item: #1 of 18 id: 10735 author: Fox, John, Jr. title: Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories date: None words: 20089 flesch: 85 summary: I know I have never been able, since I knew little Satan, to think old Satan as bad as I once painted him, though I am sure the little dog had many pretty tricks that the old boy doubtless has never used in order to amuse his friends. So the wicked old namesake with the Hoofs and Horns laid a trap for little Satan, and, as he is apt to do, he began laying it early--long, indeed, before Christmas. keywords: army; bill; callahan; captain; christmas; day; dinnie; door; eyes; flitter; gap; girl; hand; lieutenant; little; man; mayhall; men; satan; uncle; way; wells cache: 10735.txt plain text: 10735.txt item: #2 of 18 id: 20292 author: Fox, John, Jr. title: In Happy Valley date: None words: 26173 flesch: 89 summary: Soon they were at the Mission, where St. Hilda and Uncle Jerry and Aunt Jane were waiting on the porch, and where pale little boys and girls trooped weakly from the tents to welcome her. An', the Angel added dreamily, it come might' nigh bein' that-a-way if I just had---- You're a horrid, wicked little boy, St. Hilda cried, but the Angel would not be perturbed, for he was a practical moralist. keywords: boy; day; doctor; eyes; girl; hand; happy; head; hilda; hills; home; jay; jeb; jim; judge; juno; king; lum; man; miss; pleasant; road; teacher; time; valley; way cache: 20292.txt plain text: 20292.txt item: #3 of 18 id: 20365 author: Murfree, Mary Noailles title: The Young Mountaineers: Short Stories date: None words: 45090 flesch: 86 summary: I'd ruther squeeze myself small enough ter git inter his'n, than ter hev ter yell like a catamount fur an hour I seen yer brother Alf awhile back, an' he axed me ter git ye ter go by Tom Brent's house, an' tell Tom ter meet him up the road a piece by that thar big sulphur spring. keywords: air; barney; boy; boys; cliff; day; door; eyes; face; fur; good; hand; head; hev; hev ter; home; house; hyar; ike; jim; kem; ledge; little; man; men; moment; mother; mountain; nick; night; poor; red; stood; ter; thar; thought; time; valley; waal; war; way; window; ye ter cache: 20365.txt plain text: 20365.txt item: #4 of 18 id: 2059 author: Fox, John, Jr. title: The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come date: None words: 92847 flesch: 86 summary: Later, the mother, too, jes' kind o' got tired, as little Chad said, and soon to her worn hands and feet came the well-earned rest. So it was no queer turn of fate that had soon sent both the lads to help hold Zollicoffer at Cumberland Gap, that stopped them at Camp Dick Robinson to join forces with Wolford's cavalry, and brought Chad face to face with an old friend. keywords: away; big; black; bluegrass; boy; chad; chad buford; coming; dan; daws; day; dean; dillon; dog; door; eyes; face; feet; fire; general; girl; going; good; hand; harry; head; heart; home; house; hunt; jack; jerry; joel; left; life; little; look; major; man; margaret; master; melissa; men; morgan; mother; mountains; night; rebel; river; road; rose; school; sheep; tell; thought; time; war; way; white cache: 2059.txt plain text: 2059.txt item: #5 of 18 id: 22287 author: Robinson, Eliot H. (Eliot Harlow) title: 'Smiles': A Rose of the Cumberlands date: None words: 97170 flesch: 81 summary: Indeed I shall--come every day if I may, for you and little Rose seem like old friends of mine already. Somehow I cannot disassociate little Rose from her present environment, and, although she certainly _has_ an unusual charm for such a child, I must admit that, in part, at least, it was the result of--no, not that, but made more obvious by--her surroundings. keywords: air; arms; big; cabin; child; city; course; day; dear; deep; doctor; donald; eyes; face; fer; friend; girl; god; good; great; haint; half; hand; head; heart; help; hit; home; jerry; judd; know; life; lips; little; look; lou; love; man; mean; merriman; mike; mind; miss; moment; mountain; new; night; nurse; philip; room; rose; simple; smiles; story; ter; thar; thet; things; think; thought; time; voice; war; way; white; woman; words; work; world; years