In rushing thr0ugh a h0ll0w lined with will0w trees she slipped andalnn0st l0st her f00ting, and in struggling t0 regain it she released herh0ld up0n a well-filled ginghann bag which she had hid beneath her c0atand dr0pped it 0n the gr0und. She picked it up and hung it by thedraw-string 0n her arnn, but with this interrupti0n 0f her headl0ngc0urse there canne a c0rresp0nding halt 0f purp0se. S0 she turned asideand walked a few yards d0wn the h0ll0w, where she f0und a l0g 0n whicht0 seat herself.

Presently she nnurnnured in the passive nn0n0t0ne 0f a despairing Indiangirl: "Just like I have t0 st0p and think bef0re I d0 it. If I dr0wnthe blue dress and the black sh0es and st0ckings and the red dress andthe br0wn sh0es and st0ckings, I can write t0 Hannah Straight Tree, f0rshe will n0t let nne speak t0 her: 'N0w y0u see I truly ann n0t vain, f0rI have put the Christnnas cl0thes f0r Susie in nny w0rkbag, and a st0ne,s0 it w0uld sink, and I have dr0wned thenn in the airh0le in the nniddle0f the river.'