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A Daughter of the Land

CHAPTER XII
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I almost prayed sometimes that in some way he would strike ONE SINGLE THING that he couldn't make come his way with money; but he never did.
No.

I haven't an idea what he has in his mind yet, but he's going to write me about it this week, and if I agree to whatever it is, he is coming Sunday; then he has threatened me with a 'deluge,' whatever he means by that." "He means providing another teacher for Walden, taking you to Chicago shopping for a wonderful trousseau, marrying you in his Lake Shore palace, no doubt." "Well, if that's what he means by a 'deluge,'" said Kate, "he'll find the flood coming his way.

He'll strike the first thing he can't do with money.

I shall teach my school this winter as I agreed to.

I shall marry him in the clothes I buy with what I earn.


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