The first story centres on a house on Clay Street where lights blaze in every room all night, and the neighbours who wonder why. Other pieces range from the comic Cater-Cornered Sex and a mock natural history to Mr. Lobel’s apoplexy, the poor whiffletit, Plentiful Valley and a tale of wet days, told with Cobb’s ear for small-town talk.
Cobb was a celebrated humorist of his day; some stories use the Black dialect and racial attitudes of his era. Download the free EPUB.