Page 22 - The Little sister of Wilifred

children being placed side by side, looked

at each other with their wide tranquil
baby eyes,

‘‘ Poor little sister!” the matron said

to Wilifred, while she stroked the soft
cheek of the other baby. 11 Kiss her,

darlin1, for you are all the relation she

has, an’ vou are sroin1 where you J11 never
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sec her again. Kiss her.”
“ Poor! poor 1 ” echoed Winifred,

brightly, imitating with her own the
caressing motion of the matron's hand.

Then, laughing and crowing, she was

carried away, the, little sister shaking
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her own dimpled hands, pathetically
ignorant that she Was left without a tie

to a human being in the world.

With many kisses the matron took
her back to the nurserv. “ It s a dread-
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ful queer world, davlinV’ she murmured.

“ It goes easy with some an’ terrible