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He had his mother 's brown eyes ; a deep bony box of a chest ; rippling shoulders ; and a broad peaceful countenance . He drove the Crabapple stage , between Crabapple , the village just over the back mountain , and Beaulings , in West Virginia . It was twenty-six miles from point to point , a way that crossed a towering range , hung above a far veil of unbroken spruce , forded swift glittering streams , and followed a road that passed rare isolated dwellings , dominating rocky and precarious patches and hills of cultivation . One night Allen slept in Beaulings ; the next he was home , rising at four o'clock in order to take his stage out of Crabapple at seven sharp . It was a splendid job , and brought them thirty-five dollars a month ; not in mere trade at the store , but actual money . This , together with Hunter Kinemon 's position , tending the rich bottom farm of State Senator Gait , gave them a position of ease and comfort in Greenstream . They were a very highly esteemed family .