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always spoke of her mistress’s temper
in the same delicate way. Although

Mrs, Bagley was generally cross, she

was sometimes not so cross as at others,
and once she actually patted Peggy’s

head, and declared that, bad as she was.
she might be worse.

The poor child had been overjoyed
at this not very extravagant praise. She

pressed up to Mrs. Baglcy's side, and

looked with her great velvety eyes Into
the little beady ones; and there is no

knowing what she might have said if—
some domestic mishap occurring at that

moment —■ she had not been pushed
crossly aside. To make love to Mrs.

Bagley was certainly very discouraging

business.
The world is full of kind-hearted peo­

ple, and it would be strange if none
such crossed Peggy’s path. In the