"How is _he_ to live ?" "His living will trouble him more than ours will trouble us," replied David, who, knowing that he was his mother's main dependence now, tried hard to keep up a brave heart.

"It will be cold out there in the swamp pretty soon.

I saw a flock of wild geese in the lake this morning, and that is a sure sign that winter is close at hand.

Father had no coat on when he went away, and he was barefooted, too.

And as for _our_ living, mother, who's kept you in clothes and coffee, sugar and tea, for the last year ?" "You have, David.