"'THANK THE LORD!NOW I CAN SEE TO LOOK FOR 'EM!'"

MORIAH'S MOURNING

and Other Half-Hour Sketches

By

RUTH McENERY STUART

Author of "In Simpkinsville","A Golden Wedding" etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON AND NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1898

Copyright, 1898, byHarper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.

Printed in New York, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

PAGE

• MORIAH'S MOURNING3
• AN OPTICAL DILEMMA19
• THE SECOND MRS. SLIMM37
• APOLLO BELVEDERE. A CHRISTMAS EPISODE OF THE PLANTATION53
• NEAREST OF KIN (ON THE PLANTATION)71
• THE DEACON'S MEDICINE93
• TWO GENTLEMEN OF LEISURE113
• THE REV. JORDAN WHITE'S THREE GLANCES131
• LADY. A MONOLOGUE OF THE COW-PEN157
• A PULPIT ORATOR165
• AN EASTER SYMBOL. A MONOLOGUE OF THE PLANTATION175
• CHRISTMAS AT THE TRIMBLES'181
• A MINOR CHORD211

ILLUSTRATIONS

• "'THANK THE LORD!NOW I CAN SEE TO LOOK FOR 'EM!'"Frontispiece
• "A SURPRISED AND SMILING MAN WAS SITTING AT HER
  POLISHED KITCHEN TABLE"Facing p.8
• "'I'M AC-CHILLY MOST AFEERDTOSEE
  YOU CONVERTED'"Facing p.40
• "'I PROMISED HIM I'D PUT ON MO'NIN' FOR HER
  SOON AS I MARRIED INTO DE FAMILY'"Facing p.74
• "SAYS SHE, 'OPEN YORE MOUTH!' AN' OF CO'SE
  I OPENED IT"Facing p.98
• "I DES LETS 'EM LOOSE P'OMISKYUS, TELL
  EV'YBODY SEE BLUE LIGHTNIN'"Facing p.134
• "SALVATION'S KYAR IS MOVIN'!"...