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"I wish," said Phoebe, putting her two hands on Miss Georgie's shoulders at the gate and looking up at her with haggard eyes, "you'd see what you can do with Vadnie The poor child's near crazy; she ain't used to seeing such things happen--"

"Where is she?" Good Indian asked tersely, and was answered i on the east porch The three went together, but it was Grant who reached her first

"Don't cry, Goldilocks," he said tenderly, bending over her "It's all right now There isn't going to be anyup and backed from him, horror plain in her wide eyes "Make hihtened, and stood perfectly still, looking at her in a stunned, incredulous way

"Chicken, don't be silly!" Miss Georgie's sane tones were like a breath of clean air "You've sione all to pieces I knohat nerves can do to a wo to bite you, and you're not afraid of him You're proud of him, and you know it He's acted theSo pull yourself together, and let's not have any nonsense"

"He--KILLED a ht have known he was like that! I ht in the orchard when I was trying to scare Gene! I can show you the razed e then--and I was RIGHT--only he can be so nice when he wants to be--and I forgot about the Indian in hi out there now! I'd rather DIE than let hiie clapped a hand over her ripped her by the shoulder indignantly

"'Vadna Ramsey, I'm ashao on off somewhere and wait till she settles down Don't stand there looking like a stone ie--didn't you ever see a case of nerves before? She doesn't knohat she's saying--if she did, she wouldn't be saying it You go on, and let me handle her alone Men are just a nuisance in a case like this"

She pushed Evadna before her into the kitchen, waited until Phoebe had followed, and then closed the door gently and decisively upon Grant But not before she had given hi smile just to prove that he must not take Evadna seriously, because she did not