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THE CHRONICLES

OF

AUNT MINERVY ANN


BY
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS


ILLUSTRATED BY
A. B. FROST


J M Dent logo, 1899.png


1899.
LONDON:
J. M. DENT & CO.,
29 AND 30, BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

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"I ain't fergit dat ar 'possum."

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THE CHRONICLES OF

AUNT MINERVY ANN

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CONTENTS


  1. PAGE
  2. I.
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    		1
  3. II.
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    		34
  4. III.
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    		70
  5. IV.
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    		97
  6. V.
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    		119
  7. VI.
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    		139
  8. VII.
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    		157
  9. VIII.
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    		182

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. "I ain't fergot dat ar 'possum"
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    		Frontispiece

  2. FACING
    PAGE

  3. "Well, he can't lead me"
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    		6
  4. He wore a blue army overcoat and a stove-pipe hat
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    		8
  5. "Sholy you-all ain't gwine put dat in de paper, is you?"
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    		10
  6. Inquired what day the paper came out
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    		14
  7. "I was on the lookout," the Major explained
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    		18
  8. In the third he placed only powder
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    		26
  9. We administered to his hurts the best we could
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    		30
  10. "I'd a heap rather you'd pull your shot-gun on me than your pen"
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    		32
  11. The Committee of Public Comfort
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    		72
  12. Buying cotton on his own account
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    		76
  13. "Miss Vallie!"
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    		78
    14. ​
  14. "I saw him fling his hand to his shoulder and hold it there"
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    		80
  15. "Dat ar grape jelly on de right han' side"
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    		82
  16. "'Conant!' here and'Conant' dar'"
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    		84
  17. "Drapt down on de groun' dar an' holler an' cry"
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    		90
  18. "Oh, my shoulder!"
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    		122
  19. "Marse Tumlin never did pass a nigger on de road"
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    		124
  20. "We made twelve pies ef we made one"
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    		126
  21. "I gi' Miss Vallie de money"
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    		128
  22. "Ef here ain't ol' Minervy Ann wid pies!"
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		130
  23. "You see dat nigger 'oman?"
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		132
  24. "An' he sot dar, suh, wid his haid 'twix' his han's fer I dunner how long"
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		134
  25. "You'll settle dis wid me"
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    		136
  26. "Dat money ain't gwine ter las' when you buy dat kin' er doin's"
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    		160
  27. Trimmin' up de Ol' Mules
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    		162
  28. "She wuz cryin'—settin' dar cryin'"
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    		164
  29. "Here come a nigger boy leadin' a bob-tail boss"
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    		166
    30. ​
  30. "He been axin' me lots 'bout Miss Vallie"
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    		172
  31. "Marse Tumlin 'low he'll take anything what he can chaw, sop, er drink"
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    		176
  32. "I hatter stop an' pass da time er day"
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    		178
  33. "Hunt up an' down fer dat ar Tom Ferryman"
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    		180
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