Chapter I: Front Matter

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OLE MAMMY'S TORMENT

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Works of ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

=The Little Colonel Series=

(_Trade Mark, Reg. U.S. Pat. Of._)

Each one vol., large 12mo, cloth, illustrated

The Little Colonel Stories $1.50
(Containing in one volume the three stories, "The
Little Colonel," "The Giant Scissors," and "Two
Little Knights of Kentucky.")

The Little Colonel's House Party 1.50
The Little Colonel's Holidays 1.50
The Little Colonel's Hero 1.50
The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 1.50
The Little Colonel in Arizona 1.50
The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1.50
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor 1.50
The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding 1.50
Mary Ware: The Little Colonel's Chum 1.50
The above 10 vols., _boxed_ 15.00
_In Preparation_: A new "Little Colonel" Book.

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The Little Colonel Good Times Book 1.50

=Illustrated Holiday Editions=

Each one vol., small quarto, cloth, illustrated, and printed in
colour

The Little Colonel $1.25
The Giant Scissors 1.25
Two Little Knights of Kentucky 1.25
Big Brother 1.25

=Cosy Corner Series=
Each one vol., thin 12mo, cloth, illustrated

The Little Colonel $.50
The Giant Scissors .50
Two Little Knights of Kentucky .50
Big Brother .50
Ole Mammy's Torment .50
The Story of Dago .50
Cicely .50
Aunt 'Liza's Hero .50
The Quilt that Jack Built .50
Flip's "Islands of Providence" .50
Mildred's Inheritance .50

=Other Books=

Joel: A Boy of Galilee $1.50
In the Desert of Waiting .50
The Three Weavers .50
Keeping Tryst .50
The Legend of the Bleeding Heart .50
The Rescue of the Princess Winsome .50
The Jester's Sword .50
Asa Holmes 1.00
Songs Ysame (Poems, with Albion Fellows Bacon) 1.00

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L.C. PAGE & COMPANY
53 Beacon Street Boston, Mass.

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OLE MAMMY'S TORMENT

by

ANNIE FELLOWS JOHNSTON

Illustrated by Mary G. Johnston and Amy M. Sacker

Boston L. C. Page and Company (Incorporated) Publishers _Copyright, 1897_ by L. C. Page and Company (Incorporated) Thirteenth Impression, February, 1907 Fourteenth Impression, March, 1909 Fifteenth Impression, August, 1910 =Colonial Press:= Electrotyped and Printed by C.H. Simonds & Co. Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

TO
TWO TORMENTS WHOM I KNOW

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
BUD AND IVY _Frontispiece_

JOHN JAY 2

"'WOT WE ALL GWINE DO NOW?'" 7

MARS' NAT 29

"A GROUP OF PRETTY GIRLS SAT ON THE PORCH" 37

"FILLED BOTH HIS HANDS" 41

UNDER THE APPLE-TREE 52

UNCLE BILLY 65

"THE GANDERS HAD CHASED HIM AROUND" 76

"GEORGE CAME OUT AND LOCKED THE DOOR" 93

"SAT ALONE BY THE CHURCH STEPS" 111

OLE MAMMY'S TORMENT.