We ride on the stage to the railroad, and then--" "O! I do not mean that.

How can I face my folks, and everybody ?" "Of course, people will be inquisitive, and there will be a lot of speculation; but never mind that.

Your father and mother will be mighty glad to get you back home, and I am sure your father will see to it that you--that you'll have no more cause to run away from home." "What--what ?" "Why, he'll see that you do not have so much work--man's work, to do.
Yes, regular downright drudgery it was.

Why, I hardly blame you for running away, that is, taking a brief vacation." He went on talking, she looking silently into the fire.

"But now," he said finally, "you have had a good rest, and you are ready to go home." She sat rigidly looking at the glow in the grate.