katouse

Updated: May 15, 2025

And I stood still, and listened; and then I heard a awful katouse and rumpus, and then I heard hollerin'; and then I heard Josiah's voice, and somebody else's voice, a talkin' back and forth, sort o' quick and excited. Now, some wimmen would have been skairt, and acted skairt; but I didn't. Pretty soon the door opened right by the side of the table, and in come Josiah Allen and a strange man.

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