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[Illustration: SILAS X. FLOYD, AUGUSTA, GA.

_Corresponding Secretary National Association of Teachers in Colored
Schools._]




  SILAS X. FLOYD’S
  SHORT STORIES
  _for_
  COLORED PEOPLE
  BOTH OLD AND YOUNG

  _Entertaining_ _Uplifting_ _Interesting_

  PROF. SILAS X. FLOYD, A. M., D. D.,
  Author of “The Gospel of Serv’ce and other Sermons,” “Life of
  Charles T. Walker, D. D.,” “National Perils,” etc.

  ILLUSTRATED

  Published by
  AUSTIN JENKINS CO.,
  BOOK AND BIBLE PUBLISHERS
  WASHINGTON, D. C.

  AGENTS WANTED


  COPYRIGHTED 1905
  BY
  HERTEL JENKINS & CO.

  COP