Goose Creek Folks: A Story of the Kentucky Mountains

This etext was transcribed by Les Bowler
A Story of the Kentucky Mountains
By ISABEL GRAHAM BUSH AND FLORENCE LILIAN BUSH
New York Chicago Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company London and Edinburgh
Copyright, 1912, by FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY
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ALICE K. DOUGLAS OF BEREA COLLEGE
whose helpfulness of spirit and enthusiasm for learning have inspired many a mountain boy and girl to a life of broad usefulness, this book is lovingly dedicated by
THE AUTHORS
“Do you reckon it’ll seem the same?” Talitha, quite breathless with the long climb, stood looking down at her brother, who was following more slowly up the scraggy slope of Red Mountain.
“Why not?” he answered. “But say, are you going to keep up this gait for long? If you do you’ll be plumb tuckered before we get home.”
The girl laughed, and then sighed. “I’m so anxious to get there, Mart; seems like I can’t wait. To think we’ve been away ’most a year! Do you s’pose Rufe and little Dock’ll know us?”