Mrs.B.and Mary did not care if she "broke her neck," while Jack and the men laughed at her fearlessness.

Strange, one spark of playfulness could remain amid such constant toil; but her natural temperament was in a high degree mirthful, and the encouragement she received from Jack and the hired men, constantly nurtured the inclination.

When she had none of the family around to be merry with, she would amuse herself with the animals.

Among the sheep was a willful leader, who always persisted in being first served, and many times in his fury he had thrown down Nig, till, provoked, she resolved to punish him.

The pasture in which the sheep grazed was founded on three sides by a wide stream, which flowed on one side at the base of precipitous banks.