BOOK TWO

THE BEAST AND THE JUNGLE

CONTENTS

I EFFINGHAM 149

II "THESE NEGROES IN EFFINGHAM ARE NIGGA'S PROPER" 164

III "I HAVE BEEN MARRIED", SAID SHE 173

IV "EIDDER STUCK UP AH SHE'S A WITCH!" 181

V "A BIGGA LIAH THEY AIN'T IN TOWN!" 189

VI "YES--_MISS_ LATHAM!" 196

VII "IT ALL FALLS RIGHT BACK ON SOCIETY!" 202

VIII "WHERE ARE YOU FROM?" 206

IX "BUT SMITH IS NOT HIS REAL NAME" 211

X "WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN GRASS WIDOWED, IT'S DIFFERENT" 224

XI "I'M WORRIED ABOUT MILDRED" 232

XII AND THEN SHE BEGAN TO GROW OTHERWISE 241

XIII ENTER--MR. TOM TODDY! 243

XIV THE DISAPPEARING CHIN 256

XV "WILSON! WILSON! MILDRED HAS GONE!" 268

XVI THE BEAST AND THE JUNGLE 273

XVII "THIS IS MR. WINSLOW, MADAM!" 278

XVIII "THOU SHALT NOT STEAL" 285

XIX THEY TURNED HER OUT OF CHURCH 290

XX "I _LOVE_ YOU" 299

XXI "PLEASE GET D' OLE MAN OUTTA JAIL" 302

XXII "THIS MAN IS LOSING HIS MIND!" 309

XXIII "I'LL BRAND YOU AS A FAKER!" 317

XXIV THE ARRAIGNMENT 324