"He is a famous hunter and trapper, owns two splendid horses, a pack of hounds, three or four fine guns, and makes himself hot and happy in a suit of buckskin.

If it were not for his smooth face and dandy airs, one would take him for some old mountain man.

He gave Dick and me a short history of his life--which he will be sure to repeat for your benefit--and was foolish enough to believe that we were as green as two pumpkins because we had never been in the States, and that we would swallow any thing.

But, if we have always lived in a wilderness, we have not neglected our books, and we are well enough posted to know that Arthur makes great mistakes sometimes." "But why is your day's fun all knocked in the head ?" asked Archie.
"Because I can't enjoy myself when Arthur is around.

I am always afraid that I shall do or say something that he won't like.