JOHN FOX, JR.

`Hell fer Sartain'
and
Other Stories


TO
MY BROTHER
JAMES


AUTHOR'S NOTE




CONTENTS


ON HELL-FER-SARTAIN CREEK
THROUGH THE GAP
A TRICK O' TRADE
GRAYSON'S BABY
COURTIN' ON CUTSHIN
THE MESSAGE IN THE SAND
THE SENATOR'S LAST TRADE
PREACHIN' ON KINGDOM-COME
THE PASSING OF ABRAHAM SHIVERS
A PURPLE RHODODENDRON