His whole heart iss in the task I have set him.

He wass born Dutch but hiss soul iss Iroquois! He iss by nature a taker of scalps." Master Benjamin laughed.
"Just at present," he said, "'tis the nature that suits us best.

Most urgent business calls me back to New York, and, after all, I can't do more here than you are doing, old friend." When they had bidden each other good-by in the undemonstrative manner of elderly men who have long been friends, Master Jacobus strolled down the main street of Albany and took a long look at a substantial house standing in fine grounds.

Then he shook his head several times, and, walking on, met its owner, whom he greeted with marked coolness, although the manner of the other toward him had been somewhat effusive.
"I gif you good day, Hendrik Martinus," he said, "und I hear that you are prospering.

I am not one to notice fashions myself, but others haf spoken to me of the beautiful new shawls your daughters are wearing und of the brooches und necklaces they haf." The face of Martinus, a man of about fifty, turned a deep red, but the excessive color passed in a few moments, and he spoke carelessly.