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“ You  will  have  to  bring  in  the  kin­

                                  dlings  for  morning,  and  I  think  there

                                  are  some  disb>towels  to  hem.”
                                     “ Well,  I  can  do  them  after  a  fashion,

                                  though  I  must  say  I  never  expected  to
                                  hem  Mrs.  Bagiev's  dish-towels.            Let ?s

                                  sec:  I  know the  house  quite  well, —  the
                                  brown  one  next  to  the  livery  stable,  and

                                  it  has  high  steps  to  the  door.”
                                     (iYes,  but  y o u   must  sro  to  the  back
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                                  door,  or  Mrs.  Bagley  will  scold  you,"
                                  said.  Peggy,     Then,  quite  overwhelmed,

                                  as  she  well  might  be,  at  the  boldness  of

                                  the  plan,  she  cried  out,  “ Oh,  I  can’t  let
                                  you  go  there,  Wilifred I      And  besides  I

                                  would n’t  dare  to  take  your  place  at  the
                                  Morans,       indeed,  1 would n’t dare  to  do

                                  such  a  thing,1'
                                     “ You can’t be my twin, alter all, if you

                                  are  such  a  coward  as  that,”  said  Wili­
                                  fred,  laughing  at  Peggy's  fears.       l< Why,
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