CONTENTS

I[The Quare Women][1]
II[Taking the Night][24]
III[The Fourth of July][45]
IV[The Singing Gal][63]
V[The Widow-Man][81]
VI[Devil's Ditties][107]
VII[The Funeral Occasion][132]
VIII[Moonshine][155]
IX[The Danger Line][176]
X[Farewell to Summer][203]

The atmosphere of this story, its background, and even many of its incidents, arise from the author's connection with the Hindman Settlement School, in Knott County, Kentucky.