Chapter I

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

third-person singular of “alter” — cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

the act of waking

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

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From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

flutter like a butterfly

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada

From this reading THOMAS LANGTON TORONTO, CANADA.

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

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From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

plural of “chime” — a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the act of conquering

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

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From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

an artistic form of nonverbal communication

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

move gently or carefully

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

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From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

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From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading I Was Never So Happy .

possessive form of “heart” — the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

plural of “hickory” — valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

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From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

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From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

a songbook containing a collection of hymns

From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

move forward by leaps and bounds

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

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From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

a polite name for any woman

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

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From this reading THOMAS LANGTON TORONTO, CANADA.

immediately past

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

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From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

imaginative intellectual play

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

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From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I Was Never So Happy .

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

plural of “pedigree” — the descendants of one individual

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

a coniferous tree

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

plural of “principle” — a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

a student who fails to attend classes

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I Was Never So Happy .

the state of being covered with unclean things

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

a state in east central United States

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading THOMAS LANGTON TORONTO, CANADA.

the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)

From this reading THOMAS LANGTON TORONTO, CANADA.

past form of “transplant” — lift and reset in another soil or situation

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

impossible to achieve

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt

From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading I Was Never So Happy .

clean with some chemical process

From this reading AUTHOR OF "OLD MISTIS;" "A SUMMER HYMNAL;" "THE BISHOP OF COTTONTOWN;" "UNCLE WASH," ETC.

structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

in the company of; together with

From this reading I "Love is not Love That Alters" II A Dream and Its Ending III The Awakening IV The Call of the Drum V The First Tennessee VI The Battle in the Bacaue Mountains VII The Juramentados I Two of a Kind II How Aunt Lucretia Ran Away III A Night with Captain Skipper IV My First Automobile V The Sick Tree

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump

the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one

From this reading I Soul Dreams and the Soil II Little Sister I The Flame in the Wood II The Home-Stretch III The Hickories IV Colonel Goff V Pedigrees and Principles VI The Make-Believe VII The Chimes of the Wisteria VIII The Stone-Crop IX The Transplanted Pine X Conquering Satan XI Two Ways of Love XII Work and Mine Acre XIII The Unattainable XIV God and a Butterfly XV Hickories and Old Hickory XVI Heart’s Ease XVII "Lady Carfax" XVIII The Last Dance XIX The High Jump