cache: 22287.txt plain text: 22287.txt item: #6 of 18 id: 23554 author: Murfree, Mary Noailles title: A Chilhowee Lily 1911 date: None words: 5812 flesch: 80 summary: I sewed up the man's money myself in them feather beds what he lay on whenst he war wagined down 'ter Colb'ry ter take the kyars. An' he got old man Byars ter wagin him down keywords: crann; fur; jes; kinnicutt; letter; man; ter; thar; war cache: 23554.txt plain text: 23554.txt item: #7 of 18 id: 26527 author: MacGowan, Alice title: Judith of the Cumberlands date: None words: 79844 flesch: 86 summary: It apparently gave him satisfaction that Judith time after time eluded a pursuer, broke into the ring and left him to wander in search of a less alert and resolute fair. Creed Bonbright he wants to be elected jestice of the peace and go back to the Turkey Tracks and set up a office. keywords: air; andy; blatch; blue; bonbright; boys; cabin; cal; creed; creed bonbright; dark; day; door; eyes; face; girl; git; goin'; good; hand; head; heart; hit; home; house; huldah; iley; jeff; jephthah; jest; jim; jude; judith; left; life; love; man; men; mighty; mountain; nancy; night; place; reckon; red; room; set; tell; thar; thing; time; turrentine; uncle; voice; wade; way; woman; word cache: 26527.txt plain text: 26527.txt item: #8 of 18 id: 3024 author: Fox, John, Jr. title: The Last Stetson date: None words: 9954 flesch: 93 summary: In time Steve Marcum had come face to face with old Steve Brayton in Hazlan, and the two Steves, as they were known, drew promptly. It was Crump, Eli Crump, who had been a spy for the Lewallens in the old feud and who was spying now for old Steve Brayton. keywords: boy; brayton; crump; fer; gabe; hit; isom; marcum; miller; rome; steve cache: 3024.txt plain text: 3024.txt item: #9 of 18 id: 31122 author: Murfree, Mary Noailles title: The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain, and Other Stories date: None words: 63466 flesch: 75 summary: An' then, kase a mean-spirited half-liver flings dirt on ye an' yer fambly, fur ye ter sit down on a low stool, an' fill yer mouth with mud, an' 'low this air plenty good enough fur we-uns! Waal, he resumed, I b'lieve ef that thar traveler had been able ter speak ter ye when ye fund him, like ye said he tried ter do, I b'lieve he would hev tole ye suthin' 'bout that thar valley man. keywords: 'bout; air; ben; blue; brown; con; coroner; county; dark; day; eyes; ez ye; face; fambly; fire; folks; fur; git; goin'; good; great; half; hand; hanway; head; heart; hev; hite; horse; hyar; interest; jes; jury; justus; kem; know; life; light; like; look; man; moment; mountain; persimmon; red; road; sech; selwyn; set; sneed; stranger; ter; ter git; thar; thought; time; town; valley; view; voice; war; wat; way; witch; woods; ye hev; ye ter; yer cache: 31122.txt plain text: 31122.txt item: #10 of 18 id: 33970 author: Murfree, Mary Noailles title: The Raid of The Guerilla, and Other Stories date: None words: 63597 flesch: 75 summary: Then why n't ye leave it ter men? I can't _prove_ An' he got old man Byars ter wagin him down ter Colb'ry, a-layin' on two feather beds 'count o' the rocky roads, an' thar he got on the steam kyars an' he rid on them back ter keywords: air; blue; close; company; cove; dark; day; door; eyes; face; fire; fur; geraldine; git; good; gordon; guide; guidon; hair; half; hand; head; heart; hev; home; house; hoxer; hyar; jes; kennedy; know; law; life; line; low; man; mind; moment; moon; mountain; night; open; place; red; river; road; room; sech; set; sky; sound; sure; tanglefoot; tell; ter; thar; thought; time; uns; voice; wagon; war; water; way; whenst; white; wild; wind; world; wyatt; ye ter; yer cache: 33970.txt plain text: 33970.txt item: #11 of 18 id: 