The Mountain Girl

by Payne Erskine

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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