You just han' me a dollar, sah, an' den I 'se goin' fur to git out o' dis." "Is that the house in there ?" "Suah, you ought for to know dat.

Tain't changed none, 'cept run down a bit, far as I know.

Here am your grips, sah." We had no sooner alighted than he wheeled his team, and departed, whipping the horses into a run.

I felt her hand grip my sleeve, and glanced aside into her face.
"Frightened ?" I asked, endeavoring to speak easily.

"Don't let that fellow bother you; surely you do not believe in spooks ?" "No," her voice trembling, "but it is all so desolate.