To the amazement of all a beautiful girl threw aside the ticking and leaped out of the large wicker basket it had covered.

With a merry laugh she threw her arms around Jack Kelso's neck and kissed him.
The men clapped their hands in noisy merriment.
"That's like Bim, isn't it ?" said the Doctor.
"Exactly!" Abe exclaimed.
"I stop at David Barney's an' dere she took de goods out o' my pack an' fix up dis job lot fer you," said Eli with a laugh.
"A real surprise party!" the girl exclaimed.
She was a small sized girl, nearing sixteen, with red cheeks and hazel eyes and blonde hair that fell in curls upon her shoulders.
"Mr.Traylor, this is my daughter Bim," said Kelso.

"She is skilled in the art of producing astonishment." "She must have heard of that handsome boy at the tavern and got in a hurry to come home," said the Doctor.
"Ann Rutledge says that he is a right purty boy," the girl laughed as she brushed her curls aside.
She turned to Samson Traylor and asked wistfully, "Do you suppose he would play with me ?".