Conspicuous among the noisy group, was Ella Campbell.

Henry Lincoln's broad-brimmed hat was resting on her long curls, while her white sun-bonnet was tied under Henry's chin.
The moment Jenny appeared, the whole party set up a shout so deafening, that the Widow Perkins came out in a trice, to see "if the old Harry was to pay, or what." No sooner did Henry Lincoln get sight of Mary, than springing to his feet, and swinging his arm around his head, he screamed out, "Three cheers for the school ma'am and her handsome lover, Billy! Hurrah!" In the third and last hurrah, the whole company joined, and when that was finished, Henry struck up on a high key, "Oh, where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy, Oh, where have you been charming Billy ?" but only one voice joined in with his, and that was Ella's! Mary reddened at what she knew was intended as an insult, and when she heard her sister's voice chiming in with Henry, she could not keep back her tears.
"Wasn't that smart ?" said Jenny, when at last the hay cart disappeared from view, and the noise and dust had somewhat subsided.

Then as she saw the tears in Mary's eyes, she added, "Oh, I wouldn't care if they did teaze me about Billy Bender.

I'd as lief be teazed about him as not." "It isn't that," said Mary, smiling in spite of herself, at Jenny's frankness.

"It isn't that.