say hello to the Mac Dowell family

Ridge started with a mule, a bag of seed, and well, not much else. Built his farm up to 80 acres, cotton and corn, and the rest in psiz timber. He was a hard worker. Maybe it's a count of his wife, Mary. In town, they had only good things to say about the McDows. They're a comer. Give them time and they'll double their land. That's Betty Lou, Ridg's eldest, smart as a whip. A man's got a right to be proud of a girl like Betty Lou. Well, that was the McDonald family. One evening not long ago,