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Title: Dwellers in the Hills
Author: Melville Davisson Post
Release Date: August 30, 2009 [EBook #29851]
Language: English
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Dwellers in the Hills
By Melville Davisson Post
Author of "Randolph Mason", "The Man of Last Resort," etc.
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1901
Copyright, 1901 By MELVILLE DAVISSON POST
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
TO MY MOTHER
CONTENTS
I.--THE OCTOBER LAND
II.--THE PETTICOAT AND THE PRETENDER
III.--THE PASSING OF AN ILLUSION
IV.--CONCERNING HAWK RUFE
V.--THE WAGGON-MAKER
VI.--THE MAID AND THE INTRUDERS
VII.--THE MASTER BUILDERS
VIII.--SOME REMARKS OF SAINT PAUL
IX.--CHRISTIAN THE BLACKSMITH
X.--ON THE CHOOSING OF ENEMIES
XI.--THE WARDENS OF THE RIVER
XII.--THE USES OF THE MOON
XIII.--THE SIX HUNDRED
XIV.--RELATING TO THE FIRST LIARS
XV.--WHEN PROVIDENCE IS PAGAN
XVI.--THROUGH THE BIG WATER
XVII.--ALONG THE HICKORY RI