Contents
| chapter | page | |
| 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] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
Reproduced in Colors from Photographs
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| "She was the only mother I knowed," | [Frontispiece] |
| "Them what hain't had trouble ain't had no cause to look fur the Lord," | [48] |
| "Yes, I d-d-d-do say so, a-a-a-atter a f-f-f-fashion." | [80] |
| "Kotch 'em stealin' hosses, I reckon." | [128] |
| "Well," Margaret exclaimed, "I never was so surprised." | [208] |
| "Go on erway an' let me talk ter myse'f. You kain't talk." | [240] |
| "If you air the Jedge, I am sorter diserp'inted in you." | [288] |
| "Jedge, there ain't no better man than he is, an' for the Lord's sake don't hang him." | [304] |