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Of course, the Smithfield collie has been in good hands for hundreds of years; and when you get the pure breed Just look at that dog! How did you get such a dog as that? Bred him yourself, I suppose?" "Noa," he replied good-naturedly. "Oi g'e 'e foor moor troys. Coomh!" "Bought him a pup?" "Troy ageean." "Got him a present?" "Troy ageean?" "Found him?" "Not dezackly. Troy ageean."
"And then the boys do foolish things like going away to be shot," finished Mollie, "and poof, go all our good resolutions." "But you girls are all Helen of Troys compared to me when I cry," said Grace, her tear-dimmed eyes fixed mournfully on space. "Why, after I've had a good cry I cover up all the mirrors in the house for a couple of days afterward."
"Everything all right, sir, and mighty pleased is Missis Garvey and me with the property. Missis Garvey likes yo' old place, and she likes the neighbourhood. Society is what she 'lows she wants, and she is gettin' of it. The Rogerses, the Hapgoods, the Pratts and the Troys hev been to see Missis Garvey, and she hev et meals to most of thar houses.
By the way, I will here remark, for the benefit of those who have never seen any country but their own, that there is a view on the road between Schenectady and this Grecian place, just where the heights give the first full appearance of the valley of the Hudson, including glimpses of Waterford, Lansingburg and Albany, with a full view of both Troys, which gives one a better idea of the affluence of European scenery, than almost any other spot I can recall in America.
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