beverly lewis' the confession movie edition

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Beverly lewis

TConfessionspeCial Movie ediTion

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Copght 1997 b B M. lw, inc.

Pubhd b Bthan Hou Pubh

11400 Hamph Anu south

Boomngton, Mnnota 55438

Bthan Hou Pubh a don o

Bak Pubhng Goup, Gand rapd, Mchgan

Pntd n th Untd stat o Amca

A ght d. No pat o th pubcaton ma b poducd, tod n a ta tm, o

tanmttd n an om o b an mano xamp, ctonc, photocop, codngwthout

th po wttn pmon o th pubh. T on xcpton b quotaton n pntd w.

isBN 978-0-7642-1111-9

T lba o Cong ha cataogd th ogna dton a oow:

lw, B

T conon / b B lw.p. cm.(T htag o lancat Count ; #2)

isBN 1-55661-867-0 (pbk.)

i. t. ii. s: lw, B, Htag o lancat Count ; 2.

Ps3562.e9383C6 1997

81354dc21 9721118

scptu quotaton on pag 219 om th Ho Bb, Nw intnatona von. Niv. Cop-

ght 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 b Bbca, inc. Ud b pmon o Zondan. A ght

d wodwd. www.zondan.com

T to a wok o cton. Wth th xcpton o cognzd htoca gu, a chaact,

nt, and th ttng o Hcko Hoow a th poduct o th autho magnaton. An m-

banc to an pon, ng o dad, concdnta.

Co dgn b Dan Tonbg, Dgn souc Cat sc

Photo ud wth pmon

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dediCaTion

o Jud Ang

Tank o kpng th ct

ando bng th da wth pa,

hapng t wth wng.

Wth gattud and o.


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abouT The auThor

Beverly leWis, bon n th hat o Pnnana Dutch

count, th New York imesbtng autho o mo than

nnt book. H to ha bn pubhd n n anguagwodwd. A kn ntt n h moth Pan htag ha

npd B to wt man Amh-atd no, bgnnng

wth Te Shunning, whch ha od mo than on mon cop.

Te Brethren wa honod wth a 2007 Cht Awad.

B wth h huband, Dad, n Cooado.


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auThors noTe

in wtng th oowng pag, m hat wa captud b Kat

motona pan and h dpat ach o tuth. H to now

contnu, jut da at h abandon th Amh communtand mo n wth Mnnont at. And wk beforeDan

Fh hockng tt a n Hcko Hoow. . . .


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On can n connt to cp

whn on an mpu to oa.

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prologue: KaTherine

i mmb thng about m t gmp o Coun lda

ktchn. it wa modn a th da ong and a agow wthctct.

Bng a cuou th-a-od, id t out to ach th ght

wtch, makng dtmnd gunt a i tood on tpto, ttch-

ng m up . . . up wh pkng aound th wd doojamb

to th gown-up w watchng.

At at, m tt ng touchd th magc. O . . . and on,and o and on agan, i mad th ong wht cng ght buzz

and ck, pahng uocnt gam onto th oo and th

wapap. i mut pad that wa o a good mnut o

mo.

it wa Datwho tod m to top. ya mutnt b pan wth th

ght, Kat. ya mght bun um out, h ad ot but tn.

Tn h coopd m up n h ong am and cad m to th

ont oom wth th t o m Pan at.

Na twnt a at, i had to m at m nwd ntt


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n th ght wtch ound n oom o Pt and lda

M Mnnont amhou. epca th hn god on n

th boadng oom i now cad hom.

Bng ad Od Od Amh mant id n d aound

uch anc thng, and o a good aon: th Ordnung, an un-

pokn t o chuch u and guaton that had put a damp

on m wod, dd, and, ottm, m thought, too.

i, ad nough, had gon and bokn tho aw, a o

thmhadnt kpt m conon pom to Bhop John, u-ng to dto a obddn guta. in tun o m wckdn,

i wa to b hunnd a th da o m .

All my life . . .

i, and on , i wa wng to go to th bhop and pnt

bnd m kn n ant contton, padng wth God and th

chuch mmbhp o mcon thn coud a nn ucha i b bought back nto th od o th Pop.

so Kat lapp, th ct adoptd daught o Amh pa-

nt, wa a good a dad. shunnng pactc w cad out

that wa n Hcko Hoowth wa thd bn n to o

th hundd a.

