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If the spirit of Mrs Bates hovered a the bloom-whitened apple

trees as her e rose bushes, through a rain of drifting petals, she reat change in the

hearts of her children They had all learned to weep; while if

the tears they shed were a criterion of their feelings for her,

surely her soul must have been satisfied They laid her aith

simple ceremony and then all of them went to their ho to learn if there

was anything they could do for Kate She was grieving too deeply

for many words; none of them would ever understand the deep bond

of syrown to exist between her

and herunable to enter the house with Nancy Ellen, as deeply

concerned over the lack of taste displayed in Agatha's new spring

hat When Kate could endure it no longer she interrupted: "Why

didn't all of theht to knohat Mother had done," said Kate in a

low voice

"But as the use?" asked Nancy Ellen "Ada the ad her

taxes with his, of course when she made a deed to you, and had it