Fortunately he was overflowing with curiosity and not averse to lingering a while where anything of interest was to be seen or heard, and, as we were deemed perfectly safe under his care, no questions were asked when we got to the house, if we had been with him.

He had a long head and, through his diplomacy, we escaped much disagreeable surveillance.

Peter was very fond of attending court.

All the lawyers knew him, and wherever Peter went, the three little girls in his charge went, too.

Thus, with constant visits to the jail, courthouse, and my father's office, I gleaned some idea of the danger of violating the law.
The great events of the year were the Christmas holidays, the Fourth of July, and "general training," as the review of the county militia was then called.