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“
The
Mountain
?
The
Mountain
?
”
she
heard
Mr
.
Royall
say
.
“
Why
,
the
Mountain
’
s
a
blot
—
that
’
s
what
it
is
,
sir
,
a
blot
.
That
scum
up
there
ought
to
have
been
run
in
long
ago
—
and
would
have
,
if
the
people
down
here
hadn
’
t
been
clean
scared
of
them
.
The
Mountain
belongs
to
this
township
,
and
it
’
s
North
Dormer
’
s
fault
if
there
’
s
a
gang
of
thieves
and
outlaws
living
over
there
,
in
sight
of
us
,
defying
the
laws
of
their
country
.
Why
,
there
ain
’
t
a
sheriff
or
a
tax
-
collector
or
a
coroner
’
d
durst
go
up
there
.
When
they
hear
of
trouble
on
the
Mountain
the
selectmen
look
the
other
way
,
and
pass
an
appropriation
to
beautify
the
town
pump
.
The
only
man
that
ever
goes
up
is
the
minister
,
and
he
goes
because
they
send
down
and
get
him
whenever
there
’
s
any
of
them
dies
.
They
think
a
lot
of
Christian
burial
on
the
Mountain
—
but
I
never
heard
of
their
having
the
minister
up
to
marry
them
.
And
they
never
trouble
the
Justice
of
the
Peace
either
.
They
just
herd
together
like
the
heathen
.
”
He
went
on
,
explaining
in
somewhat
technical
language
how
the
little
colony
of
squatters
had
contrived
to
keep
the
law
at
bay
,
and
Charity
,
with
burning
eagerness
,
awaited
young
Harney
’
s
comment
;
but
the
young
man
seemed
more
concerned
to
hear
Mr
.
Royall
’
s
views
than
to
express
his
own
.
“
I
suppose
you
’
ve
never
been
up
there
yourself
?
”
he
presently
asked
.
“
Yes
,
I
have
,
”
said
Mr
.
Royall
with
a
contemptuous
laugh
.
“
The
wiseacres
down
here
told
me
I
’
d
be
done
for
before
I
got
back
;
but
nobody
lifted
a
finger
to
hurt
me
.
And
I
’
d
just
had
one
of
their
gang
sent
up
for
seven
years
too
.
”
“
You
went
up
after
that
?
”
“
Yes
,
sir
:
right
after
it
.
The
fellow
came
down
to
Nettleton
and
ran
amuck
,
the
way
they
sometimes
do
.
After
they
’
ve
done
a
wood
-
cutting
job
they
come
down
and
blow
the
money
in
;
and
this
man
ended
up
with
manslaughter
.
I
got
him
convicted
,
though
they
were
scared
of
the
Mountain
even
at
Nettleton
;
and
then
a
queer
thing
happened
.
The
fellow
sent
for
me
to
go
and
see
him
in
gaol
.
I
went
,
and
this
is
what
he
says
:
’
The
fool
that
defended
me
is
a
chicken
-
livered
son
of
a
—
and
all
the
rest
of
it
,
’
he
says
.
’
I
’
ve
got
a
job
to
be
done
for
me
up
on
the
Mountain
,
and
you
’
re
the
only
man
I
seen
in
court
that
looks
as
if
he
’
d
do
it
.
’
He
told
me
he
had
a
child
up
there
—
or
thought
he
had
—
a
little
girl
;
and
he
wanted
her
brought
down
and
reared
like
a
Christian
.
I
was
sorry
for
the
fellow
,
so
I
went
up
and
got
the
child
.
”
He
paused
,
and
Charity
listened
with
a
throbbing
heart
.
“
That
’
s
the
only
time
I
ever
went
up
the
Mountain
,
”
he
concluded
.
There
was
a
moment
’
s
silence
;
then
Harney
spoke
.
“
And
the
child
—
had
she
no
mother
?
”
“
Oh
,
yes
:
there
was
a
mother
.
But
she
was
glad
enough
to
have
her
go
.
She
’
d
have
given
her
to
anybody
.
They
ain
’
t
half
human
up
there
.
I
guess
the
mother
’
s
dead
by
now
,
with
the
life
she
was
leading
.
Anyhow
,
I
’
ve
never
heard
of
her
from
that
day
to
this
.
”
“
My
God
,
how
ghastly
,
”
Harney
murmured
;
and
Charity
,
choking
with
humiliation
,
sprang
to
her
feet
and
ran
upstairs
.
