She caught him to her and kissed him repeatedly.

He was the baby and pet of the family, and he loved her dearly, though he spoke impatiently to her oftener than either of the other boys.
We had a grand game with Willie.

Miss Laura had trained us to do all kinds of things with balls jumping for them, playing hide-and-seek, and catching them.
Billy could do more things than I could.

One thing he did which I thought was very clever.

He played ball by himself.