It was a handsome countenance, cut in large, bold features, but of a stony immobility; the eyes were watchful, brooding, sullen.

They regarded him with mingled defiance and shyness for an instant, then they avoided his; she averted her gaze; she appeared to be meditating ignominious flight.
The mother abandoned her labor, wiped her hands upon her skirt, and said, with genuine hospitality: "Come right into the house and rest yourself.

Pa and Buddy'll be home at dinner time." By now a fuller significance of this stranger's presence had struck home and she laughed softly as she led the way toward the dwelling.

"Di'mon's for Allie and me, eh?
Land sakes! Pa's up to something new every day, lately.

I wonder what next." As Gray stepped aside for the younger woman to precede him, his curiosity must have been patent, for Allegheny became even more self-conscious than before, and her face flamed a fiery red.