Page 120 - The Little sister of Wilifred

In a moment more the carriage
O
stopped at her side, a ad a gloved hand

was held out to her while the Doctor
said, “ Jump in, .jump in, child! Bar-
barina is in a hurry/’

And Peggy, after a moment's painful
hesitation, scrambled into the buggy.

11 What became of that child ? ” asked
Dr. Moran,.looking first on one side of

the road and then on the other. “ That
was the lodging-house woman's child I

saw with you, Wilifred. Where has she
gone ? ”
“ O ff” answered Peggy; and, short as

the word is, it cost her a great effort to
utter it,

“ Ali the better,” the Doctor grum­
bled. “ I wish she would keep off.

There is a great social gulf between you
and that little girl,, my pet. T would

rather you would have nothing to say to
her.”