I instantly thought of the Girtys, who, I have heard, have evinced a fondness for kidnapping little girls.

Then the fellow said he was on guard and ordered me, actually commanded me to go home." "Oh, is that all ?" said Lydia, laughing.
"No, that is not all.

He--he said I was a pretty little girl and that he was sorry I could not have my own way; that his present occupation was pleasant, and that the situation had its charm.

The very idea.

He was most impertinent," and Betty's telltale cheeks reddened again at the recollection.
"Betty, I do not think your experience was so dreadful, certainly nothing to put you out as it has," said Lydia, laughing merrily.