Have you any other reason for not wishing me to be your uncle ?" "I wanted you to marry somebody else." "Indeed! You ought to have mentioned it before! What young lady had you chosen for me, Miss Dimple ?" "Abby Grant, the little girl that went behind the tree and let me lose myself.

I'd as lief she'd go to New York as not.

If you'd only waited for her she'd have growed up." By this time Mrs.Parlin, though somewhat amused by her little daughter's sharp speeches, thought it best to put an end to them by taking her away into a corner.

She was too much inclined to pertness.
The evening was very delightful; but like everything else in this world it could not last always.

After the guests had departed, and before the doors were closed or the lights put out, the three tired children slowly wound their way up stairs.
"I'm glad it's over and done," said Prudy, resignedly.