Miss Laura answered questions about her family, and asked questions about Mr.Harry, who was away at college and hadn't got home.

I don't think I have said before that Mr.Harry was Mrs.Wood's son.

She was a widow with one son when she married Mr.Wood, so that Mr.
Harry, though the Morrises called him cousin, was not really their cousin.
I was very glad to hear them say that he was soon coming home, for I had never forgotten that but for him I should never have known Miss Laura and gotten into my pleasant home.
By-and-by, I heard Miss Laura say: "Uncle John, have you a dog ?" "Yes, Laura," he said; "I have one to-day, but I sha'n't have one to-morrow." "Oh, uncle, what do you mean ?" she asked.
"Well, Laura," he replied, "you know animals are pretty much like people.

There are some good ones and some bad ones.

Now, this dog is a snarling, cross-grained, cantankerous beast, and when I heard Joe was coming, I said: 'Now we'll have a good dog about the place, and here's an end to the bad one.' So I tied Bruno up, and to-morrow I shall shoot him.