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54 The Little Sister o f W ilifred

the one Mrs. Bagley meant when she

told her she might thank her lucky star
that she had been taken away from

that horrid home into a respectable
family. Peggy was very grateful that

she had a lucky star at all, and she
hoped it would help her to become good

and wise and rich. It is really a pity

to add the third adjective, as perhaps
Peggy’s ambition would seem nobler

without it, baL as the wish of a little
girl who slept in a closet it is not after

all to be wondered at.
The closet was bitter cold in winter,

and hot and stifling in summer, but was
very nice in spring and fall, Peggy said,

for she was a patient little thing who
never nursed her grievances. She was

always sorry that after her long day’s

work, when she had the opportunity
of quietly thinking of all the pleasant