Page 158 - The Little sister of Wilifred

hand on. her forehead and feeling her

pulse, ail the old fear came back.
“ Her head is hot, her pulse too fast

and her heart beats like a trip-hammer/ 1

he annoimnced, unconscious that he
himseif was the cause of this unhealthy
j
excitement. (i It $ very strange the

dogs should have given her such a

shock.M

“ They must be kept in the stable in
future,” Mrs. Moran said, with a decis­

ion that pleased Peggy. This must

never happen again.”
A t about the same hour that Wilifred

folded away her dish-towels, Peggy, hav­

ing been tenderly kissed by both par­

ents, was carried off for a warm bath
and put to bed.

In the morning she slept late, and

when in some anxiety Mrs. Moran went

to call her she found her cheeks flushed,