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had been paving herself a compli-
ment.
“ But 1 am a slavey,” said Peggy, 1[ I.
have to wait on the lodgers, you see ;
there is n’t anybody else to do it. And
when I am not waiting on the lodgers I
am waiting on Mrs, Bagley. I t ’s hard
work, to be sure, and it makes your legs
ache sometimes, I can tell you. But
then they get rested again.”
Wilifred sighed, and an expression
of real distress clouded her soft, hap
py little face. Peggy’s life seemed
dreary as she thought of the brightness
and love in her own, so that her voice
was very earnest as she said, “ If
I could, I would share everything I
have with you. Once I knew two
twin sisters, and if one had a thing the
other had to have it too. T h at’s always'
the way with twins. Indeed, Peggy,