"I shall never do anything in this way.

There comes another gentleman who looks as though he had a sweet tooth; at any rate, he seems as good-natured as a pound of sugar.

I will certainly try him." Her heart pounded against her ribs as though it had been worked by a forty-horse engine--poor girl.

It was a great undertaking to her; quite as great as taking a six-story granite warehouse, piling it full of merchandise from cellar to attic, and announcing himself as ready for business, to a child of a larger growth.

Everything seemed to hang on the issues of that tremendous moment.
"Buy some candy ?" said she, in tremulous tones, her great, swelling heart almost choking her utterance.
"No, child.