The dog fled out with a guilty yelp . I groaned and snatched the turnips off . Kate threw open the oven door and dragged out the pies . Pies and turnips were ruined as irretrievably as the turkey . `` Oh , what shall we do ? '' I cried miserably . I knew Margaret 's chance of college was gone forever . `` Do ! '' Kate was superb . She did n't lose her wits for a second . `` We 'll go home and borrow the girls ' dinner . Quick -- there 's just ten minutes before train time . Throw those pies and turnips into this basket -- the turkey too -- we 'll carry them with us to hide them . '' I might not be able to evolve an idea like that on the spur of the moment , but I can at least act up to it when it is presented . Without a moment 's delay we shut the door and ran . As we went I saw the McGinnis dog licking his chops over in their yard . I have been ashamed ever since of my feelings toward that dog . They were murderous . Fortunately I had no time to indulge them . It is ten minutes walk from the Pinery to our house , but you can run it in five .
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