The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge

Charles Egbert Craddock

And Other Stories

 

BY
CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK

AUTHOR OF
"IN THE 'STRANGER PEOPLE'S' COUNTRY" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

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NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1895

 

Copyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers

All rights reserved.

 

CONTENTS

  PAGE
THE PHANTOMS OF THE FOOT-BRIDGE 1
HIS "DAY IN COURT" 61
'WAY DOWN IN LONESOME COVE 131
THE MOONSHINERS AT HOHO-HEBEE FALLS 183
THE RIDDLE OF THE ROCKS 289

 

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'WARN'T YOU-UNS APOLOGIZIN' TER ME FUR NOT BEIN' A NEPHEW?'"   Frontispiece
THE PHANTOM OF THE FOOT-BRIDGE Facing p. 12
OLD JOEL QUIMBEY " 66
"'WHY'N'T YE GIN DAD THEM MESSAGES?'" " 102
"SHE FLUNG HER APRON OVER HER HEAD" " 114
"HE STOLE NOISELESSLY IN THE SOFT SNOW" " 124
OLD QUIMBEY AND HIS GRANDSON " 128
"YET THIS WAS CHRISTMAS EVE" " 176
"HE HAD HAD AN ACTIVE DAY, INDUCING A KEEN THIRST" " 214
"'LOOK OUT! SOMEBODY'S THAR!'" " 284
"SHE SMILED UPON THE BABY" " 300
THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP " 312
"THE TABLES OF THE LAW" " 322
"'WHAT WORD DID HE SEND TER—ME?'" " 330

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