The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge

And Other Stories

BY CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK

AUTHOR OF "IN THE 'STRANGER PEOPLE'S' COUNTRY" ETC. ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1895

Copyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS

PAGE

THE PHANTOMS OF THE FOOT-BRIDGE 1

HIS "DAY IN COURT" 61

'WAY DOWN IN LONESOME COVE 131

THE MOONSHINERS AT HOHO-HEBEE FALLS 183

THE RIDDLE OF THE ROCKS 289

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'WARN'T YOU-UNS APOLOGIZIN' TER ME FUR NOT BEIN' A NEPHEW?'" Frontispiece

THE PHANTOM OF THE FOOT-BRIDGE Facing p. 12

OLD JOEL QUIMBEY " 66

"'WHY'N'T YE GIN DAD THEM MESSAGES?'" " 102

"SHE FLUNG HER APRON OVER HER HEAD" " 114

"HE STOLE NOISELESSLY IN THE SOFT SNOW" " 124

OLD QUIMBEY AND HIS GRANDSON " 128

"YET THIS WAS CHRISTMAS EVE" " 176

"HE HAD HAD AN ACTIVE DAY, INDUCING A KEEN THIRST" " 214

"'LOOK OUT! SOMEBODY'S THAR!'" " 284

"SHE SMILED UPON THE BABY" " 300

THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP " 312

"THE TABLES OF THE LAW" " 322

"'WHAT WORD DID HE SEND TER—ME?'" " 330