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ERSKINE DALE—PIONEER THE HEART OF THE HILLS THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE THE LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM COME CRITTENDEN. A Kentucky Story of Love and War THE KENTUCKIANS AND A KNIGHT OF THE CUMBERLAND A MOUNTAIN EUROPA AND A CUMBERLAND VENDETTA CHRISTMAS EVE ON LONESOME, HELL-FER-SARTAIN AND IN HAPPY VALLEY BLUE GRASS AND RHODODENDRON, Outdoor Life in Kentucky
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
The third stayed behind a moment, bowed over her hand, and kissed it
ERSKINE DALE
PIONEER
BY
JOHN FOX, JR.
ILLUSTRATED BY F. C. YOHN
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
NEW YORK 1920
Copyright, 1919, 1920, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Published September, 1920
ILLUSTRATIONS
The third stayed behind a moment, bowed over her hand, and kissed itFrontispiece
“The messenger is the son of a king”36
“I don’t want nobody to take up for me”56
“Four more days,” he cried, “and we’ll be there!”100
“That is Kahtoo’s talk, but this is mine”132
The sword blades clashed, Erskine whipping back and forth in a way to make a swordsman groan168
“Make no noise, and don’t move”238
To his bewilderment he found Barbara at his mother’s bedside256