href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@18304@[email protected]#p424jpg" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">424

Gigantic movements and mutations, Niagara-like noises, great bursts of flame like falling fragments from the sun 437 A shaggy, unshaven, rawboned man, gray-haired and collarless, sat near the window 444 Gaze upon the character called Daniel Voorhees Pike! 456 The houses were full of the suggestion of an easy-going home life and an informal hospitality 465 Her hands looked very white and small against his dark coat 480 As water flows down the hills of Vicksburg to the river, so the visitor's thoughts flow down to the great spectacular, mischievous, dominating stream 485 Over the tenement roofs one catches sight of sundry other buildings of a more self-respecting character 492 Vicksburg negroes 497 On some of the boats negro fish-markets are conducted 504 The old Klein house 512 Citizens go at midday to the square 520 Hanging in the air above the middle of the stream 536 These small parks give Savannah the quality which differentiates it from all other American cities 556 The Thomas house, in Franklin Square 561 You will see them having tea, and dancing under the palm fronds of the cocoanut grove 576 Cocktail hour at The Breakers 581 Nowhere is the sand more like a deep warm dust of yellow gold 588 The couples on the platform were "ragging" 600 Harness held together by that especial Providence which watches over negro mending 613 It was a very jolly fair 616 The mysterious old Absinthe House, founded 1799 620 St. Anthony's Garden 632 Courtyard of the old Orleans Hotel 641 The little lady who sits behind the desk 656 The lights are always lowered at Antoine's when the spectacular Café Boulot Diabolique is served 664 Passing between the brilliantly illuminated buildings, the Mardi Gras parades are glorious sights for children from eight to eighty years of age 672

---

THE BORDERLAND