But what o Kathn Madm a nam and th a

m? W, i coudnt magn Katherinethnkng twc about a

knng conon o what id don. Not o o no mon.

T wa too much at tak.

st, th tad ach n m hat ptd, and omtm

on th cat o da, om hgh atop th cond-oo andng

wndow, i managd to mak out th now outn o a dtant

oo and doub chmnth od amhou wh i wa ad.

u, samu and rbcca lapp andton hou wa jut on

bugg m awa, up Hcko lan a bt, though t mght bn


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a good hundd m on dak Dcmb da k toda. Cau

tandng h, tang m pat n th ac, t md m who

wod mght ad to a dp, dak pup i t t. stubbon a i

wa, though, i ud to g n to th ang pan o jcton.

And btaa. Woudnt t th mmo o th hunnng dap

a dak coud o m utu. in a pcua ot o wa, that wa

m aatonthat, and m Mnnont at.

i t hadnt bn o Pt and lda, i mght uccumbd to

dpa. But th had a wa o tatng m k i wa a andtu on o th am. Ca om m t da h.

M had bgun to opn up n mo wa than on. T

wa th takd to God, o ntanc. Wh, t wa downght

atonhng at tm. Oh, id had thm a bng o th

ma o and on though th a, but am doton and

th pa that oowd w band-nw to m. e o jou.And what ngng! T- and ou-pat hamon d th

hou nng at upp. M guta had ound a tm-

poa hom, and o had m bokn hat.

Anwng to Kathn ntad o Kat took om gt-

tng ud to, o u and o ctan. T wa no a wa to

chang omthng a comotab a ou own t nam jut

bcau on da ou up and dcdd ou w omon nw.

st, i wa dtmnd to t.

somtm lda had to ca m two and th tm to

catch m attnton. i uppo t want o much th ound o

Kathn that thw m ot wa atchng on to what th

nam tood o that wa th bggt tugg.

Fo tuth, i bongd to omon whod n known th

Odnung and t connng pactc, omon who undtood

a about th bu modn wod id md out on. M bth


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moth, laua Mad-Bnnttshewa m tu kn. And

i coud tut what id bn tod, th woman wa dng o om

greislich, dadu da. i ndd to act quck, but th a n

m hat wa powu-tong. At t, t hd m at, n kpt

m om anng to d a ca o om tng out th tphon

hangng hgh on th wa n lda ktchn.

But th wasomthng i ddnt htat on. somthng no

amount o a coud kp m om dong. Coun lda do

m to town and doppd m o at th pttt baut hop id n. Cou, id n daknd th doo o on bo

jut ookd om a dtanc . . . and whd. Ddnt ha an ap-

pontmnt, but th took m ght n and cut and td m

ha jut th am.

Go b! What dom i t whn th co tatd np-

pn awa at m ong, unn ock thatd n bn cut mwho ong.

W, th wght o th wod ght o m, n a hap

o aubun ha a o th oo. i hook m had and th a

woohd though t, ca to m cap, and i akd m wh

on ath id watd o ong o omthng o awu nc.

T anw wa bound up n u and xpctaton am a

m wat-ngth ocktd up n a knot und a d co-

ng a th a. But th wa no nd o m to b cang

aound a hadu o ong, too-thck ha anmo. i wa to

do what i pad wth t . . . andm ac. Coth, too. A

wondu-good ng.

stang n th mo, i aw Kathn Mad pantd p

mng back at m. Whn h whpd, How do ou do? i

had th nd ound o h engh oc n m a. st,

t woud tak om pactc to gt t ght tm.


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i achd up and an m ng though m houd-ngth

ha; hont, ng t o bounc and ga m th h.

T nw cut ga m omthng , too. A cutan o ot cu!you ha bautu natua wa, Kathn, th bautcan

ad wth a bg m.

What a da! T cu, o ong hddn, had na mad th

appaanc. i wa mo than gatu and tod h o.

A o lda tphon, i azd i coudnt b watn to u

t anmo. Coudnt t th a hod m down, o i got aba. F da at comng to n th anc houd

wth ctct, mcowa on, ocd a hat . . . and th

tat, pttt Chtma t id ni pckd up th

lancat phon dcto and mad m ad a about how

to da up a ong-dtanc opato.

Tn cong th pag, i thought about th n i wa about

to commt. Woud i n top tang om th path o gh-

toun? smd to m id nnd o awu much, though, what

woud on mo tangon hut?

