EBOOK THE CONJURE WOMAN ***
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THE CONJURE WOMAN
BY
CHARLES W. CHESNUTT
First published in 1899 by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
CONTENTS
THE GOOPHERED GRAPEVINE
PO' SANDY
MARS JEEMS'S NIGHTMARE
THE CONJURER'S REVENGE
SIS' BECKY'S PICKANINNY
THE GRAY WOLF'S HA'NT
HOT-FOOT HANNIBAL
"The Conjurer's Revenge" is reprinted from _The Overland Monthly_ by
permission of the publishers.
APPENDIX
Uncollected Uncle Julius Stories
Dave's Neckliss (1889)
A Deep Sleeper (1893)
Lonesome Ben (1900)
Essay
Superstitions and Folk-Lore of the South (1901)
THE CONJURE WOMAN
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THE GOOPHERED GRAPEVINE
Some years ago my wife was in poor health, and our family doctor, in
whose skill and honesty I had implicit confidence, advised a change of
climate. I shared, from an unprofessional standpoint, his opinion that
the raw winds, the chill rains, and the violent changes of temperature
that characterized the winters in the region of the Great Lakes tended
to aggravate my wife's difficulty, and would undoubtedly shorten her
life if she remained exposed to them.
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