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"But I o back to school in the sahed Nancy Ellen "We know a secret!"

"That we do!" agreed Kate

Wednesday Kate noticed Nancy Ellen watching for the boy Robert had

promised to send with the mail as soon as it was distributed,

because she was, herself Twice Thursday, Kate hoped in vain that

the suspense would be over It had to end Friday, if John were

coth of ti It was like him to wait until the last h

"He is giving s over," Kate said to

Nancy Ellen when there was no letter in the afternoon mail

Thursday

"It may have been lost or delayed," said Nancy Ellen "It will

come to-ate FridayEach

saw that he carried more than one letter Nancy Ellen was on her

feet and nearer to the door; she stepped to it, and took the

letters, giving thelance as she handed them to Kate

"Two," she said tersely "One, with the address written in the

clear, bold hand of a gentlele of a

country clod-hopper"