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Kate read the joyful letter slowly It contained all she hoped

for She had not postponed Nancy Ellen's wedding That was all

she asked She had known she would not be forgiven so soon, there

was slight hope she ever would Her only chance, thought Kate,

lay inabout a thousand acres of land

If she could do that, her father would let her coain

so it in

long strips she cross tore them and sifted the handful of s journey toward the

river Mrs Holt, narroatching her, turned with snaky

glea eyes to her son and whispered: "A-ha! Miss Smart Alec

has a secret!"