"Just David" is a 1916 novel, very popular in the early half of the twentieth century, by Eleanor Hodgman Porter, best known for the novel "Pollyanna". It tells the story of David, a young boy who plays the violin and leads an idyllic life in the mountains with his father. When his father becomes gravely ill, they go down into the valley, spending the night in a barn. David plays the violin to calm his sleeping father and is found by Simeon Holly...