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you will  have  nothing to do  except when

                                         the  carriage  comes  to jump  in  and  go
                                         home.      There  will  be  no  dish-towels  to
                                         hem,  I  can  tell you.  You  must  go  and

                                         kiss  mamma  good  night  before  you  go
                                         to  bed,— I  always  do  that”

                                            “ Oh !    gasped  Peggy,  “ I  never  can.
                                         Please  give  me  back  my  clothes.  Wili­

                                         fred.  You. must.”
                                            “ And  be  good  to  Black  Beauty,  giv­

                                         ing  him  sugar  when  you  ride  him,  and
                                         take  lots  of  notice  of  Tramp.”

                                            " A   dog J   cried  little  Peggy.     l!  One
                                         o£  Mr.  Fullerton’s  dogs  bit  me  once.       I

                                         don’t  like  dogs."
                                           “ We  are  not  twins  as  to  dogs  then,”
                                        replied  Wilifred,  regarding her thought­

                                        fully*  “ Well,  Tramp  won't  bite*           He

                                        will  just  wag  his  tail  and  lick  you.”
                                           “ Ow!  that's  just  as  bad/’  Peggy
                                        drew  back,  as  if  the  dog  were  already
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