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usually takes  a great  deal to  upset  them.
                                    Then  she  cried,”  went  on  the  Doctor,

                                    gravely.     “ You  know how  seldom  that
                                    happens;  and when  I  took  her  up,  she

                                    was  trembling  like  a  leaf,  so  I  carried
                                    her  up  to  her  room  and  told  her  to  lie

                                    down  for  an  hour.          It  was  not  alto-

                                    gether  the  clogs,  either,  for  she  was  not
                                    like  herself  before  they  jumped  on  her,

                                    J  noticed  as  we  were  driving  home  that

                                    she  seemed  languid,  and  I  could  hardly
                                    get  a  word  out  of  her.           Queer  she

                                    should  run  down  so  all  of  a  suddeti.,”
                                       “  I  will  send  Estelle  for  her  by  and

                                    by,  and  give  her  some  quinine,'1  Mrs.

                                    Moran  said.       “ She  is  a  little  run  down,
                                    perhaps,  but  i t ’s  nothing  to  worry

                                    about.”
                                        When  the  dogs  had  flung  themselves

                                    upon  Peggy,  under  the  delusion,  no

                                    doubt,  that  they  were  welcoming  their
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