I s'pose Mis' Babcock would laugh, but I feel a good deal easier about goin'." Amanda waited again; she blew out her lamp, for the early dawnlight strengthened.

She listened intently for wheels, and looked anxiously at the clock.

"It would be dreadful if we got left, after all," she said.
Suddenly the covered wagon came in sight; the white horse trotted at a good pace.

Adoniram held the reins and his wife sat beside him.
Mrs.Green peered out from the back seat.

"Mandy! Mandy!" Mrs.
Babcock called, before they reached the gate.