Category: Novels
I. DAN GOOCH MAKES A DISCOVERY 9 II. MARTIN SURPRISES GOOSE CREEK 21 III. TALITHA SOLVES A PUZZLING PROBLEM 31 IV. THE STORM 42 V. AN UNEXPECTED RIVAL 52 VI. HUNTING A VARMINT 62 VII. THE JAM SOCIAL 74 VIII. THE MASTER KEY 83 IX. THE BAPTIZING 98 X. SI QUINN REVEALS A SECRET 1...
Miss Howard had not been mistaken. As her friends said, her bump of location was well developed. Just as the dusk and the storm were closing down upon them, she led her follower...
6. Part 6Back and forth the road wound, continually disclosing new vistas. In the coves farmers were gathering the “crap.” There were pine-capped crests, bare, tumbled rocks, stream beds...
7. Part 7ONLY that one forenoon did Talitha hold school in the hollow. The very next day the weather took a turn, a cold wind blew up, and for more than a week a lowering sky gave promis...
8. Part 8It certainly was a mystery where Talitha and Martin had so suddenly disappeared. Even Abner and Gincy looked puzzled, finally accepting Mr. Shackley’s offer—made with a knowing...
11. Part 11“Piny, Piny Twilliger. Let me in; I’ve come to take your place and let you get dressed. Martin had a message that the cream wouldn’t be here for half an hour yet. There wasn’t a...
5. Part 5The great auditorium was filling rapidly. Happy faces peered down from the galleries, girls and boys elbowed their way past, calling out hearty greetings to those they recognize...
2. Part 2It was only a week before the time for their departure that Sam Coyle gave a reluctant consent to Martin’s and Talitha’s return to school. Two others besides Abner and Gincy wer...
10. Part 10“Guess I will. I’ve got to scratch around and find out about a lot of new birds before I see Professor Lewis again. I don’t know any, for sure, except robins and buzzards. This...
4. Part 4“Hit shore is,” asseverated Billy, coming up red-faced and panting. “We war a-headin’ the cow critter this way when we seen the fire a-bustin’ out’n the roof. Hit’s—” But Dan ha...
3. Part 3The afternoon was half gone when Talitha dropped down at the foot of a pine, tired and footsore. She was not yet rested from the journey of the two days previous, and it seemed...
1. Part 1I. DAN GOOCH MAKES A DISCOVERY 9 II. MARTIN SURPRISES GOOSE CREEK 21 III. TALITHA SOLVES A PUZZLING PROBLEM 31 IV. THE STORM 42 V. AN UNEXPECTED RIVAL 52 VI. HUNTING A VARMINT 6...
12. Part 12At the first stroke of the last bell, the four descended the stairs and followed the crowd going in the direction of the Tabernacle. The college band in bright, new uniforms, wa...