There's a spring above on the hill and sloping ground for drainage; and shade, and a great sweep of country in front.

I've been hungry for this life ever since I left home; now I am going to have it." "It will be rather lonely, won't it ?" The engineer's eyes softened as they rested on the young fellow, his face flushed with the enthusiasm of his new resolve.

He and Ruth's mother had lived in just such a shanty, and not so very long ago, either, it seemed,--those were the happiest years of his life.
"No!" exclaimed Jack.

"It's only a step to the town; I can walk it in half an hour.

No, it won't be lonely.