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| [CHAPTER I.] |
| The Coming of the Schoolmaster | 1 |
| [CHAPTER II.] |
| Getting to Work | 19 |
| [CHAPTER III.] |
| Cane Ridge Meeting-house | 27 |
| [CHAPTER IV.] |
| Winter School-days | 38 |
| [CHAPTER V.] |
| "Settin' Till Bedtime" | 42 |
| [CHAPTER VI.] |
| One Hundred Years Ago | 59 |
| [CHAPTER VII.] |
| The "House-raisin'" | 69 |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] |
| Love's Young Dream | 75 |
| [CHAPTER IX.] |
| The Great Revival | 78 |
| [CHAPTER X.] |
| Afternoon in the Grove | 82 |
| [CHAPTER XI.] |
| Light Dawns | 91 |
| [CHAPTER XII.] |
| Comment and Criticism | 96 |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] |
| Court Day | 103 |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] |
| Betsy Says "Wait" | 107 |
| [CHAPTER XV.] |
| The Waiting-time | 113 |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] |
| A Singular Will | 120 |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] |
| At Cane Ridge Again | 130 |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] |
| Drake Practices Penmanship | 135 |
| [CHAPTER XIX.] |
| The Betrothal | 141 |
| [CHAPTER XX.] |
| The Lone Grave in the Mountains | 151 |
| [CHAPTER XXI.] |
| Gilcrest's Attitude | 159 |
| [CHAPTER XXII.] |
| Banishment | 169 |
| [CHAPTER XXIII.] |
| Mason Rogers' Diplomacy | 173 |
| [CHAPTER XXIV.] |
| The Bar Sinister | 181 |
| [CHAPTER XXV.] |
| The Package of Old Letters | 190 |
| [CHAPTER XXVI.] |
| Springfield Presbytery | 199 |
| [CHAPTER XXVII.] |
| Betsy Declines the Honor | 203 |
| [CHAPTER XXVIII.] |
| At the Blue Heron | 213 |
| [CHAPTER XXIX.] |
| Aunt Dilsey to the Rescue | 221 |
| [CHAPTER XXX.] |
| Young Lochinvar | 228 |
| [CHAPTER XXXI.] |
| A Novel Bridal Tour | 232 |
| [CHAPTER XXXII.] |
| Exit James Anson Drane | 241 |
| [CHAPTER XXXIII.] |
| The Stranger Preacher | 252 |
| [CHAPTER XXXIV.] |
| The Cup of Cold Water | 258 |
| [CHAPTER XXXV.] |
| Conclusion | 263 |
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| [Appendix] | 269 |