He had heard that she could run almost as swiftly as her brothers.

Evidently she feared nothing, for he had just seen an example of her courage in a deed that had tried even his own nerve, and, withal, she was a bright, happy girl, earnest and true, possessing all the softer graces of his sisters, and that exquisite touch of feminine delicacy and refinement which appeals more to men than any other virtue.
"Have you not met Mr.Miller before he came here from Fort Pitt ?" asked Betty.
"Why do you ask ?" "I think he mentioned something of the kind." "What else did he say ?" "Why--Mr.Clarke, I hardly remember." "I see," said Alfred, his face darkening.

"He has talked about me.

I do not care what he said.

I knew him at Fort Pitt, and we had trouble there.