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A Tragedy at Hillville: Continued, Act II

A Tragedy at Hillville: Continued, Act II A TRAGEDY AT HILLVILLE Continued, Act II by Ron Larson SYNOPSIS OF ACT I It is early December 1910, Bill Foster, Carroll County, Virginia's commonswealth's attorney, and his wife, Kate, have returned to their Hillsville home after attending a Sunday evening religious service. They are awaiting the arrival of Judge and Mrs. Thornton Massie whom they met at the service and invited to their home. Massie, a one-armed circuit court judge for Carroll as well as four other Southwest Virginia counties, has been riding the circuit since 1907. Although Foster has worked with him since that time, the Judge has never been to Foster's house because "people might talk." But now that Mrs. Massie has accompanied her husband, the invitation is offered and accepted. While awaiting their arrival, Kate implores her husband to tell the Judge of the violent nature of the Aliens--an influential Carroll family. She is greatly concerned for her husband's safety and doesn't want him to run for third term in 1911. Foster is determined to run for re-election. The Aliens aren't as violent and dangerous as people make out, he tells her. She reminds him of the time two of the Allen brothers, Floyd http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

A Tragedy at Hillville: Continued, Act II

Larson, Ron
Appalachian Review , Volume 7 (2) – Jan 8, 1979
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A TRAGEDY AT HILLVILLE Continued, Act II by Ron Larson SYNOPSIS OF ACT I It is early December 1910, Bill Foster, Carroll County, Virginia's commonswealth's attorney, and his wife, Kate, have returned to their Hillsville home after attending a Sunday evening religious service. They are awaiting the arrival of Judge and Mrs. Thornton Massie whom they met at the service and invited to their home. Massie, a one-armed circuit court judge for Carroll as well as four other Southwest Virginia counties, has been riding the circuit since 1907. Although Foster has worked with him since that time, the Judge has never been to Foster's house because "people might talk." But now that Mrs. Massie has accompanied her husband, the invitation is offered and accepted. While awaiting their arrival, Kate implores her husband to tell the Judge of the violent nature of the Aliens--an influential Carroll family. She is greatly concerned for her husband's safety and doesn't want him to run for third term in 1911. Foster is determined to run for re-election. The Aliens aren't as violent and dangerous as people make out, he tells her. She reminds him of the time two of the Allen brothers, Floyd

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Published: Jan 8, 1979

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