A n o ugnc wpt o m. M natua moth wa

dng . . . h wantd to m. Iwantd to h, to know

th woman namd laua, wh h wa.

enough o th pondng o m aut and mdd. itwa hgh tm to tak th t tp towad ndng m oot. A

gant tp, to b u.

i achd o th tphon. . . .


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ChapTer one

it wa dak and btt cod whn laua tund om th at-

ton ofc. sh wa wa and ghd audb, bang th

wght o th mot cnt appontmnt.

Todo Wam, h ongtm chauu, pd at ho th athd ont at o th moun. M. Bnntt,

a ou a ght?

A bt td, h pd. Pa dont b concnd.

v w cam th dp t gnt oc.

sh aowd h to an had agant th backat, wat-

ng o Todo a h mad h wa aound to th tunk. Oh,how h ongd o th da o mobt, dom to com and

go a h pad. Coud t ha bn on on month ago hd

bad th cod and th dtanc, hng h d to tak h

to a mot Amh communt n Pnnana? sh hadnt t

up to uch a tp n thn, but at at h had bn ab to gt

aound wh th, wthout much hp.

rgttab, th md-Nomb jaunt had tund up not a

ng ad. H daughth on chdhad not matazd,

n though Todo had o wng backtackd to aou


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pot n and aound Hcko Hoow bo dng hom th

nxt da, back to th pac o h chdhood n th Fng lak

gon o Nw yok.

yt, n pt o th ut ach, h had hd tubbon to on

ma hopthat an Amhwoman ttng n a caag n ont o

a gna to mght ha oowd though wth laua qut.

sh had ntatd th d woman to d h pona tt

to on o th man rbcca ng n th communtpc-

ca, to th onlyrbcca who woud undtand th dpat,handwttn pa. T woman who adoptd daught wa to

cbat h twnt-thd bthda nxt umm, Jun th. . . .

T ama ound o laua mpt whcha, t thn t

makng contact wth th cod pamnt, bought h om h

. sh bgan to taghtn h a bt, dng owad n that a bt h coud, dpt h a and waknd condton.

in an ntant, h chauu, dd n a taod back ut and

ocoat, opnd th ca doo. sh ngd a momnt, tuggng

to button th top o h coat agant th gd a a Todo

tood n adn bhnd th whcha. ro! M Judah!

h cad towad th hou. M. Bnntt ha tund.

in th pac o a w cond, th houmad ad, o-

owd b laua -n nu. T two womn gnt atd

th mt o th hou, ang h out o th back ca and

ttng h nto th whcha.

Todo paud judcou, thnsha w go?

laua ga a ght nod and wa cautou whd o th

wd, ccua dh powd om a cnt nowtom

and nto th udo-t manon.

A magncnt Chtma t tood ntn n th con o


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th xpan ntwa, adond wth wht do and amb to

pnt dn pac and th lamb o God pct. T

w o cam-cood o, o ta, cump o dd bab

bath and hdanga, and hundd o twnkng wht ght.

laua bathd n th pn cnt, hng th ch hoda

aganc. Will I live to see another Christmas Day?h wondd,

gancng awa om th nomou t.

sh ought back ta. Will I live to see my Katherine face-to-face?

Fathu Todo gudd h cha down hmmng mabha to th wd Fnch doo n th outh wng o th Bnntt

tat, at whch pont th nab gntman tppd ad,

nquhng th job to Nata Judah, th nu. Do ha a

good nng, M. Bnntt, h ad n a na whp.

Oh, i w, and ou a mutnt wo. Tn, motonng

o hm to an co, h ad, rmmb . . . not a wod toanon. A w agd?

A ou wh. Bo taghtnng to h u hght, Todo

pud a ong nop om h t pockt. sha i tnd to th

matt on ou bha?

laua had on to nod.

Cond t don, M. Bnntt. Good nng. And h

wa gon.

Onc ttd n th commodou ut o oom, laua aowd

Nu Judah to at n mong th wap hd donnd o h

and. Tat don, h xtndd h am a Nata chckd h

pu wth a gnt touch. Fownng, th oung rNdd a

n wht, ncudng ho and hothn md th antt o

m and pattd laua am. you had a tnuou atnoon,

h makd, tunng to pak to ro. i thnk t woud b

bt to upp h . . . n M. Bnntt pat quat.


