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A QUARTER RACE IN KENTUCKY  13 
A SHARK STORY  26 
LANTY OLIPHANT IN COURT  38 
BILL MORSE ON THE CITY TAXES  41 
ANCE VEASY'S FIGHT WITH REUB. SESSIONS  43 
THE FASTEST FUNERAL ON RECORD  47 
GOING TO BED BEFORE A YOUNG LADY  52 
A MILLERITE MIRACLE  60 
OLD SINGLETIRE  64 
"RUNNING A SAW" ON A FRENCH GENTLEMAN  68 
BREAKING A BANK  74 
TAKING THE CENSUS  80 
DICK HARLAN'S TENNESSEE FROLIC  82 
"FALLING OFF A LOG," IN A GAME OF "SEVEN-UP"  91 
THE "WERRY FAST CRAB"  96 
"FRENCH WITHOUT A MASTER"  99 
A ROLLICKING DRAGOON OFFICER  103 
THE GEORGIA MAJOR IN COURT  107 
UNCLE BILLY BROWN—"GLORIOUS"  110 
OLD TUTTLE'S LAST QUARTER RACE  117 
BILL DEAN, THE TEXAN RANGER  122 
THE STEAMBOAT CAPTAIN WHO WAS AVERSE TO RACING  125 
BOB HERRING, THE ARKANSAS BEAR HUNTER  130 
McALPIN'S TRIP TO CHARLESTON  146 
INDIA RUBBER PILLS  151 
A MURDER CASE IN MISSISSIPPI  154 
KICKING A YANKEE  161 
A "DOWN-EAST"—ORIGINAL  165 
"SOMEBODY IN MY BED"  168 
A DAY AT SOL. SLICE'S  172 
CUPPING ON THE STERNUM  184 
A BEAR STORY  188 
PLAYING "POKER" IN ARKANSAS  197