her son gazinggazeenraptured outside the Lion Wallace booth , at the pictures of this famous lion that had killedkilla negro and maimed for life two white men .
The girl 's figure , he perceivedperceive, was admirably proportioned ; she was evidently at the period when the angles of childhood were rounding into the promising curves of adolescence .
In a little time I feltfeelsomething alive movingmoveon my left leg , which advancingadvancegently forward over my breast , camecomealmost up to my chin ; when , bendingbendmy eyes downwards as much as I could , I perceivedperceiveit to be a human creature not six inches high , with a bow and arrow in his hands , and a quiver at his back .
Winterbourne had immediately perceivedperceivethat he might have the honor of claiming him as a fellow countryman .