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ro bt h p momnta, thn mad an obou attmpt

to conca h concn and cam na th whcha, tng h

hand ght on laua houd. i to t.

laua watchd a h nu t about ppang to admnt

th gua nng njcton o mophn. rtcnt and dg,

h tad at th nd. i ou dont mnd, coudnt t wat . . .

phap o jut a wh? h akd, not ctan wh hd mad

uch a qut.

Oh? A ou xpncng om knd o dcomot? Naua?Pan?

T tuth wa, th had bn no ct o h atnoon

outng. id jut k to t a bt . . . t bn a tng da, h

pd.

W mut b mo cau om now on, Nata pmandd

ot. you mutnt odo, M. Bnntt.laua undtood pct, o h mot cnt attack had

com on wth xc atgu and motona t, o much o

h had mad th dcon to mo h oom to th man oo,

pma out o concn o h huband.

A man o dcpnd wok hou, man o whch w pnt

n h upta ofc ut, Dan Bnntt wa a dtactd,

and what wth h ndng contant mdca attnton, and wth

Nu Judah and ro comng and gong at a hou, h had

ocatd. Mo connnt o a concnd. indd, essential

o oth aon unknown to h huband o nn a.

A a at nw blaua had bcom a Chtan

th a poh mantand h han Fath wa n

conto o h and that o h ong-ot chd. Mo

cnt, h had bgun to pa n ant o God w a to

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wcom. A ota atnoon woud ufc o uch a t, but

h knw n th dpth o h bng t mut b oon . . .

oon, bo th cppng da adancd to cam h .

T pa and dotona tm h njod wth oth Ch-

tan womnro ao, h pona houmad, n pa-

tcuahad bcom a thon pobm, pntng omthng

o a nuanc o Dan. H huband, who dd not ha h

nwound ath, had dcouagd h om hang Bb tud

and pa goup on th pm. Had h put h oot downand about dnd h th oca and ptua outt, h

woud ha obd, out o pct. sh coud on pa that

Dan woud n ot to uch a hah mau.

Dung on uch dcou, laua had to gnt mnd hm

that th tat, n act, wa ga hh chdhood hom

hang bn t to h upon th dath o h wdowd moth,Chaott Mad, tw a a. T commnt wa not

w cd b Dan, caung mo o a t btwn thm.

en o, laua woud occaona nt a chuch nd o

two o an ntmat gathng, tutng that omda n God

pct tm, Dan mght jon h n th tud o th scptu.

Mo mpotant, that h woud com to nd pac wth th

sao o hm.

it had not occud to h, how, that b makng aang-

mnt to at h w, h mght b addng u to th aad

tom dbat. in act, not unt M. Canton, h atton

and pat coun, had mntond t toda had h n

condd th matt to b an u. H utmat dcon

wa not bon o a ndct agnda; h wa m oow-

ng th oottp o h nb and ong moth. Tat wa

th xtnt o t.


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But h mut b dct. And, o now, Dan wa not to b

th w.

ooo

Nata Judah wnt n ach o h patnt wamt pp,

mong quck pat th o dng oom aa, compt wth

jacuzz bath and ant, towad th ag wak-n cot. On th

wa, h gappd wth h gowng motona attachmnt to

th knd t dtmnd woman h had bn agnd to nuthough a poongd and dfcut n.

Laura Bennett. A woman wth o tt t n h.

Nothng n Nata mdca tanng had ppad h o

th ntn mpath h had com to xpnc wth h t

n-hom patnt, a woman much too oung to b dng. in act,

Nata had ound t pactca mpob to mantan, a hd

bn taught, a mbanc o poona dtachmnt n th

ac o laua Bnntt ng-mndd goaobon, n. so

wth a th nung k at h command, Nata had dt-

mnd to do h bt to kp M. Bnntt a to az h

ondt damto mt th daught hd gn awa at bth,

th nant who woud b now b a oung woman.

sad, a th pntd a a dmma. T objctthat do th poo woman had th capact to uth wakn

h, both phca and mnta.

