She had not gone far, when she came suddenly upon a boy and two little girls, who seemed to be playing near the brook.

In the features of the boy she recognized Henry Lincoln, and remembering what Billy had said of him, she was about turning away, when the smallest of the girls espied her, and called out, "Look here, Rose, I reckon that's Mary Howard.

I'm going to speak to her." "Jenny Lincoln, you mustn't do any such thing.

Mother won't like it," answered the girl called Rose.
But whether "mother would like it," or not, Jenny did not stop to think, and going towards Mary she said, "Have you come to play in the woods ?" "No," was Mary's reply.

"I came to call the folks to dinner." "Oh, that was you that screamed so loud.