The Crossroad
Authors: Beverly Lewis
T
HE
C
ROSSROAD
By Beverly Lewis
S
EASONS OF
G
RACE
The Secret
•
The Missing
•
The Telling
A
BRAM
’S D
AUGHTERS
The Covenant
•
The Betrayal
•
The Sacrifice
The Prodigal
•
The Revelation
A
NNIE
’S P
EOPLE
The Preacher’s Daughter
•
The Englisher
•
The Brethren
T
HE
C
OURTSHIP OF
N
ELLIE
F
ISHER
The Parting
•
The Forbidden
•
The Longing
T
HE
H
ERITAGE OF
L
ANCASTER
C
OUNTY
The Shunning
•
The Confession
•
The Reckoning
The Postcard
•
The Crossroad
The Redemption of Sarah Cain
October Song
•
Sanctuary
*
•
The Sunroom
The Beverly Lewis Amish Heritage Cookbook
*
with David Lewis
The Crossroad
Copyright © 1999
Beverly Lewis
Cover design by Dan Thornberg, Koechel Peterson & Associates
Cover landscape photography by Angus Plummer
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Published by Bethany House Publishers
11400 Hampshire Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota 55438
Bethany House Publishers is a division of
Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 978-0-7642-0341-1
The Library of Congress has cataloged the original edition as follows:
Lewis, Beverly, date.
The crossroad / by Beverly Lewis.
p. cm.
Sequel to: The postcard.
ISBN 0-7642-2239-2
ISBN 0-7642-2212-0 (pbk.)
I. Title.
PS3562.E9383 C76 1999
813'.54—dc21 99–6719
CIP
This book is lovingly dedicated
to my parents,
Herb and Jane (Buchwalter) Jones,
whose zeal and devotion to God
have both inspired and encouraged me
throughout my life.
Together, they pastored
Glad Tidings Temple
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
during my growing-up years.
Table of Contents
Beverly Lewis, born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, fondly recalls her growing-up years. A keen interest in her mother’s Plain family heritage has led Beverly to set many of her popular stories in Lancaster County.
A former schoolteacher and accomplished pianist, Beverly is a member of the National League of American Pen Women (the Pikes Peak branch). She is the 2003 recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award at Evangel University, Springfield, Missouri. Her blockbuster novels
The Shunning, The Confession, The
Reckoning,
and
The Covenant
have each received the Gold Book Award. Her bestselling novel
October Song
won the Silver Seal in the Benjamin Franklin Awards, and
The Postcard
and
Sanctuary
(a collaboration with her husband, David) received Silver Angel Awards, as did her picture book for all ages,
Annika’s Secret Wish.
Beverly and her husband make their home in the Colorado foothills.