She was probably a mere household drudge, crushed by an unfeeling husband, without sufficient sensibilities to have been aware of her degraded condition.
Several other cabins had risen in the vicinity of John Crockett's.

A man came along, by the name of Kitchen, who undertook to open a school to teach the boys to read.

David went to school four days, but found it very difficult to master his letters.

He was a wiry little fellow, very athletic, and his nerves seemed made of steel.

When roused by anger, he was as fierce and reckless as a catamount.