For the sake of Tunis, as well as for her own salvation, she
must stand up against the new girl and hold by her own first
claim--that she was the girl the Balls had sent Tunis for.
CHAPTER XXI
AT SWORDS' POINTS
Sheila Macklin got Queenie to the stable and unharnessed her. She
ran the carryall into the barn and then closed the big door for the
night, although the sun was still an hour high. She stopped to fling
grain to the poultry, too. These chores she did with the thought in
her mind that she might never do them again for Cap'n Ira and
Prudence.
If that girl could prove her claim, if she could satisfy the old
people that they had been cheated by Sheila and Tunis Latham, they
might be indignant enough to put her right out--to-night!
The trio had disappeared into the house. She heard voices from the
sitting room. But she wanted to return the furniture to the front
room and finish the task which the real Ida May's coming had
interrupted.
She had been strong enough when she carried the chairs and the
settee into the yard, but she could scarcely get them back again.
The strength seemed to have deserted her arms. She staggered in with
the last article of furniture and set it in place.
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