THE
STRENGTH OF GIDEON

AND OTHER STORIES

Paul Laurence Dunbar

1900

TO MY GOOD FRIEND AND TEACHER
CAPTAIN CHARLES B. STIVERS

Table of Contents

THE STRENGTH OF GIDEON    1

MAMMY PEGGY’S PRIDE   25

VINEY’S FREE PAPERS   51

THE FRUITFUL SLEEPING OF THE REV. ELISHA EDWARDS    73

THE INGRATE   87

THE CASE OF ‘CA’LINE’   105

THE FINISH OF PATSY BARNES   113

ONE MAN’S FORTUNES   Part One and Two       129

                                        Part Three and Four

JIM’S PROBATION   163

UNCLE SIMON’S SUNDAYS OUT   177

MR. CORNELIUS JOHNSON, OFFICER-SEEKER   207

AN OLD-TIME CHRISTMAS   229

A MESS OF POTTAGE   239

THE TRUSTFULNESS OF POLLY   255

THE TRAGEDY AT THREE FORKS   267

THE FINDING OF ZACH   285

JOHNSONHAM, JUNIOR   295

THE FAITH CURE MAN    305

A COUNCIL OF STATE    315

SILAS JACKSON   339