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Kate examined the room carefully, the bed, the closet, and tried

the chairs Behind the girl, Mrs Holt, with co Adam's presence, watched in evident disapproval

"I want to see the stove," said Kate

"It is out in the woodhouse It hasn't been cleaned up for the

winter yet"

"Then it won't be far away Let's look at it"

Al by instinct

in exactly the sah

experience Mrs Holt hesitated, then turned: "Oh, very well,"

she said, leading the way down the hall, through the dining roo and much more worn, but still clean

and wholesome, as were the small kitchen and back porch From it

there was only a step to the woodhouse, where on a little platfor wood, one so ser, lifted the top, looked

inside, tried the da said: "That is

very ser one"

Mrs Holt indicated dry wood corded to the roof

"We git all our wood from the thicket across the way That little