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The Calling of Dan Matthews By: Harold Bell Wright (1872-1944) |
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BY HAROLD BELL WRIGHT 1909 AUTHOR OF "THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS" "THAT PRINTER OF UDELL'S" With Illustrations by ARTHUR I. KELLER TO WILLIAM WILLIAMS, M.D. CONTENTS I. THE HOME OF THE ALLY II. A REVELATION III. A GREAT DAY IN CORINTH IV. WHO ARE THEY? V. HOPE FARWELL'S MINISTRY VI. THE CALLING OF DAN MATTHEWS VII. FROM DEBORAH'S PORCH VIII. THE WORK OF THE ALLY IX. THE EDGE OF THE BATTLEFIELD X. A MATTER OF OPINION XI. REFLECTIONS XII. THE NURSE FORGETS XIII. DR. HARRY'S CASE XIV. THAT GIRL OF CONNER'S XV. THE MINISTER'S OPPORTUNITY XVI. DAN SEES THE OTHER SIDE XVII. THE TRAGEDY XVIII. TO SAVE A LIFE XIX. ON FISHING XX. COMMON GROUND XXI. THE WARNING XXII. AS DR. HARRY SEES IT XXIII. A PARABLE XXIV. THE WAY OUT XXV. A LABORER AND HIS HIRE XXVI. THE WINTER PASSES XXVII. DEBORAH'S TROUBLE XXVIII. A FISHERMAN XXIX. A MATTER OF BUSINESS XXX. THE DAUGHTER OF THE CHURCH XXXI. THE REALITY XXXII. THE BARRIER XXXIII. HEART'S TRAGEDIES XXXIV. SACRIFICED XXXV. THE TIE THAT BINDS XXXVI. GOOD BYE XXXVII. RESULTS XXXVIII. A HANDFUL OF GOLD XXXIX. THE VICTORY OF THE ALLY XL. THE DOCTOR'S GLASSES XLI. THE FINAL WORD XLII. JUSTICE XLIII. THE HOME COMING XLIV. THE OLD TRAIL ILLUSTRATIONS Drawn by ARTHUR I. KELLER WITH THE DOCTOR THE TWO STRANGERS IN CORINTH TOOK DENNY TO HIS HOME " YOU MUST BE IN LIFE A FISHERMAN" A GOOD BYE CARESS DAN PLEADED WITH HIM The Calling of Dan Matthews CHAPTER I. THE HOME OF THE ALLY "And because the town of this story is what it is, there came to dwell in it a Spirit a strange, mysterious power playful, vicious, deadly; a Something to be at once feared and courted; to be denied yet confessed in the denial; a deadly enemy, a welcome friend, an all powerful Ally." This story began in the Ozark Mountains. It follows the trail that is nobody knows how old. But mostly this story happened in Corinth, a town of the middle class in a Middle Western state. There is nothing peculiar about Corinth. The story might have happened just as well in any other place, for the only distinguishing feature about this town is its utter lack of any distinguishing feature whatever. In all the essential elements of its life, so far as this story goes, Corinth is exactly like every other village, town or city in the land. This, indeed, is why the story happened in this particular place. Years ago, when the railroad first climbed the backbone of the Ozarks, it found Corinth already located on the summit. Even before the war, this county seat town was a place of no little importance, and many a good tale might be told of those exciting days when the woods were full of guerrillas and bushwhackers, and the village was raided first by one side, then by the other. Many a good tale is told, indeed; for the fathers and mothers of Corinth love to talk of the war times, and to point out in Old Town the bullet marked buildings and the scenes of many thrilling events. But the sons and daughters of the passing generation, with their sons and daughters, like better to talk of the great things that are going to be when the proposed shoe factory comes, the talked of mills are established, the dreamed of electric line is built out from the city, or the Capitalist from Somewhere else arrives to invest in vacant lots, thereon to build new hotels and business blocks. The Doctor says that in the whole history of Corinth there are only two events. The first was the coming of the railroad; the second was the death of the Doctor's good friend, the Statesman. The railroad did not actually enter Corinth. It stopped at the front gate... Continue reading book >>
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