Her own people call her the little water-wagtail." "Good!--Good and very appropriate," said the merchant well pleased.

"She is small too, a child rather than a maiden; but the graceful, gladsome creature takes my fancy.

And the governor's son--what is his name ?" "Orion, Sir," replied the guide.
"And by my beard," said the old man smiling.

"You have not over-praised him, man! Such a youth as this Orion is not to be seen every day.

What a tall fellow, and how becoming are those brown curls.