Sleep to wake."


Contents

Chapter Page
I Friedrich Von Rittenheim [ 7]
II The Snare of the Fowler [ 22]
III A Weak Man's Strength [ 38]
IV "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Wife" [ 47]
V A Strong Man's Weakness [ 61]
VI "I Warrant There's Vinegar and Pepper In't!" [ 74]
VII In the Southern Appalachians [ 85]
VIII Sydney Rides Against Time [ 105]
IX "It Needed Only This!" [ 118]
X Through the Mist [ 132]
XI In the Corn [ 146]
XII Illumination [ 156]
XIII Reconciliation [ 171]
XIV The Fourth of July [ 179]
XV The Gander-Pulling [ 193]
XVI On the Bridge [ 202]
XVII Out of a Clear Sky [ 216]
XVIII Business Plans [ 230]
XIX Hilda [ 242]
XX Sacrifice [ 255]
XXI A Poke Party [ 267]
XXII Von Rittenheim Collects His Rent [ 285]
XXIII The 'possum-hunt [ 299]
XXIV "Fought the Fight" [ 312]
XXV Carl Von Sternburg [ 322]
XXVI Surrender [ 335]
XXVII Dixie [ 348]

List of Illustrations

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Oakwood [ Frontispiece]
A fence at the top of a sharp ascent [ 109]
To the French Broad, where Fletcher's Bridge crosses the river [ 204]
Pink roses and red swung to and fro in the sunshine as they climbed the Doctor's whitewashed porch [ 242]
"It is not fitting that a von Rittenheim should live in a cabin like that" [ 269]

A Tar-Heel Baron

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