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Title& Oldfield ' (entucky Tale of the %ast )entury

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CONTENTS

I. THE LITTLE SISTERS

II. THE OLDFIELD PEOPLE

III. PHASES OF VILLAGE LIFE

IV. THE CHILD OF MISS JUDY'S HEART

V. AN UNCONSCIOUS PHILOSOPHER

VI. LYNN GORDON

VII. THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA

VIII. AT OLD LADY GORDON'S

IX. A R OMANTIC REGION

X. RELIGION IN OLDFIELD

XI. BODY OR SOUL

XII. MISS JUDY'S LITTLE WAYS

XIII. THE DANCING LESSONXIV. MAKING PEACE

XV. SIDNEY DOES HER DUTY

XVI. THE SHOCK AND THE FRIGHT

XVII. LOVE'S AWAKENING

XVIII. AN EMBARRASSING ACCIDENT

XIX. INVOKING THE LAW

XX. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FAITH AND LOVE

XXI. WHAT OLDFIELD THOUGHT AND SAID

XXII. THE UPAS TREE

XXIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE END

XXIV. OLD LADY GORDON'S ANGERXXV. THE REVELATION OF THE TRUTH

XXVI. THE TRAGEDY

XXVII. THELASTARTFULNESSOFMISSJUDY

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!"#h *e(#le(e)) )o o&e"*( #o he& (#%&e #h# "# !) 1#he#"$5#o 2ee1 h"0 # he& )"e/

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&! $%- !+ &o0 (*e&. B%# #h") #oo "le/ ) #he eo) o #he ol #o hol #he

+o%(* l!+) 0%)# "l !he( (#%&e $ll). A( #h%) "# !) #h# #he l"(*e&"(* #!"l"*h#)

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#he *#he&"(* &2(e)) # #he *ho)#l+ ))e0-l*e o ll he& e ho1e).

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l)# o(e )ee0e (o! -e"(* 1%# #o e#h -eo&e he& 3e&+ e+e).

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A 0( $o&)e& ( %lle& #h( L+(( Go&o( !)/ le)) h"*h40"(e/ le)) e))e(#"ll+

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1e$e%l )"le($e o #he !&0/ &*&(# *lo0"(*.

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#he( he )#o11e ( )#oo )#"ll/ &&e)#e -+ )%e( #ho%*h# !h"$h !) ) -l)#"(* )

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l"##le hl4o&*o##e( "($"e(#). S0ll #h"(*)/ !h"$h h #he( )ee0e # #he #"0e #o -e

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A+/ he he& *"( #he 3e&+ #o(e "( !h"$h h") o!( 3o"$e %##e&e #he)e "($o($e"3-le

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&(2l+/ )o $o(""(*l+ #o h")7 #he ,%"$24$o0"(*/ ,%"$2e&4*o"(*/ ,%"3e& o #he )!ee#

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#h# + "( #he *&3e+&/ #he + &o0 !h"$h h #e #h") *&o!"(* loo(e)) o

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e3e( #ho%*h "# h *&%ll+ &o9e( #he )!ee# &eeo0 o he& "((o$e(# #l2 "(#o #he)"le($e o $ol $o()#&"(#.

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l"3e.

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