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ways to: skip out of the way as last as he

could. It was more prudent,L after alb
to retreat to the stable, but of course

Peggy could n’t retreat to the stable,
so she bore more than her share of the

scoldings.
If the lodgers were unreasonable, if

she were cheated by the butcher, if it

rained on a washing-day, Mrs, Bagley
scolded Peggy. She scolded her be­

cause she herself was so stout and be­
cause Peggy was so very long in grow­

ing up. Peggy felt her guilt in these
matters very deeply.

She was such a loving little soul, and

was so very lonely, that with the least
encouragement she would have loved

this cross Mrs. Bagley with all her
heart. Mrs. Bagley never admitted

that she was cross, but she sometimes
confessed to being roused. And Peggy