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THE STARBUCKS

A New Novel

by

OPIE READ

Author of "The Jucklins," "Old Ebenezer," "My Young Master," "A Tennessee Judge," "A Kentucky Colonel," "Len Gansett," "On the Suwanee River," "Emmett Bonlore," Etc.

Character Illustration, True to Life, Reproduced in Colors

Laird & Lee, Chicago

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1902, by William H. Lee, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I. The People of the Hills, 9
II. Jim, the Preacher, 17
III. Getting Acquainted, 32
IV. At the Post Office, 50
V. Couldn't Quarrel in Peace, 63
VI. Hadn't Listened, 84
VII. Not So Far Out of the World, 102
VIII. The Spirit that Played with Her, 111
IX. At Dry Fork, 118
X. Tied to a Tree, 134
XI. Reading the News, 148
XII. Didn't Do Anything Heroic, 166
XIII. Might Wipe her Feet on Him, 183
XIV. An Old Man Preached, 198
XV. The Girl and the Churn, 207
XVI. The Appointment Comes, 220
XVII. Not to Tell Her a Lie, 234
XVIII. Down the Road, 252
XIX. Old Folks Left Alone, 263
XX. Met it in the Road, 271
XXI. Into the World beyond the Hills, 279
XXII. Came to Weep, 287
XXIII. A Trip Not Without Incident, 296
XXIV. Two Fruitful Witnesses, 303
XXIV. Too Proud to Beg, 312

ILLUSTRATIONS

REPRODUCED IN COLORS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

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"She was the only mother I knowed," Frontispiece

"Them what hain't had trouble ain't had no cause to look fur
the Lord," 48

"Yes, I d-d-d-do say so, a-a-a-atter a f-f-f-fashion." 80

"Kotch 'em stealin' hosses, I reckon." 128

"Well," Margaret exclaimed, "I never was so surprised." 208

"Go on erway an' let me talk ter myse'f. You kain't talk." 240

"If you air the Jedge, I am sorter diserp'inted in you." 288

"Jedge, there ain't no better man than he is, an' for the
Lord's sake don't hang him." 304

"THE STARBUCKS."

[From the Drama of the Same Name.]