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Nancy Ellen glanced in the mirror and smiled, while Kate saw the

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"If anything ever was a 'foregone conclusion,'" she said, "it is a

'foregone conclusion' that if I HAD been here, I'd have picked the

blackberries, and so I'd have had the first chance at hiood it would have done you!" cried Nancy Ellen "Wait

until he co in private," said Kate "I don't need a

demonstration to convince me He looks from the picture like a

man ould be as soft as a frosted pa"

Nancy Ellen's face flamed crimson "You hateful spite-cat!" she

cried

Then she picked up the picture and laid it face down in her

drahile two big tears ran down her cheeks Kate saw those

also Instantly she relented

"You big silly goose!" she said "Can't you tell when any one is

teasing? I think I never saw a finer face than the one in that

picture I'm jealous because I never left home a day before in

all o and have such luck

Are you really sure of him, Nancy Ellen?"