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"My goodness! I knew that," said Kate "I a what little sense I had; but anyway,to feel a kind of rising

joy inside, and I can't i else thatKate did the washing and ironing,

and worked in the garden getting beds ready Tuesday she was at

the same occupation, when about ten o'clock she dropped her spade

and straightened, a flash of perfect a her face

She stood i forward in an attitude of

tense listening

"Hoo! hoo!"

Kate ran across the yard and as she turned the corner of the house

she saw a one-horse spring wagon standing before the gate, while a

stiff, gaunt figure sat bolt upright on the seat, holding the

lines Kate was at the wheel looking up with a face of delighted

amazement

"Why, Mother!" she cried "Why, Mother!"

"Go fetch a chair and helptarnation hard"

Kate ran after a chair, and helped her ht Mrs

Bates promptly took the chair, on the sidewalk

"Just drop the thills," she said "Lead him back and slip on the

halter It's there with his feed"

Kate followed instructions, her heart beating wildly Several

tilance at her ed! How lined and thin she was! But Oh, how blessed good it

was to see her! Mrs Bates arose and they walked into the house,

where she looked keenly around, while her sharp eyes see as she sat down and removed her bonnet