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SAM LAWSON.
OLDTOWN FIRESIDE STORIES.
BYHARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
With Illustrations.BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD & COMPANY, (LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.)
1872.Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, BY JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Boston: Stereotyped and Printed by Rand, Avery, & Co.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
[The Drawings by F. O. C. Darley, Augustus Hoppin, and John J. Harley.]
- SAM LAWSON. Frontispiece.
- "DO, DO, TELL US A STORY." 3
- "OLD CACK KNEW HIM TOO." 20
- "HULDY CAME BEHIND, JIST CHOKIN' WITH LAUGH." 65
- "I'VE THROWN THE PIG IN THE WELL." 70
- "AND GIN HIM A REGULAR BEAR'S HUG." 99
- "THEY DUG DOWN ABOUT FIVE FEET." 119
- "GREAT GOLD EAGLES AND GUINEAS FLEW ROUND THE KITCHEN." 138
- "SHE STOOD THERE, LOOKIN' RIGHT AT CINTHY." 149
- "HE WAS TOOK WITH THE SHINE O' THESE SHOE-BUCKLES." 174
- "HE BETHOUGHT HIM OF OLD MUMP'S GUN." 187
- "WAL, I'M THE DEVIL, SEZ HE." 199