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A Busy Year at the Old Squire’s

CHAPTER XXI
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The clouds had cleared away, and bright moonlight flooded the place, but she could not see anywhere the cause of the disturbance.

Whatever had made the sounds was out of sight in front; there was no window at that end of the "saloon." Still not much alarmed, Catherine stepped up on the one old chair of the studio and cautiously raised the hinged skylight.

At that very instant, however, the "saloon" started as if of its own accord and moved slowly across the yard and down the road! The wagon started so suddenly that Catherine fell off the chair.
Theodora woke, but before she could speak or cry out Catherine was beside her.
"Hush! Hush!" she whispered, and put her hand over her companion's mouth.

"Don't be scared! Keep quiet.

Some one is drawing the old saloon away!" That was far from reassuring to Theodora.


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