THE GRAYSONS

A STORY OF ILLINOIS

BY EDWARD EGGLESTON

AUTHOR OF "THE HOOSIER SCHOOLMASTER," "ROXY," "THE CIRCUIT RIDER,"ETC., ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ALLEGRA EGGLESTON

THE CENTURY CO.
NEW-YORK.

Copyright, 1887,
by Edward Eggleston.

The DeVinne Press.

TURNING THE BIBLE.

PREFACE.

I had thought to close up the cycle of my stories of life in theMississippi Valley with "Roxy" which was published in 1878. But when Iundertook by request of the editor to write a short story for "TheCentury Magazine," and to found it on a legendary account of one ofPresident Lincoln's trials, the theme grew on my hands until the presentnovel was the result. It was written mostly at Nervi, near Genoa, whereI could not by any possibility have verified the story I had receivedabout 1867 from one of Lincoln's old neighbors. To have investigated theaccuracy of my version of the anecdote would have been, indeed, to flyin the face and eyes of providence, for popular tradition is itself anartist rough-hewing a story to the novelist's hands. During theappearance of this novel in serial form I have received many lettersfrom persons acquainted in one way or another with the actors andsufferers in the events, of which these here related are the idealcounterparts. Some of these letters contain information or relateincidents of so much interest that I have it in mind to insert them inan appendix to some later edition of this book.

EDWARD EGGLESTON.

Joshua's Rock, Lake George, 1888.

This Book is respectfully inscribed to the Hon. Jonathan Chace, UnitedStates Senator from Rhode Island; the Hon. Joseph Hawley, United StatesSenator from Connecticut; the Hon. W. C. P. Breckenridge, Representativefrom Kentucky; and the Hon. Patrick A. Collins, Representative fromMassachusetts, who have recently introduced or had charge ofInternational Copyright Bills, and to those Members of both Houses ofCongress who have coöperated with them in the effort to put downliterary buccaneering.

E. E.

CONTENTS.

PREFACE.
I. Turning the Bible
II. Winning and Losing
III. Paying the Fiddler
IV. Lockwood's Plan
V. The Mitten
VI. Uncle and Nephew
VII. Lockwood's Revenge
VIII. Barbara's Private Affairs
IX. By the Loom
X. The

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