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Kate was far fronation

of her soul into the path with her substantial feet Baffled and

angry, she kept reviewing the situation as she went swiftly on her

way, regardless of dust and heat She could see no justice in

being forced into a position that promised to end in further

humiliation and defeat of her hopes If she only could find Adam

at the stable, as she passed, and talk with him alone! Secretly,

she well knew that the chief source of her dread ofher

sister-in-laas that to her Agatha was so funny that ridiculing

her had been regarded as perfectly legitiatha

WAS funny; but she had no idea of it, and could nobuzzy, so the hed at her, none too secretly,

was far fro on, she

realized the antagonism in their attitude and stoutly resented it

Ada,

big man, silent, honest, and forceful; the son most after the

desires of the father's heart, yet Adanored his father's law that all of his boys were

towoe had contracted this prescribed

father Bates, the

girl afterward If father Bates disapproved, the girl was never