"From a thousand slopes far and wide!" At the breakfast-table, when there came opportunity, she looked up serenely and said, "Father, on second thought I will go the Bend, thank you!" Anderson laid down his knife and fork and his eyes opened wide in surprise.

"Changed your mind!" he exclaimed.
"That's a privilege I have, you know," she replied, calmly.
Mrs.Anderson appeared more anxious than surprised.

"Daughter, don't go.
That will be a fearful ride." "Hum! Sure glad to have you, lass," added Anderson, with his keen eyes on her.
"Let me go, too," begged Rose.
Kathleen was solemnly gazing at Lenore, with the wise, penetrating eyes of extreme youth.
"Lenore, I'll bet you've got a new beau up there," she declared.
Lenore flushed scarlet.

She was less angry with her little sister than with the incomprehensible fact of a playful word bringing the blood stingingly to her neck and face.
"Kitty, you forget your manners," she said, sharply.
"Kit is fresh.

She's an awful child," added Rose, with a superior air.
"I didn't say a thing," cried Kathleen, hotly.