New York George H. Doran Company

1917

TO THE MEMORY OF

MANDY MARTIN, whose soul was as white as her skin was black, and who for forty-two years, until her death, was a loyal friend and servant of my people.

CONTENTS

THOSE TIMES AND THESE

CHAPTER I. EX-FIGHTIN' BILLY

CHAPTER II. AND THERE WAS LIGHT

CHAPTER III. MR. FELSBURG GETS EVEN

CHAPTER IV. THE GARB OF MEN

CHAPTER V. THE CURE FOR LONESOMENESS

CHAPTER VI. THE FAMILY TREE

CHAPTER VII. HARK! FROM THE TOMBS

CHAPTER VIII. CINNAMON SEED AND SANDY BOTTOM

CHAPTER IX. A KISS FOR KINDNESS

CHAPTER X. THE START OF A DREAM

THOSE TIMES AND THESE