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The sharp bark of a dog announced the arrival of a stranger. One or two tow-headed children peeped around the corner of the house and then ran away. Agnes stood still for a moment and then knocked peremptorily at the door. One of the children opened it shyly, and Agnes entered. The house held four rooms and a lean-to. The principal room downstairs was utilized as a living-room; from the adjoining apartment came odors of cooking. "Say that Agnes Kennedy is here," said the girl, with a confidence of manner which showed that she did not mean to take a rebuff.
There was a consultation in the back room and presently a tall muscular man entered. "Who might you be, and what do you want? " he asked. There was a resolute, uncompromising expression on his face which would have intimidated a less courageous girl.