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Title: Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales

Author: Ruth McEnery Stuart

Release Date: January 12, 2009 [EBook #27779]

Language: English

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[Illustration: SOLOMON CROW'S CHRISTMAS POCKETS

RUTH McENERY STUART]

[Illustration: [_See page 34_

"'DIS HEAH'S A FUS-CLASS THING TER WORK OFF BAD TEMPERS WID'"]

SOLOMON CROW'S

CHRISTMAS POCKETS

AND OTHER TALES

BY

RUTH McENERY STUART

AUTHOR OF

"A GOLDEN WEDDING" "THE STORY OF BABETTE"
"CARLOTTA'S INTENDED" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1897

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

CARLOTTA'S INTENDED, and Other Tales. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth,
$1 50.

THE GOLDEN WEDDING, and Other Tales. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth,
$1 50.

THE STORY OF BABETTE. Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 50.

PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.

Copyright, 1896, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

_All rights reserved._

TO

MY DEAR NIECE

LITTLE MISS LEA CALLAWAY

CONTENTS

PAGE

SOLOMON CROW'S CHRISTMAS POCKETS 3

THE TWO TIMS 23

THE FREYS' CHRISTMAS PARTY 39

LITTLE MOTHER QUACKALINA 67

OLD EASTER 91

SA