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_Abner gently checked his mare, and sat watching her._]
CRESTLANDS
_A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge_
BY
MARY ADDAMS BAYNE
_Illustrated by O. A. Stemler_
THE STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANYCINCINNATI, OHIO
COPYRIGHT, 1907, BYTHE STANDARD PUBLISHING CO.CINCINNATI, O.
DEDICATION
_To my husband, J. C. Bayne, who in this, as in all else I haveattempted, has given loving, loyal, unstinted support andencouragement._
CONTENTS
PAGECHAPTER I.
THE COMING OF THE SCHOOLMASTER 1
CHAPTER II.
GETTING TO WORK 19
CHAPTER III.
CANE RIDGE MEETING-HOUSE 27
CHAPTER IV.
WINTER SCHOOL-DAYS 38
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO 59
CHAPTER VII.
THE "HOUSE-RAISIN'" 69
CHAPTER VIII.
LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM 75
CHAPTER IX.
THE GREAT REVIVAL 78
CHAPTER X.
AFTERNOON IN THE GROVE 82
CHAPTER XI.
LIGHT DAWNS 91
CHAPTER XII.
COMMENT AND CRITICISM 96
CHAPTER XIII.
COURT DAY 103
CHAPTER XIV.
BETSY SAYS "WAIT" 107
CHAPTER XV.
THE WAITING-TIME 113
CHAPTER XVI.
A SINGULAR WILL 120
CHAPTER XVII.
AT CANE RIDGE AGAIN 130
CHAPTER XVIII.
DRAKE PRACTICES PENMANSHIP 135
CHAPTER XIX.
THE BETROTHAL 141
CHAPTER XX.
THE LONE GRAVE IN THE MOUNTAINS 151
CHAPTER XXI.
GILCREST'S ATTITUDE 159
CHAPTER XXII.
BANISHMENT 169
CHAPTER XXIII.
MASON ROGERS' DIPLOMACY 173
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE BAR SINISTER 181
CHAPTER XXV.
THE PACKAGE OF OLD LETTERS 190
CHAPTER XXVI.
SPRINGFIELD PRESBYTERY 199
BETSY DECLINES THE HONOR 203
CHAPTER XXVIII.
AT THE BLUE HERON 213
CHAPTER XXIX.
AUNT DILSEY TO THE RESCUE 221
CHAPTER XXX.
YOUNG LOCHINVAR 228
CHAPTER XXXI.
A NOVEL BRIDAL TOUR 232
CHAPTER XXXII.
EXIT JAMES ANSON DRANE 241
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE STRANGER PREACHER 252
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE CUP OF COLD WATER 258
CHAPTER XXXV.
CONCLUSION 263
APPENDIX 269