The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories, by Alice Dunbar This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories Author: Alice Dunbar Posting Date: July 26, 2008 [EBook #688] Release Date: October, 1996 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GOODNESS OF ST. ROCQUE *** Produced by Judith Boss. HTML version by Al Haines. THE GOODNESS OF ST. ROCQUE AND OTHER STORIES By ALICE DUNBAR To My best Comrade My Husband CONTENTS THE GOODNESS OF SAINT ROCQUE TONY'S WIFE THE FISHERMAN OF PASS CHRISTIAN M'SIEU FORTIER'S VIOLIN BY THE BAYOU ST. JOHN WHEN THE BAYOU OVERFLOWS MR. BAPTISTE A CARNIVAL JANGLE LITTLE MISS SOPHIE SISTER JOSEPHA THE PRALINE WOMAN ODALIE LA JUANITA TITEE THE GOODNESS OF SAINT ROCQUE Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken. She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot. To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.