At tm, h patnt dagno to at Nata hat, o mag-

nant mutp co wa an xpo pog da. sh dd

not ha to b owand a to how th na tag woud pa out.

ooo

laua gazd wth ntt at th mnatu twn Chtma

t pchd on th ch oa tab aco th oom on th


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dg o h aot btan damak ug. rd t bow

and ong tand o woodn bad ganhd th matchng t,

pndnt n wthout tn o ght. sh thought o a thChtma h had md wth h daught, th n-ndng

ppaaton, th gaa nt uoundng th aon . . . h,

compt dod o th aught o chdn.

Had Kathn a a oungt an n o wth th pndo,

th muc o Cht bthda? laua ghd a h thought fw

backwad n tm. What ot o thng dd Amh ok do tocbat? h wondd. Had Kathn com to know th tu-

t gncanc o th bd aon? laua coud on aum

o, o u th Amh knw and od th Bb a h dd.

lttng h mnd wand, h condd th Pan commu-

nt hd ct td at month wh achng o gn o

Kathn. What wasth chanc o an Amh am gng up

on o th own knb bood o othwto pnd tm

wth a tang, and a n pon to a dpat pa?

sh thought back to th cuca tt, and h had bn

ab to tand and wak to h wtng dk, h woud ha

don o, o n th naowt daw a a cop o h mag

to rbcca, th adopt moth o h chd. st, h knw t

b hat wod o t.

Te baby girl I gave to you has been living in my heart all

these years. I must speak the truth and say I am sorry I ever gave

her away. Now, more than ever, because, you see, I am dying.

Onc agan, h dtd to th dntca Chtma t.

T bow and bad dazzd h, and h knw wh, a a g,

h aot coo had bn d and gn. sh tad dp nto

th dn banch, dadamng o oth hoda . . . th bz,


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caua da o ghood, a bo h pcou bab daught

wa concd.

a pang to h . Tn, wthout wanng, th coo

bgan to bu. laua t th hdou mucua jkng, tatng on

h t d. Fghtnd and xpncng ntn pan, h pacd

both hand on h thgh, pang nt o th tmo to ca.

Whn th dd not, h mod h hand ow om h

upp g, hopng to conca h tu condton om th bu-

ntt nu who had jut com nto th oom, cang ubu pp. laua quzd h ng togth, ockng thm

nto a odd poton, and pd thm had agant h ap.

Nata wa not to b ood, how. M. Bnntt, i a

mut g ou a hot now . . . beoreou upp com. T

ot-pokn woman toopd to mo laua ho, pacng

thm wth h aot hou pp. Nu Judah o and o-d a aung m, gng laua th couag to accpt th

ntmdatng njcton.

Tn, bo th dug wa admntdwh th nu

ppad th ngth dadu dzzn bgan. Dung th

pat a da, ght-haddn had qunt accompand

th nzd tmbng. it wa at uch momnt h woud o

conto and c out, ghtng o h pan wth th bt antdot

h knw. Oh, lod Ju, pa . . . pa hp m, h woud

pa, whmpng.

Nu Judah wabbd th n gnt. T mot cotton ba

mad a chng, unwcom path aong th ca o laua am.

Can ou mak a t, M. Bnntt?

it wa a h coud do to coopat at t, but ow laua

wd h bod to ax, and a th mdcaton ntd h bood-

tam, th mophn bgan to wok t mac.


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At th uncontoab quakng had cad, a coud o x-

hauton gathd o h. in th mdt o th han, laua

thought o h ong-ot g and ad h own tm wa hot.

ooo

Todo Wam mad h wa out o th hou to th m-

oun t pakd n ont o th gand ntanc. Gttng nto

th ca, h thought o M. Bnntt ntnc on bng dn

downtown toda. shd ctan not ookd w; anon coud that. But h md dtmnd, at a cot, to dcu h

at w and ttamnt wth M. Canton.

Todo upcon coud not b qudth ang woman

mut ha t n h mnd that h want ong o th ath, o

t wa th ugnc n ro ao oc, whn hd phond at

noon on bha o th mt, that had atd hm.M. Bnntt w not b atd t ou ag to tak h,

th mad had ad, tatng qut ca that no on woud

do. sh nt on hangyou . . . and kp qut about t, too.

it wa th att mak that wod hm gat.

A mo kndhatd ad Todo had n mt, and bcau

M. Bnntt wa not on to ngag n manpuaton o dct,

h wa mod to hp h a h had on at at on pou oc-

caon. T mmo d hm tthat dadu da whn t

wa dcod h huband, hwd man that h wa, had bn

ca wth th da ad account.

it wa thn that th mt had takn Todo nto h con-

dnc, a ath a and pondou poton o an od Bth

o n h mpo. But hd pud t oand qut ucc-

u, tooaangng to d h to an ndpndnt aw m,

on compt docd om Dan Bnntt own account and


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nanca dang. o th da, and a a a Todo knw, th

man had not th antt knowdg o an o t. Non what.

