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 Kate own up that she had stayed three hours and meant to, and wuz sorry.

And then her mother had to whip her agin because she had owned up too much; finally she got her to own jest enough, and then Miss Gowdey come back into the room triumphant and happy and give the child a big piece of cake and jell. She said she always give the child sunthin' nice when she owned up to tellin' a story. And so she felt real good natered to think she had come off conqueror. And we had a good visit.

My bizness there wuz to ask her in a friendly way if she didn't want to run in with me to see Miss Patten. Miss Patten had got a young child, and we hadn't either on us seen it. And she said in a agreeable way that she would, and she told her husband when we went out she shouldn't be gone only "jest an hour," and told him to hang on the teakettle at five, and she would be there to help set the table. And she told little Kate to look at the clock, and when the pinter stood at jest five her Ma would certain sure be there. Well, Miss Patten wuz dretful agreeable, and so wuz Sam, that is her husband, and so wuz old Miss Patten, who wuz there takin' care of Susan. And nothin' to do but we had got to take our things off and stay to supper. We hung back, for we had told our companions we would be home to git supper in good season.

Sez I, "I don't like to disappoint Josiah."

"And I can't disappoint my folks," sez Miss Gowdey.

"Oh, well," sez old Miss Patten, "if they go through the world without meetin' a worse disappointment than that, I guess they'll git along. They can eat their suppers a little later."

"Oh," sez I, "there is everything cooked in the