"But I am ready to drop this subject." "It seems to be useless to continue it; though, if there were any possible way to convert you from the error of your way of thinking, I would struggle all night with you," said Homer.
"You cannot make a traitor of me, brother.

But I must tell Florry to pack her trunk at once." "Pack her trunk?
Why are you in such a hurry ?" demanded Homer.
"Because this is not a safe place for me and mine; and I have my two children with me." "You ought to have left Christy at home." "I think not.

Though he is only sixteen, he has seen so much of the world, and is so bright, that he is almost a man.

He will go into the navy within a few weeks, and I shall expect him to give a good account of himself." "He is rather young.

Corny is eighteen, and he has already enlisted with his mother's blessing and mine.