Page 105 - The Little sister of Wilifred

mustn’t be taxed. She reads history

to mu. We are reading about Mary,
Queen of Squats.1'
“ That sounds interesting. Was she

a dwarf? ”

“ No, indeed. I saw her once. She
was in a tableau, and she was very tall
and elegant, in a. velvet dress with jew­

els on it. Old Elizabeth was jealous
of her, and had her put to death. She

was just going to execution when I saw
her.'11

“ O dear! 11 cried little Peggy; “ did n't
some one come and save her just at

the last moment?”
“ N o ; but don’t worry, Peggy. After

the curtain fell, she took an ice cream
behind the scenes,” laughed Wilifred,

“ The real one did n't,” said Peggy.
No, but the real one died ages ago.

She would have died long before this