Pudnc dctatd that Todo woud contnu to kp thtdbt a qut a th pnt atnoon joun, whnh had

a mot omnou ngM. Bnntt had gon and atd

h w.

H pakd th back mo bd th wht on, thn opnd h

ocoat, achng nto h utcoat pockt, wh h pud out

th ong nn nop, unad. H woud not ntgat tcontnt, to b u, and nc t wa too at to cu t n M.

Bnntt a dpot box tonght, h ockd up th nop n

th go compatmnt o th ca and hadd o th gathou.

Ill take care of it tomorrow, h tod hm. Yes, indeed. First

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ChapTer Two

lda M tund o Hcko lan and onto th dt dwa

adjacnt to th amhou. sh pakd h ca n th dtachd

gaag bodng th contd ban, wh h huband andtwo o th odt on had, a ago, t up a woodwokng

hop on th man . sh aw that th ght w t on n

th ofc aa. Notcng, too, th abundanc o ght tamng

om na a th wndow on th d o th houupta

ncuddh chuckd, makng h wa aco th now ban-

ad, am ha wth two ack o goc.Katie Lapps certainly having herself a heyday, h thought. T

ctc b wa u to ct t.

Appoachng th hou, lda wondd what t mght bn

k to gow up Amh wth w, an, comot o a modn

hom. T m thought o ga amp, batt-opatd wat

pump, and ho and bugg mad h gatu o th dcon

h d pant had mad ong agochoong a conat

Mnnont owhp o th Amh chuch.

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add h b th nw nam but caught h n tm. How

wa ou atnoon . . . Kathn?

A m a bght a a anbow cod th oung woman

ac. i ud th tphon toda o th t tm.Ach, t ant

o awu had, i gu.

lda huggd h houd. it b od hat oon nough.

Jah, i hop o.

sttng h goc on th tab, lda tund to th nk

and bgan wahng h hand. Tn, wth Kat hp, h putawa th dcountd box o dhwahng dtgnt and an

aa o oth houcanng upp. so . . . whod ou ca,

t an o m bun?

i takd to a ad opato n rocht, Nw yok . . . i

Gancng o at Kat, lda hud to t h at a. No nd

o th da backwad g to dug th nt phon cona-ton. Tat a ght, a t. you dont ha to t m mo.

Oh, but i want to! Kat cod th gato doo and

uhd to lda d. i cant b what i dd toda! Hont,

i cant.

studng th oung woman nxt to h, lda nd th

anng. so, t m, what dd ou do? h akd ot, won-

dng h coun daught had aad attmptd to ocat

th ang bth moth.

Kat pud out a ktchn cha and at down, touchng h

ong aubun ock, owng n wa cu. H bown

pakd, and lda notcd a tac o makup. T a

ot-ght pop wth th at nam o Bnntt.

Fot-ght? e , uch a ot o ong-dtanc ca.

Fom what Mamma mmbd, laua omwh na

rocht, i thnk. A ct that ound omthng k Canada.


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W, ha ou ookd on th map t?

Jut th on n th phon book, a know, to gt th ght aa

cod. Kat bamd, ookng ght poud o hpoud n

a good wa, no doubtbng ab to pout o modn thng

k aa cod and uch.

How on ath w ou know ou ocatd th ght pon?

Kat noddd. Coud b awu tck, i pct. But i ha

omgut. . . uh,good. . . da.

lda ghd, ng omwhat d. Tn ou hantmad an pona ca th t?

Not jut t. T htanc n th g oc wa dnt. i

wantd to ak ou pmon t . . . t ou know im wng

to pa o a th ong-dtanc ca i mght hata mak.

Tn w houd gt bu. lda ocatd a book o map

om th h und h con cupboad. H, t ha aook-. Mab w can nd a ct n Nw yok that ound

k Canada.

T put th had togth, anng o th map on th

ktchn tablda, pm uppotng h Mnnont cap;

Kat uncod ha hnng, toud cu pngng , at

odd wth h upbngng.

