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The Spirit
Just before Christmas, the Walton family becomes aware of a “spirit” who has been running loose on the Mountain and committing acts of petty thievery. Cousin Jeffrey (Keith Mitchell) locates the elusive thief, a young man named Paul (Ned Bellamy), and becomes his friend — and nevermind that Paul happens to be a runaway German prisoner of war. And elsewhere on the Mountain, Cindy (Leslie Winston) and Corabeth (Ronnie Claire Edwards) cause a considerable amount of embarrassment for the menfolk with their Christmas-gift requests., Jeffrey befriends a young man who hides in the woods and sneaks into town only to snatch necessities. Jeffrey: Keith Mitchell. John: Ralph Waite. Rose: Peggy Rea. Jim-Bob: David W. Harper. Jason: Jon Walmsley. Corabeth: Ronnie Claire Edwards. Ike: Joe Conley., Jeffrey befriends a young man who hides in the woods and sneaks into town only to snatch necessities., A German prisoner of war escapes North Carolina camp and hides in the mountain. When Jeffrey befriends him, the family asks him in for Christmas Eve.
