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THE MOUNTAIN GIRL
_"We will go home--to my home--just like this,together."_
FRONTISPIECE. _See Page 311._]
The Mountain Girl
By PAYNE ERSKINE
Author of "When the Gates Lift Up Their Heads."
WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. DUNCAN GLEASON
A. L. BURT COMPANYPUBLISHERS NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1911, 1912, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
_All rights reserved._
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. In which David Thryng arrives at Carew's Crossing 1
II. In which David Thryng experiences the Hospitality of the Mountain People 10
III. In which Aunt Sally takes her Departure and meets Frale 25
IV. David spends his First Day at his Cabin, and Frale makes his Confession 35
V. In which Cassandra goes to David with her Trouble, and gives Frale her Promise 47
VI. In which David aids Frale to make his Escape 59
VII. In which Frale goes down to Farington in his own Way 68
VIII. In which David Thryng makes a Discovery 76
IX. In which David accompanies Cassandra on an Errand of Mercy 86
X. In which Cassandra and David visit the Home of Decatur Irwin 94
XI. In which Spring comes to the Mountains, and Cassandra tells David of her Father 103
XII. In which Cassandra hears the Voices, and David leases a Farm 111
XIII. In which David discovers Cassandra's Trouble 120
XIV. In which David visits the Bishop, and Frale sees his Enemy 131
XV. In which Jerry Carew gives David his Views on Future Punishment, and Little Hoyle pays him a Visit and is made Happy 144
XVI. In which Frale returns and listens to the Complaints of Decatur Irwin's Wife 152
XVII. In which David Thryng meets an Enemy 164
XVIII. In which David Thryng Awakes 172
XIX. In which David sends Hoke Belew on a Commission, and Cassandra makes a Confession 180
XX. In which the Bishop and his Wife pass an Eventful Day at the Fall Place 189
XXI. In which the Summer Passes 198
XXII. In which David takes little Hoyle to Canada 207
XXIII. In which Doctor Hoyle speaks his Mind 212
XXIV. In which David Thryng has News from England 218
XXV. In which David Thryng visits his Mother 224
XXVI. In which David Thryng adjusts his Life to New Conditions 234
XXVII. In which the Old Doctor and Little Hoyle come back to the Mountains 244
XXVIII. In which Frale returns to the Mountains 253
XXIX. In which Cassandra visits David Thryng's Ancestors 265
XXX. In which Cassandra goes to Queensderry and takes a Drive in a Pony Carriage 276
XXXI. In which David and his Mother do not Agree 288
XXXII. In which Cassandra brings the Heir of Daneshead Castle back to her Hilltop, and the Shadow Lifts 300
THE MOUNTAIN GIRL