At achng and not ndng anthng, lda chckd th

ndx o ct n Nw yok. H pont ng d down th

pag a h cacuatd ach nt. H on, h ad. i won-

d, coud th b t? sh pontd to Canandaigua. sound a

bt k Canada to m. And th popuaton ath ma, o

th houdnt b a man Bnntt to ca.

Kat aughd. Ach, ou hmd jut thn.

i dd at that.

T two womn chuckd m and t about ppang


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upp. Kat pd potato wh lda wamd up to

ham and buttd gn ban n th mcowa on.

Ha ou thought o pang about ou ach? ntud

lda. it woud b a w thng to ak ou han Fath o

H gudanc. Dont ou thnk o?

Kat kpt png potato kn wthout ookng up. i dont

know how to pa thatawa. Ddnt an, a. N thought

t wa th ght ot o thng to b dong, nth.

W, i b i know jut th pon to tach ou, ldapd, an xctd ng wng up n h. Jut th on.

lookng up, Kat bok nto a h m. Ach, a?

i woudnt oo ou about omthng k that. lda tund

and wnt to gaz out th ag ba wndow, amd n hangng

n. M huband ha taught man a ou to pa, Kat.

Katherine, Kat mndd h.lda wa nt. Fo a momnt, h cam co to apoogzng

but t t go th tm. sh had condd th aa o rbcca

lapp on daught a omwhat o a mxd bng. T poo

thng wa a gopng h wa th da, ntng on a anc

nam k Kathn Mad. Pcua, t wa. T, and th

act that h and Pt homddcatd to th lod wok

a agoand th co poxmt to th Amh communt,

mad t ath connnt o th oung woman to un om h

pat and nt a oom outd h chuch dtct.

lda wondd h wa dong th ght thng b th hunnd

g. And what o samu and rbcca lapp . . . and th on?

What mut theyb ng?

T tuaton ppxd h, and h had th oddt naton

oa. Wh pondng a, hd wondd wh Kat had

actd o hah to h pant kpng h adopton a ct.


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Wa th what had caud th oung woman to dn h own

dntt? O wa t th hunnngth hatndng wa hd

bn tatd b th Popthat had changd thng o?

lda hook h had, bwdd. sh coudnt gt o th

oung woman wod cothng. shd ot no tm n bung a

anc d woo kt and that hn atn bou wth w o d,

bu, and god ow, o a thng. sh gud Kat mut

u had h g, too, bcau h wa wang th ht

o ho at. And uch a hado! A wa, and oh, o muchhot than an Pan womanAmh o Mnnontwoud

da to thnk o wang.

Kat houd-ngth ha bothd lda to no ndth g

wa contant ngng t and tong t about. T uua had

cong wa mng. O cou, now, what wth a o Kat

bght-cood coth, th d cap woud ook comptout o pac.

sh ghd and tund om th wndow, touchng th back

o h own cap, Mnnont n tng. su th wa a dout

Pan womancad Kathddn awa omwh nd

th nw modn g.

su th wa.

ooo

Kathn oom wa hgh n th hou, tuatd und th

a, and nat a a pn. T m o ac had aad bgun to

pmat th oom bcau o th man handmad acht hd

bought wth h om hom.

T wa a down-d comot a dckd out wth unn

ow tup, and a wht-and-ow tpd bdkt that ancd

up th ou-pot bd. T pac wa mght ag, t dnt


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om anthng hd n n an Amh houhod. And th

map untu, everypcthank to Coun Pt wood-

wokng kmatchd th oth: a tp d wth wd,

moab mo; a ta cht o daw wth bght, coou

do; and two qua amp tab.

No dak gn wndow bnd, cod hadwood foo, o moun-

tan o Amh qut. Ao notcab abnt wa an gn o a

cda cht, wh a ng woman coud to hand-ttchd

tm, awatng h wddng da.Kathn buhd ad th annong thought. shd gon

and un out on h own wddng, ang a dgutd wdow-

goom bhnd. A man whod tund out to b th tnt bhop

Hcko Hoow had knownBhop John B, th m-

po odie Meindingth hunnng.

Ach! T thought o t tung h to th co. But h waKathn now. Bod, ou, and pt.

sh tad at th oot o th bd wh a hop cht mght

bn. want o mpotant to ha uch a thng n a oom o

nt. st, h coudnt hp cang th man o tm hd

mad dung th a n ppaaton o h wddd utu. A

o t, at hand-wn pc, hd packd awa n th lapp

attc. Jut thnkng o t, h had to augha chokd oundo

t wa th dut attc o h chdhood hom, wh thng

had bgun to cumb and chang.

