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"Yes, I will," said Adairl

will be Milly York"

"All right," said Kate, gravely, "whenever the time comes, letto eat till I

lay off , hot ride, and I' I can do, I wish I had stayed where I was

No, I don't, either! I see joy co to Nancy Ellen?" asked the boy, pausing an

instant before he started to the kitchen

"Oh, because she's had such a very tough, uncomfortable tis joy SHOULD

come her way"

The boy stood mystified until the expression on his face so a, then he understood

"That's WHY it's co to get rid of a botherso to have a very splendid gift, but it's a

deep secret"

"Then you'll have to whisper it," said Ada a convenient ear Kate rested her hands on his shoulder a

minute, as she leaned on him, her face buried in his crisp black

hair Then she whispered the secret

"Crickey, isn't that grand!" cried the boy, backing away to stare

at her

"Yes, it is so grand I' to try it ourselves," said Kate

"We've a pretty snug balance in the bank, and I think it would be

great fun evenings or ant to go to town in a hurry and