"I never have rode in one of them things, and I'm too old to begin." "Very well," said Sam cheerfully, jumping out of the machine with great promptness.

"I'll walk with you.

Back to the house, Henry," and he started anxiously to trudge up the road with Mr.Gifford, leaving Henry to manoeuver painfully in the narrow space.

After a few steps, however, a sudden thought made him turn back.

"Maybe you'd rather walk up, too," he suggested to Miss Stevens.
"No, I think I'll ride," she said coldly.
He opened the door in extreme haste.
"Do come on and walk," he pleaded.