Cong th oom, h wnt to t n th uphotd cha

na a bautu dapd wndow. sh td h td t to

th haock and t out a wa gh. Abo h, th cng ght

hon bght, and h dcdd a h axd that th oom wa

h han agant th wod. T wod o h Pop who had

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Shunned . . . for all time. . . . Onc agan, h wa tckn wth

th paazng thought.

Pupo, h tad at th god ght wtch aco th oom,

and Coun lda wod ckd though h mnd.Ask our

heavenly Father for guidance, th Mnnont woman had ad.

But KatKathnhad no da how to do uch a thng.

H tct Amh oot wnt too dp n h, mab. st, h

mutnt accpt that a a aon notto pa Coun lda wa.

Bd, h wantd to bak a t wth h pat, o panga ou w takng to God . . . now, that woud b on wa

to go about t.

sh got up and knt bd th cha. Da Fath n han,

th a Mnnont downta who a i houd tak to th . . .

, ou, about ndn m a moth. i do hop thou, uh,you

wont b mndng too much. . . .sh toppd. such a tang wa to pak to th Amght. sh

otd to bchng Hm n Gman, a h wa accutomd.

O Herr Gott, himmlischer Vater, h bgan.

it wa dfcutno, downght boto ak anthng p-

ona o th lod God, han Fath, pca nc h wa

n bad-acd dobdnc to H commandmnt. so h ddnt

mak a qut at a but ctd a pa om Christenpficht,

th tandad Amh pa book, ntad o a pontanou on.

At th pa wa don, h t a though hd bokn ath

wth th nw pon h wa attmptng to bcomKathn

Mad.

Bo gttng o h kn, h pd th bod guta ng

und th doub bd. rtng t, h at on th haock,

xhaaton pacng h adn a h tummd th onc-

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T ong h ang w od on, om hd mad up

a a tt chd. Anoth wa a ow tun, on h and h t

o, Dan Fhwhod downd n a ang accdnt a bohad wttn togth dung th at wk o h .

Dan, h tu hopd, woud b pad up th n Go h

knw what h pan w o tomoow. H wa a ptd a,

Dan Fh. N ga up tng t h got what h wantd.

epca whn t cam to gon and th Bb.

sh mmbd hm bng mght tubbon o a oungAmhmankd to amod h da though to tho who

ddnt to wth hm.

Kathn ang on.

Dont prejudge the dead, h coud ha th concntou oc

o rbcca lapp, h Amh mamma. H Gott wa th na

Judg whn a wa ad and a wa don. T Amght On wa

ogn. Com Judgmnt Da, Hewoud dcd what woud

bcom o h da Beau tna ou.

loud h ang, dng th thought o Dan bng

anwh but n Bd Paad. N bo and n agan

had omon undtood o od h mo. And tomoow,

Dan wa ookng down on h, hd mak hm gn . . . chuck,

mab.sh pannd on ung Coun lda tphon to da up that

ong-dtanc opato n Canandagua. sh woud not g up

t h got hod o a woman namd laua Mad-Bnntt.

laua, who woud undtand pct. laua, who woud ct

th da o h daught bth and a at at, Wcom hom,

Kathn.What a n, wondu-good da that woud b.


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Kathn watd o th hou to ca out a bt bo hadng

to th ha phon th nxt monng. shd wttn and wttn

th dcto atanc numb o ong dtanc on a catch

pad om th ktchn, antcpatng th momnt.But whn h wakd up th ta and appoachd th t-

phon, h coud on ta at t. T w o man thng to

b thnkng about. i h pckd up that phon . . .

Hmm. it jut mght b bt not to know anthng about h

natua moth, a. Mght b bt to a w nough aon.

H da nd Ma stotzu woud a, stck to don thght thng, Kat. W, h wa to do th ght thng, woud

h b tandng h n th Mnnont hou th mnut?

sh huggd o th cppng thought. H hat, actud

and b, ntd on knowng th tuth.

But whn h got up th couag to da th numb, th

ctonc anwng c cam on th n. Kathn watd,

ntng on pakng wth a a opato.

What ct? th woman akd.

Canandagua.

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