THE boys watched them out of sight, then one of them, whose name I afterward learned was Jack, and who came next to Miss Laura in age, gave a low whistle and said, "Doesn't the old lady come out strong when any one or anything gets abused?
I'll never forget the day she found me setting Jim on that black cat of the Wilsons.

She scolded me, and then she cried, till I didn't know where to look.

Plague on it, how was I going to know he'd kill the old cat?
I only wanted to drive it out of the yard.

Come on, let's look at the dog." They all came and bent over me, as I lay on the floor in my corner.

I wasn't much used to boys, and I didn't know how they would treat me.