Description
The Mountain Girl is considered a classic, heartwarming American romance. It was originally published in 1911 and is available in digital format for FREE at Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks, and other sites. It is also available in free audio format at
Librivox. The magazine
Lady's Home Journal published one chapter at a time. The book contains several illustrations.
Plot: David Thryng is the third son of a well-respected British family. Unwilling to marry into money without love, and unwilling to spill blood on the battlefield, he decides to become a doctor. A third son has few options in England, so David travels to Canada, where he studies under Doctor Holmes. When David becomes ill, Holmes sends him to recuperate at his cabin, perched high on a promontory in the mountains of North Carolina.
When the story begins, David's train is arriving at the tiny mountain crossing. David disembarks just in time to rescue young Holmes, named after the erstwhile village doctor, David's mentor. Holmes and his beautiful but quiet sister Cass take David home to mother, because the night has fallen, with fresh snow. At their cabin, David tends mother's broken hip.
The next day, David travels another mile, up the trail to his friend's cabin. The crisp mountain air is rejuvenating to mind and body, and his sensitive soul finds rest.
But David soon realizes that this delightful family is hiding something, or someone. There is a dark secret in the glen. Could it simply be a whiskey still? It must be something more...
Written with dialogue in the mountain dialect.
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