The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann
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THE CHRONICLES OF
AUNT MINERVY ANN
CONTENTS
PAGE I. An Evening with the Ku-Klux 1 II. "When Jess went a-fiddlin'" 34 III. How Aunt Minervy Ann Ran Away and Ran Back Again 70 IV. How She Joined the Georgia Legislature 97 V. How She Went Into Business 119 VI. How She and Major Perdue Frailed Out the Gossett Boys 139 VII. Major Perdue's Bargain 157 VIII. The Case of Mary Ellen 182
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- "I ain't fergot dat ar 'possum"
Frontispiece FACING
PAGE- "Well, he can't lead me"
6 - He wore a blue army overcoat and a stove-pipe hat
8 - "Sholy you-all ain't gwine put dat in de paper, is you?"
10 - Inquired what day the paper came out
14 - "I was on the lookout," the Major explained
18 - In the third he placed only powder
26 - We administered to his hurts the best we could
30 - "I'd a heap rather you'd pull your shot-gun on me than your pen"
32 - The Committee of Public Comfort
72 - Buying cotton on his own account
76 - "Miss Vallie!"
78 - "I saw him fling his hand to his shoulder and hold it there"
80 - "Dat ar grape jelly on de right han' side"
82 - "'Conant!' here and'Conant' dar'"
84 - "Drapt down on de groun' dar an' holler an' cry"
90 - "Oh, my shoulder!"
122 - "Marse Tumlin never did pass a nigger on de road"
124 - "We made twelve pies ef we made one"
126 - "I gi' Miss Vallie de money"
128 - "Ef here ain't ol' Minervy Ann wid pies!"
130 - "You see dat nigger 'oman?"
132 - "An' he sot dar, suh, wid his haid 'twix' his han's fer I dunner how long"
134 - "You'll settle dis wid me"
136 - "Dat money ain't gwine ter las' when you buy dat kin' er doin's"
160 - Trimmin' up de Ol' Mules
162 - "She wuz cryin'—settin' dar cryin'"
164 - "Here come a nigger boy leadin' a bob-tail boss"
166 - "He been axin' me lots 'bout Miss Vallie"
172 - "Marse Tumlin 'low he'll take anything what he can chaw, sop, er drink"
176 - "I hatter stop an' pass da time er day"
178 - "Hunt up an' down fer dat ar Tom Ferryman"
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