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roadside literally gemmed with violets.
Sisters were sometimes unsubstantial
property, it seemed, but the violets
were really before her, and oh how big
and sweet they were I
She remembered once having heard
Mr, Inlander say that he thought no
flower was so beautiful; and Peggy
thought it would be pleasant to gather a
whole bunch of them, and place them
on his table as a surprise. However, it
was too late to gather them then, for
tiic^re were yet many tasks to be per
formed at home.
So, promising herself to come for the
violets the following afternoon, she
went happily on.
Mrs. Bagley had been receiving a
call, and had not even noticed PeEErv's
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absence. She was in a wonderfully
good-natured and sociable mood, and