The Common Lot and Other Stories. Emma Bell Miles

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      The Common Lot and Other Stories

      The Common Lot and Other Stories

       The Published Short Fiction, 1908–1921

      EMMA BELL MILES

      EDITED BY GRACE TONEY EDWARDS

       Swallow Press

       Ohio University Press

       Athens

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      An imprint of Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Miles, Emma Bell, 1879–1919, author. | Edwards, Grace Toney, editor.

      Title: The common lot and other stories : the published short fiction, 1908–1921 / Emma Bell Miles ; edited by Grace Toney Edwards.

      Other titles: Short stories

      Description: Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, Ohio University Press, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2015044695| ISBN 9780804011730 (hardback) | ISBN 9780804011747 (pb) | ISBN 9780804040747 (pdf)

      Subjects: | BISAC: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General. | LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General. | FICTION / General.

      Classification: LCC PS3525 .I482 2016 | DDC 813/.52—dc23

      LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015044695

       This book is dedicated to the memory of the Miles children,

       Judith, Jean, Joe, Kitty, and Mark,

      and to their living descendants.

      contents

       List of Illustrations

       Preface

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction: The Published Short Stories of Emma Bell Miles, 1908–21

      GRACE TONEY EDWARDS

       1. The Common Lot

       2. The Broken Urn

       3. A Dark Rose

       4. The Home-Coming of Evelina

       5. Mallard Plumage

       6. The Dulcimore

       7. The Breaks of Caney

       8. Flyaway Flittermouse

       9. Three Roads and a River

       10. Flower of Noon

       11. At the Top of Sourwood

       12. Enchanter’s Nightshade

       13. Thistle Bloom

       14. A Dream of the Dust

       15. Love o’ Man

       16. The White Marauder

       17. Turkey Luck

       Suggestions for Further Reading and Research

      illustrations

       Emma Bell, age twenty-one

       Frank Miles, age twenty-three

       Emma Bell Miles with husband Frank and twins in front of their tent home, summer 1903

       Emma with children Judith, Kitty, Joe, and Jean, outside their house, summer 1908

       Emma, the twins, and friends from Chattanooga, about 1910

       Emma and her youngest children, Mirick and Kitty, summer 1911

       Emma and the twins, Judith and Jean, summer 1913

       Emma, probably 1914, age thirty-five

       Pen-and-ink sketch of the bluff on Walden’s Ridge by Emma Bell Miles

       Pen-and-ink postcard sketch of a cabin on Walden’s Ridge by Emma Bell Miles

       Watercolor of a cabin and attached fence on Walden’s Ridge by Emma Bell Miles

       Pen-and-ink postcard sketch of an open fireplace with cooking pot by Emma Bell Miles