU CAN REPAIR YOUR DWELLIN’ HOUSE 185 “AND I HAVE GOT THE PANS” 189 “I AM NEEDED THERE” 192 “THE BUTTER-MAKER UP IN ZOAR” 194 “JOSIAH GIVE UP” 196 DEACON HUFFER 208 “UNDER THE WHITE CROSS” 211 THE JONESVILLIANS 215 “BOY LAUGHED” 220 RAYMOND FAIRFAX COLEMAN 223 “WITH A JUMPIN’ TOOTHACHE” 225 “THE RELATION ON MAGGIE’S SIDE” 230 BABE 237 “MY TONE RIZ UP” 239 “I HAD BEEN OUT A WALKIN’” 242 A POOR WHITE 244 ROSY’S BABY 254 URY 256 SOME NEIGHBORS 258 AUNT MELA 264 “DESPATCHED TO GET BUTTERMILK” 271 “THE BIG PIAZZA” 277 “A PERFECT DAGON” 279 A KU-KLUXER 291 “PILOT A HELPLESS UNIONIST” 296 “SET DOWN IN OUR SWAMP” 301 “HE HASTENED OFF” 305 “TO KISS SNOW AND BOY GOOD-NIGHT” 308 “AND KILLED HER HENS” 312 “ONEXPECTED COMPANY” 316