Page 82 - The Little sister of Wilifred

C H A PT E R V.

CONTRASTS.

A S she walked home, Peggy felt

that she was no nearer the so­
lution of the puzzle than before. It did

not seem to her that the dainty little
creature she had just seen could be the

same child that as a baby had played

with her on the floor at the home.
She was thinking too intently of this

matter to be much troubled by what the

Doctor had said. Beside, she was too
accustomed to snubs to be astonished

or to resent them, acccpting them
meekly as the hard luck of a slavey.

Moreover, half-way between Dclbaven
and the town she came upon a bit of