Transcriber’s Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. [Illustration: GENIEVE.] SAMANTHA ON THE RACE PROBLEM BY JOSIAH ALLEN’S WIFE (MARIETTA HOLLEY) _ILLUSTRATED BY_ F. W. KEMBLE NEW YORK DODD, MEAD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1892, BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY. [All rights reserved.] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE “THEY WUZ TRACTS AND BIBLES” 7 UNCLE NATE GOWDEY 12 “THE DUMB FOOLS!” 18 A BLACK 21 “THE OLD AND FEEBLE ONES” 30 “I SOT DEMUTE” 34 “THE DARK FACES OF THESE APOSTLES” 40 “WITH PHILURY’S HELP” 46 CHARACTER SKETCH 51 “WHEN URY HAD THAT FIGHT WITH SAM” 56 MELINDA 61 MELINDA HAS A FIT 63 “IT WUZ ‘HOLD THE FORT’ HE BELCHED OUT IN” 69 “I KETCHED HER BY HER LIMB” 73 PETER AND MELINDA ANN 77 DEACON HENZY 83 “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