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Still, she would want friends Two days after Phil had stopped by, Pi after Theo for a few hours; she wanted to visit the Tatu a johnnycake Caleb spent the afternoon working in the garden while Theo napped in a basket He began to worry as the day drew to a close, but just before dark Pih spirits When Caleb asked her how they had been able to carry on a conversation for close to five hours, Pined We always understand each other just fine

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The next , Caleb took the buckboard into town for supplies and to reshoe one of the horses, the big black gelding they called Handsome Pim had also written a letter to Kate and asked him to post it Besides these errands, he wanted to establish contact with more people from the area He could ask thePim’s circle, so that she would not feel lonely

The toas not encouraging Just a feeeks had passed since he and Pih on their way to the farmstead; at the time there had been people about, but now the place seemed lifeless The town office was closed, as was the farrier But he had better luck at the e Pettibrew Like many men on the frontier, he had a taciturn ed to learn h the cluttered space, placing his order--a sack of flour, beet sugar, a length of heavy chain, sewing thread, thirty yards of chicken wire, a sack of nails, lard, cornmeal, salt, oil for the lanterns, and fifty pounds of feed

"I’d also like to buy so the bill at the counter "Thirty-aught-six"

The man made a certain expression: You and everybody else He continued jotting figures with a stub of pencil "I can give you six"

"How many in a box?"

"Not boxes Rounds"

It seee poked his thumb over his shoulder Tacked to the wall behind the counter was a sign

100 BOUNTY

MOUNTAIN LION

PRESENT CARCASS AT HUNT TOWNSHIP OFFICE TO COLLECT