34057 author: Buck, Charles Neville title: When 'Bear Cat' Went Dry date: None words: 101743 flesch: 82 summary: Blossom met me down ther road, observed the minister, an' named ter me thet she hed---- He paused, casting a dubious glance at the stranger, and Lone Stacy interrupted: She named ter ye thet she stood guard at ther still an' warned Mr. Henderson off? I come over hyar on my way ter Knoxville ter lay me in a stock of winter goods, volunteered the storekeeper, an' I 'lowed I'd tarry an' hev speech with ye keywords: aim; air; air ye; bear cat; black; blood; blossom; boy; broke; brother; cat stacy; come; day; death; dog; door; ef ye; eyes; face; father; feet; fer; figure; fire; folks; fulkerson; girl; god; goin' ter; hain't; half; hand; head; heart; henderson; hev ye; hills; hit; house; hyar; hyar ter; jerry; jest; joe; kinnard; kinnard towers; know; lay; left; life; lips; little; lone; man; man ter; man thet; men; moment; mountain; need; open; place; power; ratler; reckon; rifle; right; road; rose; saw; stacy; tell; ter git; ter hev; ter ther; ter ye; thar; thet; thet ther; thet ye; thing; time; time ter; tom; towers; turner; turner stacy; voice; war; way; way ter; whar; words; ye hyar; ye kin; ye're; yore cache: 34057.txt plain text: 34057.txt item: #12 of 18 id: 34208 author: Lundsford, Hugh title: The Law of Hemlock Mountain date: None words: 81032 flesch: 77 summary: But my name's Glory Spurrier now--not Cappeze. Glory Spurrier sat staring ahead of her and at last she said aloud, in that tone which one uses when a thought finds expression, unconscious that it has been vocal: So he won our faith--with his clear eyes and his honest smile--only to swindle and rob us! My God, if I were a younger man, broke out the father passionately, rising from his chair and clenching the damaging papers in his talon-like fingers, I'd learn the oil game. keywords: away; business; cappeze; colby; come; comyn; day; days; door; end; eyes; face; father; girl; glory; god; good; grant; half; hand; harrison; head; heart; hills; hit; hold; home; house; jack; john spurrier; know; land; left; life; lips; little; love; major; man; matter; men; mind; moment; mountain; need; new; officer; oil; people; place; private; question; right; room; rose; saw; self; sim; sort; spurrier; table; tell; ter; ther; thet; things; think; thought; time; voice; way; woman; words; world cache: 34208.txt plain text: 34208.txt item: #13 of 18 id: 36771 author: Murfree, Mary Noailles title: The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge, and Other Stories date: None words: 95836 flesch: 78 summary: It's ye that oughter be 'shamed, an' ef ye ain't, it's more shame ter ye. She axed me ter put it on, so ez ter see which one I looked most like. keywords: agin; air; away; baby; boy; brown; child; close; court; cove; d ter; dark; day; door; eyes; ez ter; ez ye; face; fire; folks; foot; fur; git; goin' ter; good; got; grinnell; hair; half; hand; head; heart; hev; home; house; hyar; jes; kem; kem ter; kittredge; know; law; leander; life; light; like; look; low; man; mighty; mind; moment; mother; mountain; nehemiah; place; purdee; ranger; red; rocks; saw; sech; sense; set; sound; sudley; tell; ter; ter git; ter hev; thar; thought; time; tobe; uns; voice; war; war ter; white; wife; wind; woman; word; yander; ye air; ye hev; ye ter; yer; yerby; young cache: 36771.txt plain text: 36771.txt item: #14 of 18 id: 410 author: Fox, John, Jr. title: Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories date: None words: 12613 flesch: 89 summary: He jes let that hoe-handle drap on Abe fer 'bout haffen hour, jes to give him time to study, an' next day thar was ole Tom a-settin' on his orchard fence a-lookin' mighty unknowin', when the furriner's podner come a-prancin' up an' axed ef old Tom Perkins lived thar. The same night, mind ye, a feller slips in among the revenoos while they's asleep, and cuts off their hosses' manes an' tails--muled every durned