Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 52697-h.htm or 52697-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/52697/52697-h/52697-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/52697/52697-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinalleg01cros [Illustration: THE HAWK’S NEST, OR MARSHALL’S PILLAR. FAYETTE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. PAGE 167.] FIVE YEARS IN THE ALLEGHANIES. [Illustration] Published by the American Tract Society, 150 Nassau-Street, New York. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by the American Tract Society, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the Southern District of the State of New York. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Preparation 5 CHAPTER II. The milestone--The elegant young man--The collier--The rich lady 15 CHAPTER III. The grog-shop--The rolling mills--The Universalist 27 CHAPTER IV. The new “relagin”--The hard father and his little daughter--The deserted homes--The stolen books 37 CHAPTER V. Book preachers installed--“Caught with guile”--The clenched fist--Review 49 CHAPTER VI. Governor of West Virginia--Surprising desolations--The lodging--The dinner--“Blazing the trees” 57 CHAPTER VII. The hunter seeking books for a Sunday-school--The first sermon--Clock pedlars 68 CHAPTER VIII. The “Ironside” preacher and distiller--Wife and granddaughter 75 CHAPTER IX. A church dignitary--“Have you let Washington into heaven?” 81 CHAPTER X. The pistol--The surveyor’s son--A public-house--“You have prayed plenty”--The pocket-Bible 89 CHAPTER XI. The summit of Cheat mountain--The “fellow that wanted to colport”--The sheriffs warrant--Wishing to be a _tract_ agent 97 CHAPTER XII. The wickedest man in the county--The bully--The shooting match--A gang of desperadoes 111 CHAPTER XIII. A night on guard--Old Randal Lucas 119 CHAPTER XIV. “No church, no preacher, no Sunday-school, no day-school”--A young lady’s success 128 CHAPTER XV. “No such place as hell”--The busy lawyer--A Trinity--The great work in L----, and in U---- 137 CHAPTER XVI. A Pentecostal season--Service in a graveyard--A Seceder church 151 CHAPTER XVII.