Oh, dear! oh, dear! isn't it horrid ?" "The worst of it is they've cut us off from the river," he said miserably.

"If I could have reached the boat ahead of them they never could have caught us.

I could distance that old raft in a mile." "I know you could, dear," she cried, looking with frantic admiration upon his broad shoulders and brawny bare arms.

"But it is out of the question now." "Never mind, sweetheart; don't let it fuss you so.

It will turn out all right, I know it will." "Oh, I can't run any farther," she gasped despairingly.
"Poor little chap! Let me carry you ?" "You big ninny!" "We are at least three miles from your house, dear, and surrounded by deadly perils.