Sometimes she caught flies for an old spider that had his den under the porch steps.

"He is an ogah" (ogre), she explained to Fritz.

"He's bewitched me so's I have to kill whole families of flies for him to eat." She was always busy and always happy.
Before June was half over it got to be a common occurrence for Walker to ride up to the gate on the Colonel's horse.

The excuse was always to have a passing word with Mom Beck.

But before he rode away, the Little Colonel was generally mounted in front of him.