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file:///C|/3278%20Sci-Fi%20and%20Fantasy%20E-books/Kage%20Baker%20-%20Katherines%20Story.txt ====================== Katherines Story by Kage Baker ====================== Copyright (c)2001 by Kage Baker Fictionwise Contemporary Science Fiction NOTICE: This work is copyrighted. It is licensed only for use by the purchaser. If you did not purchase this ebook directly from F then you are in violation of copyright law and are subject to severe fines. Please visit to purchase a legal copy. F offers a reward for information leading to the conviction of copyright violators of Fictionwise ebooks. 1937 She knew the marriage had been a mistake by the time they stepped off the train. All the same, she smiled and waited obediently as Dick got their suitcases from the porter. This was a pretty place, at least; big green mountains and trees, and the little train station quite rustic if not exactly charming. Lean men in overalls, red clay thick on their workboots, waited in a silent line as goods were unloaded: sacks of feed, sacks of fertilizer, wire cages full of baby chicks. The chicks peeped and poked their tiny beaks through the mesh. The heat was shimmering, sticky. Dick approached with the luggage. She turned to smile at him but he was looking past her, grinning and hefting one suitcase in a wave. Pop! One of the lean men was loading cages into the back of an old truck. He turned and saw Dick, and nodded in acknowledgment. Dick ran toward him and she followed. Hey, Pop! Hey, the man responded, looking them up and down. Youre early. I got the train times wrong, Dick said. Well, thats you. Mr. Loveland shook his head. His gaze moved briefly to Katherine. This the wife? Yes -- Pleased to meet you, Mr. Loveland, Ive heard so much about you, said Katherine, smiling as she twisted the strap of her handbag. He just nodded, considering her.