We are in good keeping." "And was Hughie out all night with those two boys in those woods, auntie ?" "Oh, there was no danger.

The wolves will not come near a fire, and the boys have their dogs and guns," said Mrs.Murray; "besides, Ranald is to be trusted." "Trusted ?" said the minister; "indeed, I would not trust him too far.

He is just wild enough, like his father before him." "Oh, papa, you don't know Ranald," said his wife, warmly; "nor his father either, for that matter.

I never did till this last week.

They have kept aloof from everything, and really--" "And whose fault is that ?" interrupted the minister.