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Hic Fructus Virtutis; Clifton Waller Barrett
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SAM LAWSON.
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Title Page
OLDTOWN
Fireside Stories.
BY
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
With Illustrations.
BOSTON:
JAMES R. OSGOOD & COMPANY,
(LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.)
1872.
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871,
By JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Boston:
Stereotyped and Printed by Rand, Avery, & Co.
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
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[The Drawings by F. O. C. Darley, Augustus Hoppin, and John J. Harley.]
PAGE.
Sam Lawson Frontispiece.
“Do, do, tell us a story” 3
“Old Cack knew him too” 20
“Huldy came behind, jist chokin' with laugh” 65
“I've thrown the pig in the well” 70
“And gin him a regular bear's hug” 99
“They dug down about five feet” 119
“Great gold eagles and guineas flew round the
kitchen” 138
“She stood there, lookin' right at Cinthy” 149
“He was took with the shine o' these shoe-buckles” 174
“He bethought him of old Mump's gun” 187
“Wal, I'm the Devil, sez he” 199
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CONTENTS.
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The Ghost in the Mill 9
The Sullivan Looking-Glass 25
The Minister's Housekeeper 53
The Widow's Bandbox 79
Captain Kidd's Money 103
“Mis' Elderkin's Pitcher” 122
The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House 139
Colonel Eph's Shoe-Buckles 160
The Bull-Fight 177
How to Fight the Devil 190
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Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 [1872], Oldtown fireside stories (James R. Osgood & Company, Boston) [word count] [eaf703T].
