"If you see Jack, just tell him you saw me." "Yes, I will," was the reply.
"I wonder who that woman is with Ida ?" thought the boy.

"I don't like her looks much.

I wonder if she's any relation of Mr.Harding.She looks about as pleasant as Aunt Rachel." The last-mentioned lady would hardly have felt flattered at the comparison.
Ida looked about her with curiosity.

There was a novel sensation in being in a new place, particularly a city of which she had heard so much as Philadelphia.

As far back as she could remember, she had never left New York, except for a brief excursion to Hoboken; and one Fourth of July was made memorable by a trip to Staten Island, under the guardianship of Jack.
They entered a horse car just outside the depot, and rode probably a mile.
"We get out here," said the nurse.