a knight of the cumberland 康巴伦的骑马士

A KNIGHT OF THE CUMBERLAND 1 A KNIGHT OF THE CUMBERLAND BY JOHN FOX, JR. 更多好书请点击 www.uus8.org A KNIGHT OF THE CUMBERLAND 2 CONTENTS I. The Blight in the Hills II. On the Wild Dog's Trail III. The Auricular Talent of the Hon.Samuel Budd IV. Close Quarters V. Back to the Hills VI. The Great Day VII. At Last--The Tournament VIII.The Knight Passes A KNIGHT OF THE CUMBERLAND 更多好书请点击 www.uus8.org A KNIGHT OF THE CUMBERLAND 3 I THE BLIGHT IN THE HILLS High noon of a crisp October day, sunshine flooding the earth with the warmth and light of old wine and, going single-file up through the jagged gap that the dripping of water has worn down through the Cumberland Mountains from crest to valley-level, a gray horse and two big mules, a man and two young girls. On the gray horse, I led the tortuous way. After me came my small sister--and after her and like her, mule- back, rode the Blight--dressed as she would be for a gallop in Central Park or to ride a hunter in a horse show. I was taking them, according to promise, where the feet of other women than mountaineers had never trod--beyond the crest of the Big Black--to the water......