"Hullo! what's the matter, sis ?" he called back, in a pleasant, hoarse voice.

Ellen did not answer; she fled as if she had wings on her feet.

The man had many children of his own, and was accustomed to their turbulence over trifles.

He kept on, thinking that there was a sulky child who had been sent on an errand against her will, that it was not late, and she was safe enough on that road.

He resumed his calculation as to whether his income would admit of a new coal-stove that winter.