' to find
boats that hadn't been hearn on in hundreds of
years._" 68

"_'I won't wear a veil,' sez he stoutly. But
the next time a gale come from the sou'west I
laid the brim back and tied the veil in a big
bow knot under his chin._" 83

_"'What does ail you, Samantha, lockin' arms
with me all the time--it will make talk! he
whispered in a mad, impatient whisper, but I
would hang on as long as Mr. Pomper wuz
around."_ 99

_"As they come nigh me I riz up almost wildly
and ketched holt of my pardner and sez I:
'Desist! Josiah Allen, stop to once!' The aged
female looked at me in surprise."_ 132

"_'No,' sez Mr. Pomper, 'I want it done as
speedily as possible, fer my late lamented left
me thirteen children, two pairs of triplets, two
ditto of twins, and three singles.'_" 144

"_Mr. Pomper, thinkin' he would see better,
got up on the bench, and jest as he shouted out
'How firm a foundation,' the bench broke and
down he come._" 169

"_And then he would call in Uncle Nate Peedick
and they would bend their two gray bald heads
and talk about specifications and elevations
till my brain seemed most as soft as
theirn._" 196

"_'Serenus and Josiah are havin' a gay time at
Coney Island. I've jest had a card from
Serenus,' sez Miss Gowdey. You could have
knocked me down with a pin feather._" 215

"_I stood before what seemed to be a great
city. Endless white towers riz up as if callin'
attention to 'em._" 227

"_On we went under the waterfall, up, up,
down, down, and finally shot out jest where we
got in._" 231

THE WITCHING WAVES "_Folks get into
little automobiles and steer 'em
themselves._" 236

"_A boat full of men and women set out from
the highest peak, shot down the declivity like
lightnin' and dashed 'way out on the other side
of the bridge._" 239

"_Rows of high-headed mettlesome hosses._" 247

"_I'm telli