THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS
SAMMY LANE
Frontispiece. —The Shepherd of the Hills.
The Shepherd
of the Hills
By Harold Bell Wright
Author of "That Printer of Udells,"
"The Calling of Dan Matthews"
With Four Illustrations
By F. GRAHAM COOTES
A. L. BURT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1907,
By Harold Bell Wright
Copyright, 1907,
By Elberry W. Reynolds
Published, September, 1907
"That all with one consent praise new-horn 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. 8
TO FRANCES, MY WIFE
IN MEMORY OP THAT BEAUTIFUL SUMMER
IN THE OZARK HILLS, WHEN, SO OFTEN,
WE FOLLOWED THE OLD TRAIL AROUND
THE RIM OF MUTTON HOLLOW—THE TRAIL
THAT IS NOBODY KNOWS HOW OLD AND
FROM SAMMY'S LOOKOUT WATCHED THE
DAY GO OVER THE WESTERN RIDGES.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE The Two Trails (Introductory) 15 I. The Stranger 19 II. Sammy Lane 27 III. The Voice From Out the Mists 33 IV. A Chat With Aunt Mollie 40 V. "Jest Nobody" 48 VI. The Story 58 VII. What Is Love? 69 VIII. Why Ain't We Got No Folks? 78 IX. Sammy Lane's Folks 85 X. A Feat of Strength and a Challenge 90 XI. Ollie Stewart's Good-By 101 XII. The Shepherd and His Flock 108 XIII. Sammy Lane's Ambition 117 XIV. The Common Yeller Kind 127 XV. The Party at Ford's 138 XVI. On the Way Home 147 XVII. What Happened at the Ranch 154 XVIII. Learning to be a Lady 168 XIX. The Drought 172 XX. The Shepherd Writes a Letter 176 XXI. God's Gold 183 XXII. A Letter from Ollie Stewart 187 XXIII. Ollie Comes Home 194 XXIV. What Hakes a Man 203 XXV. Young Matt Remembers 211 XXVI. Ollie's Dilemma 219 XXVII. The Champion 228 XXVIII. What Pete Told Sammy 236 XXIX. Jim Lane Makes a Promise 243 XXX. Sammy Graduates 248 XXXI. Castle Building 253 XXXII. Preparation 259 XXXIII. A Ride in the Night 264 XXXIV. Jim Lane Keeps His Promise 273 XXXV. "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hills" 280 XXXVI. Another Stranger 288 XXXVII. Old Friends 298 XXXVIII. I Ain't Nobody No More 306 XXXIX. A Matter of Hours 316 XL. The Shepherd's Mission 320 XLI. The Other Side of the Story 325 XLII. The Way OF the Lower Trail 334 XLIII. Poor Pete 336 XLIV. The Trail on the Sunlit Hills 341 XLV. Some Years Later 348
PAGE Sammy Lane Frontispiece * * * and when he comes—"
66 Then the three friends * * * went down the mountain side, together
115 "We'll wait for the moon, here"
346
ILLUSTRATIONS
Drawn by
F. GRAHAM COOTES
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