They fastened her to a post; they brought wood and piled it about her; they applied the torch while she shrieked and pleaded and strained her two young daughters to her breast; and our brute, with a heart solely for business, lashed us into position about the stake and warmed us into life and commercial value by the same fire which took away the innocent life of that poor harmless mother.

That was the sort of master we had.

I took _his_ number.

That snow-storm cost him nine of his flock; and he was more brutal to us than ever, after that, for many days together, he was so enraged over his loss.
We had adventures all along.

One day we ran into a procession.
And such a procession! All the riffraff of the kingdom seemed to be comprehended in it; and all drunk at that.