Page 103 - The Little sister of Wilifred
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I  was  a  selfish  baby. to  get  ahead  of

                                   you  so.”
                                      “Oh, but you  didn't  know  what  you

                                   were doing/' Peggy cried,  “ and  I ’m sure
                                   I ’m  ever  so  glad  that  you  are n’t  a
                                                      •LJ
                                                                    if'
                                   slavey  too.  I  don't  mind  it  so  much
                                   except when the young gentlemen make

                                   fun of  me, — they are so full of fun, you
                                   know.      But  Mr.  Bolander  won’t  Jet

                                   them tease me much now.  You need n’t
                                   mind  about me.  I ’m  lots happier, too,
                                   for  knowing  I  belong  to  somebody.

                                   It ?s  nice  even  if  people  don't  seem  to

                                   like; it.  When  Mrs,  Bagley says to me,
                                   ‘ Well, who are you,  I ’d  like  to  know
                                    I  shall  say to  myself,  11 Yn  the sister of

                                   Wilifred,’ and  I shall feel  so  proud and
                                   happy-  It  never  seemed  as  if  I  was

                                   anybody  before.  You  are  so  good  to
                                    me,  Wilifred!  You  might  have  been

                                    cross.”
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