QUESTIONS.

To whom did Rollo attempt to describe the fire which he had witnessed in the city? How did he succeed in the description? What was the difficulty? What scene did Dorothy attempt to describe to Rollo? What is a cut-down? In what sort of a place did her father live when the fire in the woods occurred? How did the fire first take? What was its progress the first day? What appearances did it present to Dorothy? How did they hope that it would be extinguished? Describe what took place on the night when the fire reached the clearing.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
  2. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed.