I don't know how they got in." "We came in the door," said Gladys, with some asperity, "and we are lookin' for M'ria's little sister.

Be you her ma-in-law's cousin ?" "I don't know who these people are," the young woman said, faintly, to the man.

"I think they must be burglars." "Burglars, nothin'!" said Gladys, who had suddenly assumed the leadership of the party.

Opposition and suspicion stimulated her.

She loved a fight.