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"Well, she betterhide, until he has had

plenty of tiht

me, after he fell -- and wasted all those potatoes already cooked

----"

Kate laughed a dry hysterical laugh, but the boy sat white-faced

and awed

"Never htened he was "When he

has had plenty of tiet over

it I hope he doesn't beat Mother, because I was born"

"Oh, drat such aworse

that this happens to hiin to be the

least bit like hirows older I shall ----"

"Well, what shall you do?" asked Kate, as he paused

"Tell Ma!" cried young Adahed When she could

speak she said: "Do you know, Ada you could do"

"Why, of course!" said Adam

They drove swiftly and reached Walden before ten o'clock There

they inquired their way to the ho up the school She merely made a few

inquiries, asked for the key of the schoolhouse, and about

boarding places She was directed to four aht