I'd counted on having a good time with her up at the lake, and now it looks like I'd have to stay in town all summer if I'm going to see anything of her." It was clear enough that Mrs.Owen was not interesting herself in Sylvia merely because the girl was the granddaughter of an old friend; she admired Sylvia on her own account and was at no pains to disguise the fact.

The Bassett expectations were, Dan reflected, scarcely at a premium to-day! Mr.Akins returned the papers to the safety box, and when Mrs.Owen and Harwood were alone, she closed the door carefully.
"Now, Daniel," she began, opening her hand-satchel, "I always hold that this is a funny world, but that things come out right in the end.

They mostly do; but sometimes the Devil gets into things and it ain't so easy.

You believe in the Devil, Daniel ?" "Well, my folks are Presbyterians," said Dan.

"My own religion is the same as Ware's.