"When do we start, Uncle ?" "In a day or two.

I have some things here to attend to that may delay us that long.

But when once we are started southward we shall bowl along right merrily." "Unless we run into more snowstorms." Of course it was the Major who said that, and pointedly ignoring the remark Uncle John turned to Patsy and said: "How did you find Myrtle Dean this morning ?" "She is rested, and seems very bright and cheerful, Uncle; but of course she is much distressed by the news that her Uncle Anson has vanished from Leadville.

Yet she thinks she will continue her journey by the next train, as she has paid for her ticket and can't afford to waste the money." "It would be absurd for the child to go to Leadville on that account.
A mining camp is no place for such a frail thing," returned Mr.
Merrick.

"What would you suggest, Patsy ?" "Really, Uncle John, I don't know what to suggest." "She can never earn her living by sewing," declared Beth.