Chapter I: Vagrant Adventures in the South

COLUMBUS 3

THE MAN UNDER THE YOKE. BEING MY FIRST EXPERIENCE
AS AN ABSOLUTELY PENNILESS PERSON,
AND SHOWING THE GOOD FORTUNE OF THE
PENNILESS 5

THE MAN WITH THE APPLE-GREEN EYES. A STORY
COVERING A RIDE IN TWO FREIGHT-CABOOSES
IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA. SHOWING HOW MY
GOOD LUCK CAME AFTER I SPENT MY ALL UPON
GINGER-SNAPS 14

INTERLUDE: THE WOULD-BE MERMAN 33

MACON. SHOWING MY FIRST RESPITE WITH A CIVILIZED FRIEND 35

THE FALLS OF TALLULAH. BEING THE STORY OF A
WILD BATH IN A MOUNTAIN-TORRENT, AND A
CONVERSATION WITH THE EARTH 38

THE GNOME. BEING THE STORY OF A GROTESQUE
MOONSHINER, EATEN UP WITH DRINK 46

INTERLUDE: THE TRAMP’S REFUSAL 61

THE HOUSE OF THE LOOM. BEING THE STORY OF
SEVEN ARISTOCRATS AND A SOAP-KETTLE. AN
EMINENT INSTANCE OF THE GOOD FORTUNE OF
THE DEVOTEE OF VOLUNTARY POVERTY 63

INTERLUDE: PHIDIAS 78

MAN, IN THE CITY OF COLLARS. SHOWING HOW AN
UNEXPECTED SHOCK CAME TO A CIVILIZED PERSON.
A NOT VERY TRAGIC RELAPSE INTO THE
TOILS OF FINANCE 79

INTERLUDE: CONFUCIUS 87

THE OLD LADY AT THE TOP OF THE HILL. SHOWING
HOW AN EMPRESS OF THE MOUNTAINS DESIRED
ME AS HER GUEST 88

INTERLUDE: WITH A ROSE, TO BRUNHILDE 94

LADY IRON-HEELS. A STORY TOUCHING UPON THE
ROMANCE OF A LONG-DEAD FLORIST,--ALSO
THE CANTICLE OF THE ROSE 96