Page 119 - The Little sister of Wilifred

present “ I don’t like the feeling of

their great Happing tongues/’ she
declared,

s< H u sh ! here comes the carriage/7

suddenly announced Wilifred.
The children looked at each other,

Peggy turning very white and whis­
pering, i( Give me my clothes! Give

me my clothes ! ”
Barbarina was coming at her fastest

pace, and the Doc lor must already have

seen them.
11 It s too late now,’’ said Wilifred, in

a firm voice. “ If you do not do as I
tell you, we shall get into trouble. You

must let no one know what we have
done. Good by, Peggy, and be sure

and enjoy yourself all you can."

She slipped away behind the bushes,
leaving her less resolute companion

trembling by the roadside.