Page 125 - The Little sister of Wilifred

of what I told you her pa said, an!

you are tryin’ to imitate her airs. 1
won't stand ’em long, I can tell you

that. Who are you, \ like to know,
anyhow ?” Mrs. Bagley never waited

for a reply to this question, which she
frequently used as an extinguisher of

possible pride in Peggy, and immedi­
ately went on : “ You are an ungrateful

viper I took to my bosom from the
orphan ’sylum, — an’ the most foolish

day’s work I ever clone/’

The idea that she had been hanging
round the Moran child so pleased Wili­

fred, that she immediately recovered her
good nature.

Li Can't I come into the house?” she
asked, in what she meant for a very

meek tone.
Mrs. Bagiev’s portly person had

blocked up the entrance, but now she