Foreword.
ILLUSTRATIONS
The Late Figger Bush.
Hoodoo Eyes.
The Art of Enticing Labor.
The Cruise of the Mud Hen.
Two Sorry Sons of Sorrow.
I “ALL DE WORL’ AM SAD AN’ DREARY.”
II THE LONE WOLF.
III THE SLEEPER WAKES.
IV THE CONQUEST OF KERLERAC
V TROUBLE’S TWIN.
VI IN THE MASSACRE SWAMP.
VII “GON’ER GIT THEM NIGGERS!”
VIII MOB AND MUSIC.
IX BACK TO THE OLD FOLKS.
Monarch of the Manacle.
All is Fair.
I THE HORSE RACE.
II SKIPPER’S FORM.
III DEEP LAID PLANS.
IV THE LAME SORREL.
V NIGGER BLACKIE.
VI BY THREE LENGTHS.
VII DOPE.
VIII DISASTER.
IX ONE DOLLAR, ONE CENT, ONE WORM.
X RATTLESNAKE.
Hoodoo Face.
I THE STRANGER.
II “TOOK IN.”
III FOURTEEN SWALLOWS.
IV A PIPE OF ’BACKY.
V AMONG THIEVES.
VI THE TICKFALL TIGER STRIKES.
VII GOING HOME.
VIII THE HOODOO GIRL.
IX DINNER GAZE SINGS.
X HOME AGAIN.
XI UP AGAINST IT.
XII HITCH’S MOTHER.
XIII THE HOODOO FACE.
XIV SKEETER STARTS A BLAZE.
XV COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE.
XVI WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE.
XVII SMOKE OF BATTLE.
XVIII THE HOODOO FACE SMILES.