"What does it matter at my age, anyhow ?" "No, no, Aunt Eliza; I won't move without you! Don't you think it!" cried the girl.

"You've got to come straight away or else we both stay right here where we are." "Come, come, ma'am, there is no time for arguing, or nonsense," said the Colonel roughly.

"Our lives all depend upon your making an effort, and we cannot possibly leave you behind." "But I will fall off." "I'll tie you on with my puggaree.

I wish I had the cummerbund which I lent poor Stuart.

Now, Tippy, I think we might make a break for it!" But the black soldier had been staring with a disconsolate face out over the desert, and he turned upon his heel with an oath.
"There!" said he sullenly.