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Dave came in with the bucket of water that had caused the little squall

and prevented his , but the hard lines had relaxed

in the good old face She was again "mother" whom they all knew and

loved Sanderson followed close after David; he had just come from

Boston, he said, and inquired for Kate with a simple directness that

left no doubt as to whom he had come to see

It is an indisputable law of the eternal feminine for all women to

flaunt a conquest in the face of the man who had declined their

affection Kate was not in love with her cousin David, but she was

devoutly thankful to Providence that there was a Lennox Sanderson to

flaunt before him in the capacity of tame cat, and prove that he "was

not the only man in the world," as she put it to herself

Therefore when Lennox Sanderson handed her a ht her fro Sanderson with her graciousness

"How beautiful they are, Mr Sanderson; it was so good of you"