Emma Payne Erskine

The Mountain Girl Illustrated Emma Payne Erskine

Unwilling to marry into money without love, and unwilling to spill blood on the battlefield, he decides to become a doctor. David travels to Canada, where he studies under Doctor Hoyle. When David becomes ill, Hoyle sends him to recuperate at his cabin, perched high on a promontory in the mountains of North Carolina. At their cabin, David tends mother's broken hip. The next day, David travels another mile, up the trail to his friend's cabin. The crisp mountain air is rejuvenating to mind and body, and his sensitive soul finds rest. And meanwhile, what's happening across the sea, at the family castle? Written with dialogue in the mountain dialect.