"How much does a sack of salt weigh ?" "About two hundred pounds.

To be accurate,--" "No wonder he said I was light," laughed the girl.
"Who is a young man named Keith--a school-boy, who lives about here ?" inquired Mrs.Yorke, suddenly.
"The Keiths do not live about here," said the Doctor.

"Gordon Keith, to whom you doubtless refer, is the son of General Keith, who lives in an adjoining county below the Ridge.

His father was our minister during the war--" At this moment the conversation was interrupted by the appearance of Mrs.Gates with the desired kettle of hot water, and the Doctor, stopping in the midst of his sentence, devoted all of his attention to his patient.
The confidence which he displayed and the deftness with which he worked impressed Mrs.Yorke so much that when he was through she said: "Doctor, I have been wondering how a man like you could be content to settle down in this mountain wilderness.

I know many fashionable physicians in cities who could not have done for Alice a bit better than you have done--indeed, nothing like so well--with such simple appliances." Dr.Balsam's eyes rested on her gravely.