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The "lonesome pine" from which the story takes its name was a tall tree that stood in solitary splendor on a mountain top. The fame of the pine lured a young engineer through Kentucky to catch the trail, and when he finally climbed to its shelter he found not only the pine but thefoot-prints of a girl. And the girl proved to be lovely, piquant, and the trail of these girlish foot-prints led the young engineer a madder chase than "the trail of the lonesome pine."
THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COMEIllustrated 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 which often springs the flower of civilization.
"Chad." the "little shepherd" did not know who he was nor whence he came—he had just wandered from door to door since early childhood, seeking shelter with kindly mountaineers who gladly fathered and mothered this waif about whom there was such a mystery—a charming waif, by the way, who could play the banjo better that anyone else in the mountains.
A KNIGHT OF THE CUMBERLAND.Illustrated by F. C. Yohn.
The scenes are laid along the waters of the Cumberland, the lair of moonshiner and feudsman. The knight is a moonshiner's son, and the heroine a beautiful girl perversely christened "The Blight." Two impetuous young Southerners' fall under the spell of "The Blight's" charms and she learns what a large part jealousy and pistols have in the love making of the mountaineers.
Included in this volume is "Hell fer-Sartain" and other stories, some of Mr. Fox's most entertaining Cumberland valley narratives.
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STORIES OF RARE CHARM BYGENE STRATTON-PORTER
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THE HARVESTERIllustrated by W. L. Jacobs
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"The Harvester," David Langston, is a man of the woods and fields, who draws his living from the prodigal hand of Mother Nature herself. If the book had nothing in it but the splendid figure of this man, with his sure grip on life, his superb optimism, and his almost miraculous knowledge of nature secrets, it would be notable. But when the Girl comes to his "Medicine Woods," and the Harvester's whole sound, healthy, large outdoor being realizes that this is the highest point of life which has come to him—there begins a romance, troubled and interrupted, yet of the rarest idyllic quality.
FRECKLES.Decorations by E. Stetson Crawford
Freckles is a nameless waif when the tale opens, but the way in which he takes hold of life; the nature friendships he forms in the great Limberlost Swamp; the manner in which everyone who meets him succumbs to the charm of his engaging personality; and his love-story with "The Angel" are full of real sentiment.
A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST.Illustrated by Wladyslaw T. Brenda.
The story of a girl of the Michigan woods; a buoyant, lovable type of the self-reliant American. Her philosophy is one of love and kindness towards all things; her hope is never dimmed. And by the sheer beauty of her soul, and the purity of her vision, she wins from barren and unpromising surroundings those rewards of high courage.
It is an inspiring story of a life worth while and the rich beauties of the out-of-doors are strewn through all its pages.
AT THE FOOT OF THE RAINBOW.Illustrations in colors by Oliver Kemp. Design and decorations by Ralph Fletcher Seymour.
The scene of this charming, idyllic love story is laid in Central Indiana. The story is one of devoted friendship, and tender self-sacrificing love; the friendship that gives freely without return, and the love that seeks first the happiness of the object. The novel is brimful of the most beautiful word painting of nature, and its pathos and tender sentiment will endear it to all.
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Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors, present in the original edition, have been corrected.In Chapter I, a period was added after "firing as they got a chance".In Chapter III, a missing period was added after "I think you should stay here and fight it out until he comes back,he said".In Chapter VII, "a man siezing it swung him across" was changed to "a man seizing it swung him across".In Chapter VIII, a comma was changed to a period after "I'd feel less diffident", and "be busied himself" was changed to "he busied himself".In Chapter IX, "the hangings where of harmonious hue" was changed to "the hangings were of harmonious hue".In Chapter X, "from a neigboring stack" was changed to "from a neighboring stack".In Chapter XI, a missing quotation mark was added after "it would be too late".In Chapter XII, "its wiser to let one's friends have them" was changed to "it's wiser to let one's friends have them".In Chapter XVI, "The blasted, hog" was changed to "The blasted hog", and a missing quotation mark was added after "before dark".In Chapter XVII, a quotation mark was removed before "We'll have mighty keen appetites".In Chapter XIX, a missing period was added after "the prospectors might turn up in the next few days".In Chapter XXI, a missing quotation mark was added after "what the trouble's about".In Chapter XXIV, a missing quotation mark was added after "right to talk about these things".In Chapter XXV, "I am at your sevice" was changed to "I am at your service", and "actuated by jealously" was changed to "actuated by jealousy".In Chapter XXVII, "some stubborn fight, ing" was changed to "some stubborn fighting".In Chapter XXVII, "Oh,he exclaimedyou must have heard enough" was changed to "Oh,he exclaimed,you must have heard enough", and "Mr Allinson" was changed to "Mr. Allinson" in two places.In Chapter XXVII, a comma was changed to a period after "another new venture".In Chapter XXVI, "coppper wire" was changed to "copper wire".In Chapter XXX, "the Company is rotton" was changed to "the Company is rotten".In Chapter XXXII, a missing quotation mark was added after "a long and useful career to the Head of the House", and "he said a once" was changed to "he said at once".
Transcriber's Note: The following typographical errors, present in the original edition, have been corrected.
In Chapter I, a period was added after "firing as they got a chance".
In Chapter III, a missing period was added after "I think you should stay here and fight it out until he comes back,he said".
In Chapter VII, "a man siezing it swung him across" was changed to "a man seizing it swung him across".
In Chapter VIII, a comma was changed to a period after "I'd feel less diffident", and "be busied himself" was changed to "he busied himself".
In Chapter IX, "the hangings where of harmonious hue" was changed to "the hangings were of harmonious hue".
In Chapter X, "from a neigboring stack" was changed to "from a neighboring stack".
In Chapter XI, a missing quotation mark was added after "it would be too late".
In Chapter XII, "its wiser to let one's friends have them" was changed to "it's wiser to let one's friends have them".
In Chapter XVI, "The blasted, hog" was changed to "The blasted hog", and a missing quotation mark was added after "before dark".
In Chapter XVII, a quotation mark was removed before "We'll have mighty keen appetites".
In Chapter XIX, a missing period was added after "the prospectors might turn up in the next few days".
In Chapter XXI, a missing quotation mark was added after "what the trouble's about".
In Chapter XXIV, a missing quotation mark was added after "right to talk about these things".
In Chapter XXV, "I am at your sevice" was changed to "I am at your service", and "actuated by jealously" was changed to "actuated by jealousy".
In Chapter XXVII, "some stubborn fight, ing" was changed to "some stubborn fighting".
In Chapter XXVII, "Oh,he exclaimedyou must have heard enough" was changed to "Oh,he exclaimed,you must have heard enough", and "Mr Allinson" was changed to "Mr. Allinson" in two places.
In Chapter XXVII, a comma was changed to a period after "another new venture".
In Chapter XXVI, "coppper wire" was changed to "copper wire".
In Chapter XXX, "the Company is rotton" was changed to "the Company is rotten".
In Chapter XXXII, a missing quotation mark was added after "a long and useful career to the Head of the House", and "he said a once" was changed to "he said at once".