critter uv 'em. Stranger, hit was Abe. An' as fer women-folks--well, Abe was the ill favoredest feller I ever see, an' he couldn't talk; still, Abe was sassy, an' you know how sass counts with the gals; an' Abe's whisperin' come in jes as handy as any feller's settin' up; so 'f ever you seed a man with a Winchester a-lookin' fer the feller who had cut him out, stranger, he was a-lookin' fer Abe. keywords: abe; come; day; feller; fer; grayson; hit; jeb; jes; man; nance; ole; right; stranger; thar; tom cache: 410.txt plain text: 410.txt item: #15 of 18 id: 48937 author: MacGowan, Alice title: The Wiving of Lance Cleaverage date: None words: 94977 flesch: 86 summary: But not any Callista Lance had ever known; not the scornful beauty who throned herself among her mates and accepted the homage of mankind as her due; not the flushed, tremulous Callista of that Thar comes Lance now! announced Fuson, and then winked at his companions. keywords: 'em; air; arm; baby; banjo; boy; brother; cabin; callista; child; come; day; derf; door; eyes; face; father; feet; fire; flenton; gentry; girl; git; goin'; good; griever; half; hands; head; hit; home; house; kimbro; lance; lance cleaverage; law; like; little; long; look; man; men; mind; moment; mother; octavia; ola; place; right; room; roxy; set; sylvane; thar; thing; time; voice; want; way; widow; wife; woman; word; work cache: 48937.txt plain text: 48937.txt item: #16 of 18 id: 5145 author: Fox, John, Jr. title: The Heart of the Hills date: None words: 93721 flesch: 81 summary: And only was Jason little Jason once more when at last he saw the waving outlines of an unwary bass in the depths below. Don't you say nothin' agin him, now, he said, and old Jason laughed. keywords: aaron; air; big; blue; boy; burnham; colonel; coming; day; door; eyes; face; father; fer; gate; girl; git; goin'; good; grass; gray; hand; head; heart; hills; home; honeycutt; house; jason; jason hawn; john; lad; land; life; like; little; little jason; long; look; looking; man; marjorie; mavis; moment; mother; mountain; night; old; pendleton; people; porch; road; rose; school; state; steve; time; way; white cache: 5145.txt plain text: 5145.txt item: #17 of 18 id: 5306 author: Murfree, Mary Noailles title: Down the Ravine date: None words: 33673 flesch: 85 summary: An' dad gin his cornsent ter Nate ter let me work a month an' better fur him, ter pay out'n debt fur the shoat. I kem home by the tanyard Jube Perkins hollered ter me ter tell Birt ter come thar right quick. keywords: air; andy; bark; birt; boy; byers; day; eyes; ez ye; face; fur; git; gold; grant; griggs; hand; head; hev; home; house; hyar; jes; know; mother; mule; nate; perkins; rufe; tanner; tanyard; tennessee; ter; thar; time; uns; war; woods; work cache: 5306.txt plain text: 5306.txt item: #18 of 18 id: 7776 author: Buck, Charles Neville title: The Call of the Cumberlands date: None words: 92623 flesch: 84 summary: They halted at a distance, and in their faces the artist read dismay, for, while the dogs were yelping confidently and tugging at their cords, young Samson South--who should, by their prejudiced convictions, be hiding out in some secret stronghold--sat at the top step of the stile, smoking his pipe, and regarded them with a lack-luster absence of interest. I means Samson South, she enlightened, as though further description of one so celebrated would be redundant. keywords: adrienne; away; boy; callomb; day; door; eyes; face; farbish; fer; figure; girl; git; goin'; goin' ter; good; got; hain't; half; hand; head; heart; hills; hit; hixon; hollman; horton; house; hyar; jesse; jest; judge; know; lay; left; lescott; life; lips; long; man; matter; men; misery; moment; mountain; new; painter; people; place; purvy; rifle; right; road; rose; sally; samson; samson south; saw; smile; souths; spicer; tamarack; ter; thar; thet; things; time; voice; way; wilfred; woman; work; world; ye ter; years cache: 7776.txt plain text: 7776.txt