Chapter I: Front Matter

THE MOUNTAIN GIRL

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 COMPANY PUBLISHERS 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