CHRISTY RUDD HUDDLESTON, a nineteen-year-old girl.
CHRISTY’S STUDENTS:
CREED ALLEN, age nine.
LITTLE BURL ALLEN, age six.
BESSIE COBURN, age twelve.
WRAIGHT HOLT, age seventeen.
LIZETTE HOLCOMBE, age nine.
GEORGE O’TEALE, age nine.
MOUNTIE O’TEALE, age ten.
RUBY MAE MORRISON, age thirteen.
CLARA SPENCER, age twelve.
LUNDY TAYLOR, age seventeen.
GRANNY O’TEALE, a superstitious mountain woman. (Great-grandmother of Christy’s students Mountie and George.)
DR. NEIL MACNEILL, the physician of the Cove.
ALICE HENDERSON, a Quaker missionary who started the mission at Cutter Gap.
DAVID GRANTLAND, the young minister.
IDA GRANTLAND, David’s sister and the mission housekeeper.
GRADY HALLIDAY, a traveling photographer.
BEN PENTLAND, the mailman.
FAIRLIGHT SPENCER, a mountain woman.
JEB SPENCER, her husband.
(Parents of Christy’s student Clara.)
OZIAS HOLT, a mountain man.
NATHAN O’TEALE, father of Christy’s students Mountie and George.
DUGGIN MORRISON, stepfather of Christy’s student Ruby Mae.
MRS. MORRISON, Ruby Mae’s mother.
LETY COBURN, a mountain woman.
KYLE COBURN, her husband.
(Parents of Christy’s student Bessie.)
BIRD’S-EYE TAYLOR, father of Christy’s student Lundy.
PRINCE, black stallion donated to the mission.
PRINCE EGBERT, unwilling frog captive.
OLD THEO, crippled mule owned by the mission.
GOLDIE, mare belonging to Miss Alice Henderson.
CLANCY, mule owned by Grady Halliday.