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The Shepherd of the Hills

by Harold Bell Wright

1907

TO FRANCES, MY WIFE

IN MEMORY OF THAT BEAUTIFUL SUMMER IN THE OZARK HILLS, WHEN, SO OFTEN, WE FOLLOWED THE OLD TRAIL AROUND THE RISE OF MUTTON HOLLOW—THE TRAIL THAT IS NOBODY KNOWS HOW OLD—AND FROM SAMMY’S LOOKOUT WATCHED THE DAY GO OVER THE WESTERN RIDGES.

“That all with one consent praise new-born gawds, Tho they are made and moulded of things past, And give to dust that is a little gilt More laud than gilt o’er-dusted.”

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. ACT 3; SC. 3.