A number of Porter’s finest stories have their setting in the South at the turn of the century. The Old Order brings these together in a single volume, including six stories from The Leaning Tower, three stories from Flowering Judas, and the short novel “Old Mortality” from Pale Horse, Pale Rider. The source—The old order—The witness—The circus—The last leaf—The grave—The jilting of Granny Weatherall—He—Magic—Old mortality