"You are a brave, noble girl," he said; "I thank God for such a daughter-in-law.

Now, my dear, let us hurry off, and not think of what is to come." It was about five o'clock when they went off.

Sam and Halbert, having let them out of the paddock, went in-doors to comfort poor Jim's heart, and to get something to eat, if it were procurable.

Jim lay on his bed tossing about, and the Doctor sat beside him, talking to him; pale and grim, waiting for the doctor who had been sent for; no other than his drunken old enemy.
"This is about as nice a kettle of fish," said Jim, when they came and sat beside him, "as a man could possibly wish to eat.

Poor Cecil and Charley; both gone, eh?
Well, I know it ain't decent for a fellow with a broken leg to feel wicked; but I do, nevertheless.