THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE

The play which is to be given by the Senior Class of Calhoun County High School is sure to be a great success. At the time of publication of this book, the cast is working very industriously and getting along famously.

Story of the Play

Lovely June Tolliver, born and reared in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is ignorant of the great outside world. Jack Hale, a northerner, comes down to the mountain region to survey its land and as head of a small band of policemen who strive to establish law and order among the mountaineers. When Jack and June meet at the foot of the big tree known as The Lonesome Pine, a fine friendship springs up that rapidly ripens into love. For years there has existed a feud between the Tollivers and a clan known as the Falins. Bub Tolliver, June's brother, shoots and kills Buck Falin. Jack comes to the Tolliver cabin where Bub is hiding. Judd Tolliver, June's father, prepares to greet Hale with a rifle. June pleads with the old man to allow her to handle the situation. Judd hides himself behind a door where he can see without being seen and where he can keep his rifle trained on the young northerner. Torn between her desire to aid her brother and to save the life of the man she has come to love, June lies to Hale and tells him that Bub is not there. Then in order to get him out of the cabin, she tells him that she never wants to see him again. The suspense is breath-taking and is continued until the very end of the final curtain.
 

Cast of Characters

June Tolliver, our lovely young heroine Mildred Strader
Sal Tolliver, her devoted sister  Glenna Stalnaker
Bub Tolliver, their younger brother Doyle Elliott 
Judd Tolliver, their stern father Harold Hamilton 
Hannah Tolliver, their step-mother Mary Hathaway
Dave Tolliver, a distant cousin, in love with June Clyde Sampson 
Loretta Tolliver, his mischievous sister Faustine Stump 
Uncle Billy Beams, justice of the peace Aves Holpp 
Ole Hon, his domineering wife Anne Hardman 
Ellie May, their daughter Gwen Jackson 
Red Fox, who carries water on both shoulders Glenn Farrar 
Jack Hale, a young northerner Orman Ewing 
Anne Saunders, a northern school teacher Dorothy Elliott 
Maw Falin, a forlorn old mountain woman Loraine Stump
 
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