Love and intrigue at Morgan mill in Carolina mountains
Widow Virgie Morgan faces pressure from Wallace Withers as Branford Wills, a government surveyor struck by pneumonia, stays with the Morgan household. Tensions rise with timber land title schemes, romances between Daniels and Lucy Fields, and Wills and Marian’s concealed feelings as Tom Pruitt’s land comes under threat.
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Virgie Morgan
Morgan
Carolina Mountain District
Wallace Withers
Branford Wills
Wills
Marian
Virgie
Withers
Stanley Daniels
Tom Pruitt
Tom
Daniels
Lucy Fields
Spruce sale ties up Perry Bennett as couple argues on road
Marian and Bry discuss the Bennett spruce sale and Perry Bennett’s buyer Wallace Withers. A sharp exchange reveals romantic tension as they drive toward Asheville, debating elopement and Bry’s bragging bravado while plans hang on a forested deal.
Mountain man faces timber thieves in winter forest
Virgie Morgan confronts Tom Pruitt after he shoots at log robbers on Hazel Fork. Bill Gallup witnesses the tense pursuit as outlanders loom over a virgin timber stand. Tom returns to town, insisting he killed no one but will take action, while Marian and Bry worry what comes next.
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Perry Bennett
Marian
Perry
Wallace Withers
Bry
Virgie
Asheville
Scotland
Miss Fields
Jerry Shelton
Branford Wills
Wills
Monk
Lassie
Ada Clark
Tom Pruitt
Hazel Fork
Bill Gallup
Bill
Howdy
Tom
Jim Bishop
Tam
Bishop House
Crossbill
Virgie Morgan
Sally Gallup
Hazel Creek
Virgie Recruits Branford Wills for Pulp Mill Operation
Virgie welcomes Branford Wills to her pulp mill office insisting he observe the process and learn the business while Tom Pruitt remains absent. Lucy Fields introduces herself as the mill manager and Virgie notes the need for fresh, capable help.
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Virgie
Branford Wills
Tom Pruitt
Wills
Lucy Fields
Mr. Wills
Lucy
Woolly lamb craft from wire hangers and towels
A reader details a clever woolly lamb made from three bent wire coat hangers two old bath towels and fine wire hair pins and thread. The construction uses a towel bound head padded body and sewn toweling strips with a soft cloth core.
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