Give my best regards to all who inquire after us." She shook my hand again and again with earnest pressure, and cried and sobbed bitterly.

As I climbed the mountain she stood and watched me so long as I was in sight, and with her handkerchief waved a final adieu.

I was myself much affected at this parting, for with Mr.and Mrs.Bennett had been really a home to me; she had been to me as a mother, and it was like leaving a home fireside to go away from them.

I was now starting out among strangers, and those I should meet might be the same good friends as those whom I had left behind.

Mr.Bennett and I had for many years been hunting companions; I had lived at his house in the East, and we never disagreed but had always been good friends.