I am not at all sure that I could bring myself to flog Sam, and, if I did, it would be very inefficiently done." "Oh, I'll undertake it," said the Major, "though I believe I shall have an easy task.

He won't want much flogging." At this moment Mrs.Buckley approached with a basketful of fresh-gathered flowers.

"The roses don't flower well here, Doctor," she said, "but the geraniums run mad.

Here is a salmon-coloured one for your button-hole." "He has earned it well, Agnes," said her husband.

"He has decided the discussion we had last night by offering to undertake Sam's education himself." "And God's blessing on him for it!" said Mrs.Buckley warmly.