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 for 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 . '' `` Why , thanks , '' said Mary , rather taken by surprise . To the Blythe girls , after Una had gone , she said , `` Ai n't she a queer little mite ? But I 've always said she had a good heart . '' CHAPTER XIX . POOR ADAM ! When Una got home Faith was lying face downwards on her bed , utterly refusing to be comforted . Aunt Martha had killed Adam .
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