Page 90 - The Little sister of Wilifred

vain search for it, she told herself that
it would be no more than he deserved.
But ill the morning Peggy forgot this

little incident altogether, for the morn

ing brought a train of troubles. It
was washing-day, and no matter how
hard she tried, she could not please

Mrs. Bagley, who was tired and cross.
The stove smoked, and the clothes

would not dry. Everything went wrong,
but no one was to blame, least of all

little Peggy, who nevertheless had to
suffer for it. One would not think

that even a person in a temper would
have the heart to scold the gentle little

soul, who never thought of answering
back, but worked patiently on, with her

pretty face full of trouble.
There was no lack of hard work that

day, and Peggy’s legs ached and ached,
and nobody noticed and nobody cared.