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Morris did not see the sunshine then upon the distant hills, although it lay there just as purple as before Katy ca blackness and pain when heretofore she had only brought hiladness There was a moment of darkness, in which the hills, the pond, the sun setting, and Katy see so hard to be cal for help to do so But Katy's hat, which she swung in her hand, had beco one of the pillars of the piazza, and so she did not notice hiitation were past, and he could talk with her concerning Wilford, and then playfully lifting her basket he asked what she had coreat house had rendered a like service to the little house, and so Katy did not blush when she explained how her mother wanted Morris' forks, and saltcellars, and spoons, and would he be kind enough to bring the castor over himself, and coo after Mr Cameron? The forks, and saltcellars, and spoons, and castor were cheerfully prouest; and then Katy came to the rest of her errand, the part distasteful to her, inas disrespect upon Uncle Ephraim--honest, unsophisticated Uncle Ephraim--ould come to the table in his shirt sleeves This was the burden of her grief--the one thing she dreaded most, inasmuch as she knew by experience how such an act was looked upon by Mr Ca lived in the country a day in his life, except as he was either guest or traveler, could not make due allowance for these little departures fro

"What is it, Katy?" Morris asked, as he sa she hesitated, and guessed her errand was not done

"I hope you will not thinkwith tears, as she felt that shethat in any way he could be improved "I certainly love Uncle Ephraim dearly, and I do not mind his ways, but Mr Cameron may--that is, oh, Cousin Morris! did you ever notice how Uncle Ephrai to the table in his shirt sleeves"

"Persist is hardly the word to use," Morris replied, ss "Persist would i been often remonstrated with for that breach of etiquette; whereas I doubt much whether the idea that it was not in strict accordance with politeness was ever suggested to him"