'What is the matter, Rollo?' said Jonas,--for it happened that Jonas was

going by just then, with a wheelbarrow
'What is the matter, Rollo?' said Jonas,--for it happened that Jonas was
going by just then, with a wheelbarrow.

Uncle George took Jonas forward alone, until they were out of sight, and

presently returned without him
Uncle George took Jonas forward alone, until they were out of sight, and
presently returned without him. Rollo asked where Jonas was gone, and
his uncle told him that that was a secret at present. They heard, soon
after, the strokes of his hatchet in the woods, on before them, but
could not imagine what he could be doing.

Now, Rollo"s father and mother, together with his uncle George, formed

a plan for going up this mountain after blueberries, and they were going
to take Rollo and his cousin Lucy with them
Now, Rollo"s father and mother, together with his uncle George, formed
a plan for going up this mountain after blueberries, and they were going
to take Rollo and his cousin Lucy with them. Uncle George and cousin
Lucy were to come in a chaise to Rollo"s house immediately after
breakfast, and Rollo was to ride with them, and his father and mother
were to go in another chaise.

With the doing away with the restrictions that governed the methods of

the pitcher"s delivery of the ball and the introduction of the curve the
running up of large scores in the game became an impossibility, and the
batsman was placed at a decided disadvantage
With the doing away with the restrictions that governed the methods of
the pitcher"s delivery of the ball and the introduction of the curve the
running up of large scores in the game became an impossibility, and the
batsman was placed at a decided disadvantage.

The fact remains, however, that there is almost always a dramatic and

undramatic, a more dramatic and a less dramatic, way of doing a thing;
and an author who allows us to foresee and expect a dramatic way of
attaining a given end, and then chooses an undramatic or less dramatic
way, is guilty of having missed the obligatory scene
The fact remains, however, that there is almost always a dramatic and
undramatic, a more dramatic and a less dramatic, way of doing a thing;
and an author who allows us to foresee and expect a dramatic way of
attaining a given end, and then chooses an undramatic or less dramatic
way, is guilty of having missed the obligatory scene. For a general
discussion of what we mean by the terms 'dramatic' and 'undramatic' the
reader may refer back to Chapter III. Here I need only give one or two
particular illustrations.