11

XIII. In which David discovers Cassandra's Trouble 120

XIV. In which David visits the Bishop, and Frale sees his Enemy 131

XV. In which Jerry Carew gives David his Views on Future
Punishment, and Little Hoyle pays him a Visit and is
made Happy 144

XVI. In which Frale returns and listens to the Complaints of
Decatur Irwin's Wife 152

XVII. In which David Thryng meets an Enemy 164

XVIII. In which David Thryng Awakes 172

XIX. In which David sends Hoke Belew on a Commission, and
Cassandra makes a Confession 180

XX. In which the Bishop and his Wife pass an Eventful Day at
the Fall Place 189

XXI. In which the Summer Passes 198

XXII. In which David takes little Hoyle to Canada 207

XXIII. In which Doctor Hoyle speaks his Mind 212

XXIV. In which David Thryng has News from England 218

XXV. In which David Thryng visits his Mother 224

XXVI. In which David Thryng adjusts his Life to New Conditions 234

XXVII. In which the Old Doctor and Little Hoyle come back to
the Mountains 244

XXVIII. In which Frale returns to the Mountains 253

XXIX. In which Cassandra visits David Thryng's Ancestors 265

XXX. In which Cassandra goes to Queensderry and takes a Drive
in a Pony Carriage 276

XXXI. In which David and his Mother do not Agree 288

XXXII. In which Cassandra brings the Heir of Daneshead Castle
back to her Hilltop, and the Shadow Lifts 300

THE MOUNTAIN GIRL

CHAPTER I

IN WHICH DAVID THRYNG ARRIVES AT CAREW'S CROSSING

The snow had ceased falling. No wind stirred among the trees that
covered the hillsides, and every shrub, every leaf and twig, still bore
its feathery, white load. Slowly the train labored upward, with two
engines to take it the steepest part of the climb from the valley below.
David Thryng gazed out into the quiet, white wilderness and was glad. He
hoped Carew's Crossing w