Do you know I've never had a fastening on this window here, not even a stick to hold the lower sash down.

It's about time I woke up and insured the safety of the poor things." "But you do lock the door every night," interjected Thad; "because I've seen you do that same thing." "Oh! just as a matter of form," confessed the other, "for I've never dreamed it was necessary.

Any fellow could have climbed in by that window of a night, if he'd chosen to." "Do you suppose, Hugh, that Nick Lang knows about that unguarded window' ?" "I was figuring that out," mused Hugh, "and, really, I believe he does.
I'll tell you what I base that supposition on.

Some time ago, a fellow came to see me, and tried to buy a pair of my hares; but his figures and mine didn't agree, and so we failed to make a bargain.

But I showed him my place here, and he examined it all through.