# Tales of the Home Folks in Peace and War

Edition: Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1898. The War referred to in the title is the American Civil War.
Books by Joel Chandler Harris
MINGO, AND OTHER SKETCHES IN BLACK AND WHITE. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents.
BALAAM AND HIS MASTER, AND OTHER SKETCHES. 16mo, $1.25.
UNCLE REMUS AND HIS FRIENDS. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50.
LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER AND HIS QUEER COUNTRY. Illustrated by Oliver Herford. Square 8vo, $2.00.
MR. RABBIT AT HOME. A Sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country. Illustrated by Oliver Herford. Square 8vo, $2.00.
THE STORY OF AARON (SO-NAMED) THE SON OF BEN ALI Told by his Friends and Acquaintances. Illustrated by Oliver Herford. Square 8vo, #2.00.
AARON IN THE WILDWOODS. Illustrated by Oliver Herford. Square 8vo, $2.00.
SISTER JANE, HER FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES. A Narrative of Certain Events and Episodes transcribed from the Papers of the late William Wornum. Crown 8vo, $1.50.
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. Boston and New York.
HE WALKED OFF … AND LEANED AGAINST A TREE (Page 68)
Tales of the Home Folks
in
Peace and War
BY
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
AUTHOR OF UNCLE REMUS AND HIS FRIENDS, NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS, AND THE
THIMBLEFINGER STORIES.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1898
COPYRIGHT 1898 BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS AND
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
TO MY DAUGHTER LILLIAN
Who will know why I have included in Tales
of the Home Folks the little skit about
our friends in St. Valerien
CONTENTS
* PAGE
* How Whalebone Caused a Wedding ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* The Colonel's "Nigger Dog" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34
* A Run of Luck ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
* The Late Mr. Watkins of Georgia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................97
* A Belle of St. Valerien ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................114
* The Comedy of War ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................148
* A Bold Deserter ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................184
* A Baby in the Siege ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................215
* The Baby's Fortune ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................253
* An Ambuscade ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................293
* The Cause of the Difficulty ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................345
* The Baby's Christmas ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................377
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
* PAGE
* He walked off … and leaned against a tree (Page 68) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Frontispiece.
* "Go!" the Mariste repeated ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................144
* Little Billy trotted by his side ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................210
* "God bless you, me b'y!" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................336
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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