After a quarter of an hour's run they paused breathless.

Jack dashed his bonnet to the ground.
"For goodness' sake, Dick!" he said, shaking off his mantle, "unhook the back of my dress, and let me get rid of the thing.

I used to laugh at my sisters for not running as fast as I could.

Now I wonder how on earth they manage to run at all." Their borrowed finery was soon got rid of, and in their shirts and trousers the boys proceeded.

Presently they came suddenly upon four peasants seated on the ground, who upon seeing them leaped to their feet and greeted them with signs of vehement joy, making signs to them to follow them, and presently led them to a spot where the remains of the insurgent band were gathered.