She looked much more like an Eliza than an Annabel.

She had a newspaper in her hand.
"Hey ?" she drawled.

"Who was that hollerin'?
Was it you, Jabez Hedges ?" Jabez did not take the trouble to answer.

Instead he took a hand from his trousers pocket and waved it toward the buggy.

Annabel looked; then she came down the steps.
"Hello!" she said.