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

APPENDIX 269

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

1. Abner gently checked his mare, and sat
watching her _Frontispiece_

2. Cane Ridge Meeting-house 27

3. Portrait of Barton Warren Stone 113

4. "I have come for my answer, Betty" 143

5. At this juncture the door was flung open by old Dilsey 225

6. The bridal equipage comes to grief 236

PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS.

Abner Dudley (Logan,) a young schoolmaster from Virginia.

Major Gilcrest, ex-Revolutionary soldier and promine