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Never in her life had Kate worked harder than she did that fall;

but she retained her splendid health Everything was sheltered

and housed, their iood

condition, their store-rooetables buried in hills and long rows in the garden Adam had

a first wheat pre which he felt abused He thought his corn scored the

highest nuiven anotherhad first on wheat In her heart Kate

agreed with him; but she tried to satisfy him with the blue ribbon

on wheat and keep him interested sufficiently to try for the first

on corn the coestions for the

possible improvement of his corn Adam was not easily

propitiated

"Mother," he said, "you knoell as you know you're alive,

that if I had failed on wheat, or had second, I would have been

given FIRST on ht I would swell up and burst if I had two blue ribbons

That hat ailed the judges What encouragerow even finer corn in the coiven no award at all, because I had two this year

It would aet some more books, and see if we can study up any nerinkles, this winter," said Kate "Now cheer up, and go tell