Accordingly, he was mounted before, his cane in his hand, and his bow and quiver on his back, very proud to be mamma's charioteer.

My other three boys mounted on their animals, were ready before, to form the advanced guard, while I proposed to follow, and watch over the whole.

My wife was moved even to tears, and could not cease admiring her new carriage, which Fritz and Jack presented to her as their own work.

Francis, however, boasted that he had carded the cotton for the soft cushion on which she was to sit, and I, that I had made it.

I then lifted her in, and as soon as she was seated Ernest came to put her new bonnet on her head, which greatly delighted her; it was of fine straw, and so thick and firm that it might even defend her from the rain.