`` It 's not a clean break , '' said Kate . `` It 's a long , slanting break . If we had a piece of rope I believe I could fix it . '' `` Mr. Lonsdale 's piece of rope ! '' I cried . `` The very thing , '' said Kate , brightening up . The rope was found and we set to work . With the aid of some willow withes and that providential rope we contrived to splice the tongue together in some shape . Although the trail was good we made only twelve miles the rest of the day , so slowly did we have to drive . Besides , we were continually expecting that tongue to give way again , and the strain was bad for our nerves . When we came at sunset to the junction of the Black River trail with ours , Kate resolutely turned the shaganappies down it . `` We 'll go and spend the night with the Brewsters , '' she said . `` They live only ten miles down this trail . I went to school in Regina with Hannah Brewster , and though I have n't seen her for ten years I know she 'll be glad to see us . She 's a lovely person , and her husband is a very nice man . I visited them once after they were married . '' We soon arrived at the Brewster place . It was a trim , white-washed little log house in a grove of poplars . But all the blinds were down and we discovered the door was locked . Evidently the Brewsters were not at home .
`` Never mind , '' said Kate cheerfully , `` we 'll light a fire outside and cook our supper and then we 'll spend the night XXXXX the barn .
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