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Things in the Bartlett household were getting a bit uneasy The Squire

chafed that his cherished project of Kate and Dave'sseeo

Dave's equable te Anna Moore's silence and apparent indifference to him He

would have believed her before all the world; her side of the story was

the only version for him; but Anna did not see fit to break her

silence When he would approach her on the subject she would only say: "Mr David, your father employs me as a servant I try to do my work

faithfully, butthat she ht leave them, if he continued to force

his attentions on her, held his peace The thought of losing even the

sight of her about the house wrung his heart He could not bear to

conteentle presence

It was nearly Thanksgiving The first snow had cohtly in the landscape with its

beautifulby the , dropped the

stocking she was darning to press the bitter tears back to her eyes

The snow had but one thought for her She saw it falling, falling soft

and feathery on a baby's grave in the Episcopal Cemetery at So on her oarrave and lie down aet it all, it would be so le to live What had life in store for her? There was