Ole Mammy's Torment   By: Annie F. Johnston (1863-1931)

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OLE MAMMY'S TORMENT

by

ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

Illustrated by Mary G. Johnston and Amy M. Sacker

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Boston L. C. Page and Company (Incorporated) Publishers Copyright, 1897 by L. C. Page and Company (Incorporated) Thirteenth Impression, February, 1907 Fourteenth Impression, March, 1909 Fifteenth Impression, August, 1910 =Colonial Press:= Electrotyped and Printed by C.H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

TO TWO TORMENTS WHOM I KNOW

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ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE BUD AND IVY Frontispiece

JOHN JAY 2

"'WOT WE ALL GWINE DO NOW?'" 7

MARS' NAT 29

"A GROUP OF PRETTY GIRLS SAT ON THE PORCH" 37

"FILLED BOTH HIS HANDS" 41

UNDER THE APPLE TREE 52

UNCLE BILLY 65

"THE GANDERS HAD CHASED HIM AROUND" 76

"GEORGE CAME OUT AND LOCKED THE DOOR" 93

"SAT ALONE BY THE CHURCH STEPS" 111

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