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"I was just telling my son," Mrs Holt said rather breathlessly,

"that I would take a peep and see if I had forgot to put your

extra covers on the shelf"

Kate threw her book on the bed and walked to the table She had

experienced her share of battle for the day "No children to

ruh her brain It was the final week of hot,

dry August weather, while a point had beenher

attention to the extra cover when the room had been shown her

She s, but why say the," as she had termed

it Without a word Kate sat down beside the table, drew her

writingan envelope to

her brother Hira Kate ht

Kate wrote briefly, convincingly, covering every objection and

every advantage she could conceive, and then she added the

strongest plea she could make What Hiram would do, she had no

idea As with all Bates men, land was his God, but it required

a first

attempt to teach after he was e would furnish plausible excuse; all of the