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C H A P T E R   III.


                                                         THE  11  SLA V EY.’’


                                        I   T  was  a  long  time  after  Wilifred

                                               had  been  chosen  by  Dr,  Moran
                                       for  his  future  daughter  before  a  home

                                       was  found  for  her  twin  sister.

                                           While  one  little  girl  became  the
                                       petted  child  of  this  rich  man,  the  other

                                       for  some  years  was  only  one  of  twenty

                                       little  orphans  who  owed  their  living  to
                                       charity.      One  wore  pretty  clothes*  had

                                       many  toys,  and  was  taken  from  one

                                       country  to  another,  seeing  what  is  most
                                       beautiful  and  interesting  in  the  world.

                                        The  other  wore  the  plain  uniform  of

                                       the  asylum,  had  no  toys  to  speak  of,
                                       and  her  pretty  eyes  had  hardly  looked

                                       beyond  the  bare  walls  of  the  ugly  insti-
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