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Kate laid no clai as most men, had an ordinary brain that could be trained,

and while she was far froly, for her skin was sray, her teeth even and white She h, her ; but she had a real "crown of glory" in her hair,

which was silken fine, long and heavy, of sunshine-gold in colour,

curling naturally around her face and neck Given pure blood to

paint such a skin with varying eh wind to ravel out

a few locks of such hair, the proportions of a Venus and perfect

health, any girl could rest very well assured of being looked at

twice, if not oftener

Kate sat on a log, a most unusual occurrence for her, for she was

fare

necessities; reeking stables, barnyards and vegetable gardens

She knew less of the woods than the average city girl; but there

was a soothing wind, a sweet perfu silence that

quieted her tense mood and enabled her to think clearly; so the

revieent on over years of work and petty econoave to each of seven sons house,

stock, and land at twenty-one; and to each of nine daughters a

bolt of muslin and a fairly decent dress when she married, as the

seven older ones did speedily, for they were fine, large,

upstanding girls, so real beauty, all exceptionally