and with loud cries of joy the little folk with willing feet followed the splendid-looking, tall man, running all round him.

The negro who agreed "dat de colored folk should keep in dar places," touched a fundamental note in human nature, over-running sex as well as racial boundaries, when he added, "and de colored folk must do de placin'."

They are plain dealing, honest, trusty folk in the aggregate, albeit, there are what Tom Benton calls, 'dirty dogs.'

The plain folks around Millville might speculate listlessly upon the "queer doin's" at the farm, and never get anywhere near the truth.

But I know how hard some decent folk will struggle with the bitterest poverty before they will give in to it.

When he recovered himself he said "But how could gentle folks like you bear to see a hump-backed creature like me crawling about the place?" "They would only enjoy it the more that you enjoyed it," said Willie.

Except for Muckle John, they were so pitifully feeble, a pack of humble, elderly folk, worn out with fasting and marching and ill weather.

[Sidenote: The fisher-folk disarm Sir Lamorack] Now whilst Sir Lamorack lay sleeping in the heather in that wise as aforetold, there came by that way several fisher-folk; these, when they saw him lying there, thought at first that he was dead.

I suppose Leithcourt doesn't know it, or he wouldn't have him up here among respectable folk."

For this purpose I had to consort with queer folk.

"Because I don't care anything for Boston's grand folks and do care for 'Jack Hall'?" laughed Tilly.

Suddenly he remembered that he had heard his mother say, all the tiny folk made their home in the cowsheds; and, at once, he concluded to go there, and see if he couldn't find the elf.

They are not of my people, these poor ignorant hill-folk.

It is this very law which makes married folks (or other relatives or friends) quarrel.

His general views were theirs: poetry is in his mind associated with wonder and ecstacy; and it finds its true themes, as the Ode on Popular Superstitions shows, in the weird legends, the pathetic mischances, and the blameless manners of a simple-minded folk remote from cities.

What with their eagerness to make a big fortune I'm much afraid that those worthy folks will do something very foolish.

And they put their own disappointment out of sight, these kindly German folk, and tried to make her think they cared as little as if they were used to driving every day.

And, sir, be careful what you say; There are old-fashioned folk still like it.

That is to say, the common people took little interest in them, while the nobles, espousing sides, fought savagely and murderously, giving one another no quarter, sparing the lesser folk, but executing as traitors their prisoners of rank.

ALDEN S. Mad folk of the theatre.

On the English side, though not so bitter, it was aggravated by the really shameful ignorance prevailing in this country with regard to things German, and the almost entire neglect of the German tongue in our schools and universities and among our literary folk.

Across the sea, along the shore, In numbers more and ever more, From lonely hut and busy town, The valley through, the mountain down, What was it ye went out to see, Ye silly folk of Galilee?

To the rabbits of the ancient and mountainous district of Angora the words of the wise man would seem most to apply, "The conies are but feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.

The hotels and cafés in the Slave States are all frequented by slave owners and dealers; these would not think of putting up at quarters where "coloured folks" were entertained.

Across the range from where the seats for the better folk were raised was a railing to keep the poorer people from crowding in front of the target.