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The pace was going more swiftly each round, it was punctuated at

that instant by a heavy meat platter aimed at Kate's head She

saw it picked up and swayed so it h foron "A

lovely father you are -- no wonder your daughters are dishonest

through fear of you -- no wonder your wife has no mind of her own

-- no wonder your sons hate you and wish you would die -- so they

could have their deeds and be like men -- instead of 'spanked

school-boys' as they feel now -- no wonder the whole posse of us

hate you"

Directly opposite the door Kate caught the table and dreith

her to bar the opening As it crashed against the casing half the

dishes flew to the floor in a heap When Adam Bates pulled it

from his path he stepped in a dish of fried potatoes and fell

heavily Kate reached the road, cliy, and said

the Nancy Ellen: "You'd better hide! Cut a bundle of stuff and

send it to ers to the bone for you

every night Now drive like sin, Ada down the walk in fury the buggy dashed

past and Kate had not even time to turn her head to see what

happened