I felt sure the old fox would have taken every precaution, knowing what a serious business it would be for him if it were found out.

Now I am back I will take the matter up myself, and we will see what we can do.

I wish I could have set about it the day after she was carried away.

It is more than a fortnight ago now, and that will make it much more difficult than it would have been had it been begun at once." "Well, Vincent, so you have come back to us undamaged this time," his mother said after the first greeting.

"We were very anxious when the news came that a great battle had been fought last Friday; but when we heard the next morning the enemy had been repulsed so easily we were not so anxious, although it was not until this morning that the list of killed and wounded was published, and our minds set at rest." "No, mother; it was a tremendous artillery battle, but it was little more than that--at least on our side.