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by Frank H. Spearman


  JOHN FOX, JR'S.

  STORIES OF THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS

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  THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE. Illustrated by F. C. Yohn.

  The "lonesome pine" from which the story takes its name was a talltree that stood in solitary splendor on a mountain top. The fame ofthe pine lured a young engineer through Kentucky to catch the trail,and when he finally climbed to its shelter he found not only the pinebut the foot-prints of a girl. And the girl proved to be lovely,piquant, and the trail of these girlish foot-prints led the youngengineer a madder chase than "the trail of the lonesome pine."

  THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME

  Illustrated by F. C. Yohn.

  This is a story of Kentucky, in a settlement known as "Kingdom Come."It is a life rude, semi-barbarous; but natural and honest, from whichoften springs the flower of civilization.

  "Chad," the "little shepherd" did not know who he was nor whence hecame--he had just wandered from door to door since early childhood,seeking shelter with kindly mountaineers who gladly fathered andmothered this waif about whom there was such a mystery--a charmingwaif, by the way, who could play the banjo better than anyone else inthe mountains.

  A KNIGHT OF THE CUMBERLAND. Illustrated by F. C. Yohn.

  The scenes are laid along the waters of the Cumberland, the lair ofmoonshiner and feudsman. The knight is a moonshiner's son, and theheroine a beautiful girl perversely christened "The Blight." Twoimpetuous young Southerners' fall under the spell of "The Blight's"charms and she learns what a large part jealousy and pistols have inthe love making of the mountaineers.

  Included in this volume is "Hell fer-Sartain" and other stories, someof Mr. Fox's most entertaining Cumberland valley narratives.

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