Page 58 - The Little sister of Wilifred

I must try and think of some genteel

thing you can do at home.”
'* I don’t know how to do anything

but to sweep and dust, and to wait on
people/’ said Peggy, rather sadly.

“ You certainly are sufficiently prac,
tised in that last art; but though it re­

quires the patience of a saint, it never
leads to glory/1

“ I don't caic for glory, I want to be
rich. You are making fun of me, Mr.

Bolander, ’cause you know I could n’t
be any of the fine tilings you say. But

you know one might be different from
me and yet not be an empress, or any of

those other kind of ladies you spoke of/1
“ Yes, so you might,” admitted Bo­

lander, stroking the rough little hand of
the slavey.

“ There’s Mrs. Bagley. She is n’t an
empress, but she is a great deal better