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find her sister, and they would live to
gether as other sisters did.
But children's memories arc short.
When Mr. Bolander came and befriended
her, Peggy's mind was filled with other
thoughts. He was much more inter-
esting than a sister she could not re
member, and whom she was never again
to see.
But now as she lay on the cot looking
up to the square patch of blue sky above
the skylight she carefully recalled every
word she had ever heard about her
sister.
It seemed as if this little girl they
spoke of must be the same child that had
played with her at the home; and yet
if she were the sister of these fine young
gentlemen she could not be hers. It
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was a terrible puzzle to Peggy.
At length, one day she slipped out of
