They used to run free, but lately, on account of her going out, father has been forced to tie them at night.

They were straining at their chains, and barking dreadfully.

I met her at the door, but she would only say some one passed and gave her a fright.

When Thomas came in and told what he had heard, she said instantly that she had seen the man.
"She said he was about the size of Thomas, that he came from your direction, that he ran when our dogs barked, but he kept beside the fences, and climbed over where there were trees.

He crossed our barnyard and went toward the northwest.