"Father thinks I'm home, minding the house.

He's off duty this evening, and he walked over here to the Bryanite Chapel, up to Four Turnings.

There's going to be a big Prayer Meeting to-night.
When his back was turned I slipped out after him, so as to keep him in sight across the towans." "Why ?" "I'm terrible timid.

I can't bear to walk across the towans by myself.

You can't see where you be--they're so much alike--and it makes a person feel lost.