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Title: Idle Hour Stories

Author: Eugenia Dunlap Potts

Release Date: February 16, 2005 [EBook #15078]

Language: English

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IDLE HOUR STORIES

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BY
EUGENIA DUNLAP POTTS

Author of
"The Song of Lancaster,"
"A Kentucky Girl in Dixie,"
"Short Mountain Trail,"
"Stories for Children,"
"The Housekeepers' Olio,"
and "Home Talks."

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PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR

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PRESS OF
J.L. RICHARDSON & CO.
LEXINGTON, KY.
1909

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DEDICATED

To the memory of my beloved and only son,
George Dunlap Potts, whose young
eyes watched with affectionate
interest the weaving of
these fancies.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

A THRILLING EXPERIENCE
A CLUSTER OF RIPE FRUIT
THE GHOST AT CRESTDALE
HER CHRISTMAS GIFT
IN A PULLMAN CAR
IN OLD KENTUCKY
HIS GRATITUDE
THE SINGER'S CHRISTMAS
TURNING THE TABLES
HOW SHE HELPED HIM
THE IRON BOX
THE GIRL FARMERS
PROVING A HEART
HEZEKIAH'S WOOING
A SUMMER DAISY
TREESA
MY FIRST JURY CASE
THREE VISITS
IN EASTER DAWN
IN THE MAMMOTH CAVE

POEMS

REVERIE
THE MISER AND THE ANGEL
REST
THE CHANGED CROSS

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A Thrilling Experience

MIGHT vs. RIGHT

It is some years since I was station-master, telegraph-operator,
baggage-agent and ticket seller at a little village near some valuable
oil wells.

The station-house was a little distance from the unpretentious
thoroughfare tha