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"I can't see how," he said

"Soets scarcer,

as it hen the land grows older Maybe a stone quarry could

be opened up, if the stone runs back as far as you say A lot of

things o to

Hartley, quietly, to-morrow, and examine the records, and if there

are back taxes I'd pay thereed "You surely have made

another place of it It will be wonderful by spring"

"I can think of many uses for it," said Kate "Here co"

Instead, she caht fro Kate took the letter, saw

at a glance that it was fro herself,

she went to one of the seats they hadher face

so that it could not be seen, she read: DEAR KATE: You can prepare yourself for the surprise of your

life Two Batesfor one of their women

I hope you will survive the shock; it almost finished me and

Mother is still speechless I won't try to prepare you I could

not Here it is Father raged for three days and we got out of

his way like scared rabbits I saw I had to teach, so I said I

would, but I had not told Robert, because I couldn't bear to