`` I THOUGHT there was something in the wind , though old Martha would n't give me any satisfaction . But I felt sure she would n't have been killing that rooster for nothing . '' `` What rooster ? What do you mean ? '' cried Faith , turning pale . '' I do n't know what rooster . I did n't see it . When she took the butter Mrs. Elliott sent up she said she 'd been out to the barn killing a rooster for dinner tomorrow . '' Faith sprang down from the pine . `` It 's Adam -- we have no other rooster -- she has killed Adam . '' `` Now , do n't fly off the handle . Martha said the butcher at the Glen had no meat this week and she had to have something and the hens were all laying and too poor . '' `` If she has killed Adam -- '' Faith began to run up the hill . Mary shrugged her shoulders . `` She 'll go crazy now . She was so fond of that Adam . He ought to have been in the pot long ago -- he 'll be as tough as sole leather . But I would n't like to be in Martha 's shoes . Faith 's just white with rage ; Una , you 'd better go after her and try to peacify her . '' Mary had gone a few steps with the Blythe girls when Una suddenly turned and ran after her .
`` Here 's some gum XXXXX you , Mary , '' she said , with a little repentant catch in her voice , thrusting all her four knots into Mary 's hands , `` and I 'm glad you have such a pretty muff . ''
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