Contents

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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]