The Boy From Hollow Hut

“I kin kill rabbits if I can’t do nothin’ else”

The Boy From Hollow Hut A STORY OF THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS By ISLA MAY MULLINS Illustrated New York Chicago Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company London and Edinburgh

Copyright, 1911, by FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY

New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave. London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street

To MRS. J. B. MARVIN

Whose unceasing devotion to the cause of education in the mountains of Kentucky inspired this little story

CONTENTS

I. A Stranger and a Promise 11

II. A Package by Mail 24

III. In the Wilderness 36

IV. A Halt on the Road 44

V. A Double Rescue 57

VI. An Unexpected Meeting 72

VII. A Trip to the City 78

VIII. Opportunity 91

IX. A Startling Appearance 98

X. Steve Develops a Mind of His Own 111

XI. Experience 129

XII. Love’s Awakening 149

XIII. Old Ties Renewed 160

XIV. “All Right, Son” 180

XV. Flickering Hope 190

XVI. In the Crucible 198

XVII. Fruition 204

ILLUSTRATIONS

“I kin kill rabbits if I can’t do nothin’ else” Frontispiece

The Old Greely Mill 70

“Hit’s Champ fer his pappy” 142

“Tilda pacing back and forth at her spinning-wheel” 174

The Boy From Hollow Hut