"You Indians!" said Elwood, looking at the other with a playful yet half-chiding expression. "Why, Fluella, should a stranger look at your fair skin, hear you conversing so well in our language, and quoting so appropriately from our books, he would hardly believe you an Indian, I think, unless you told him." "Then I would tell him, Mr.

How instantly were the tense muscles relaxed how quickly the stubborn air vanished. "Poor Dick!" said the maiden, as she stroked his neck lightly, or softly patted it with a child-like hand. "Now, go along, you provoking fellow!" she added, in a half-chiding, yet affectionate voice, as she drew upon the bridle.

And so, despairing of any good result, Rose withdrew, and left her with her own unhappy thoughts. Not long after Miss Carman retired, Emerson came in. At the sound of his approaching footsteps, Irene had, with a strong effort, composed herself and swept back the deeper shadows from her face. "Not ready yet?" he said, in a pleasant, half-chiding way.