"She held the moth to the light. It was nearer brown than yellow,and she remembered having seen some like it in the boxes that afternoon.It was not the one needed to complete the collection,but Elnora ..."
- Gene Stratton-Porter
"He swore by all that he ever had loved and reverenced that he would try, try with all his might in the short time that might remain to him...he would forget himself, he would put his own pain and chag..."
"He did not want to fail, when the Bee Master had trusted him with the home and the possessions and the occupation that were all he had of his very own, and he did not know that as the storm drew neare..."
"But Aunt Margaret doesn't like boys," objected Elnora."Well, she likes me, and I used to be a boy. ..."