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dressed  in  her  clothes,  you  could  pass

                                        yourself  off  to  Dr.  Moran  as  his  own
                                        child."

                                           “  1  think so  too,"  said  Wilifred.
                                           “ Have  you  seen  h e r ? a s k e d   Mr.

                                        Bolander.       “ Have  you  ever  seen  her,
                                        Peggy ? ”

                                           “ Why,  yes,"  answered  Wilifred.  11  1

                                        have.”
                                           “ And  what  did  you  think  of  the  like­

                                        ness,  Was  it  not  like  looking  at  your­
                                       self  in  the  glass?"

                                           Wilifred  nodded.         If  she  tried  to
                                       speak,  she  was  sure  she  would  laugh.

                                           “ Well,  Miss  Wilifred  Is  a lucky  little
                                       damsel.  What,  I  wonder,  would  she

                                       say  to such  a life  as  yours,  Peggy? ”
                                          t: She  would  say  it  is  horrid, —  per­

                                       fectly  horrid,”  cried  Wilifred,  hotly.
                                       “  And  It  is n't  fair."

                                          “ So  It  is n't,1"  said  Bolander,  drawing
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