The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories, by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Illustrated by E. W. Kemble 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 Strength of Gideon and Other Stories Strength of Gideon; Mammy Peggy's Pride; Viney's Free Papers; The Fruitful Sleeping of The Rev. Elisha Edwards; The Ingrate; The Case of 'Ca'line'; The Finish of Patsy Barnes; One Man's Fortunes; Jim's Probation; Uncle Simon's Sundays Out; Mr. Cornelius Johnson, Office-Seeker; An Old-Time Christmas; A Mess of Pottage; The Trustfulness of Polly; The Tragedy at Three Forks; The Finding of Zach; Johnsonham, Junior; The Faith Cure Man; A Council of State; Silas Jackson Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar Release Date: May 23, 2005 [eBook #15886] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STRENGTH OF GIDEON AND OTHER STORIES*** E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Pilar Somoza, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE STRENGTH OF GIDEON AND OTHER STORIES Paul Laurence Dunbar 1900 TO MY GOOD FRIEND AND TEACHER CAPTAIN CHARLES B. STIVERS CONTENTS PAGE THE STRENGTH OF GIDEON 1 MAMMY PEGGY'S PRIDE 25 VINEY'S FREE PAPERS 51 THE FRUITFUL SLEEPING OF THE REV.