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Her Father’s Daughter

CHAPTER I
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I can do it all right.

I have got to do it, but it will be some time before I'll care to tackle the mountains." Leaving the cover on the floor, she locked the door and returned to the kitchen.
"All right, Katy, what is the programme ?" she inquired as lightly as she could.
Katy had been cook in the Strong family ever since they had moved to Lilac Valley.

She had obeyed Mrs.Strong and Eileen.

She had worshiped the Doctor and Linda It always had been patent to her eyes that Mrs.
Strong was extremely partial to Eileen, so Katy had joined forces with the Doctor in surreptitiously doing everything her warm Irish heart prompted to prevent Linda from feeling neglected.

Her quick eyes saw the traces of tears on Linda's face, and she instantly knew that the trip the girl had made to the garage was in some way connected with some belongings of her father's, so she said: "I am serving tonight but I want you to keep things smoking hot and to have them dished up ready for me so that everything will go smoothly." "What would happen," inquired Linda, "if everything did NOT go smoothly?
Katy, do you think the roof would blow straight up if I had MY way about something, just for a change ?" "No, I think the roof would stay right where it belongs," said Katy with a chuckle, "but I do think its staying there would not be because Miss Eileen wanted it to." "Well," said Linda deliberately, "we won't waste any time on thinking We are going to have some positive knowledge on the subject pretty immediately.


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