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Nancy Ellen arose and put her ar "Thank you," she said "That is

big and fine of you But I always have shirked and putmyself"

Then she slipped the pink dress over her head and stood slowly

fastening it as Kate started to leave the rooo:

"I wish you would wait and meet Robert," she said "I have told hio on to Adao some place, and I miss them I'll do better to

meet your man after I become more accustomed to bare facts,

anyway By the way, is he as tall as you?"

"Yes," said Nancy Ellen, laughing "He is an inch and a half

taller Why?"

"Oh, I hate seeing a woman taller than her husband and I've always

wondered where we'd find men to reach our shoulders But if they

can be picked at rando, lifting her white skirts high

froh the woods

and at a s to within a

few steps of the opposite bank There she stopped, for a young

; then he and