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“ T  don’t  know about leaving you here

                                        alone,11 said  Dr.  Moran,  anxiously;  but
                                         Bar barilla  approved  so  strongly  of  the.1

                                        plan  as  to  overcome  the  objections  of
                                        the Doctor, who finally drove off, leaving

                                        Wilifred smiling by  the roadside.
                                           Tli us  it  was  that  the  meeting  took

                                        place  that he was  trying so  earnestly  to

                                        prevent, for in  a' moment  more  Wilifred
                                        and  Peggy were  standing face to face.
                                           Tt  was  a  curious  moment,  for  the

                                        children  stood  perfectly  quiet,  looking

                                        gravely at each  other,  without  speaking.
                                           “ You are the little girl  they say looks

                                        so  like  me,”  Wilifred  said  at  length.
                                        1LI  am very glad  you are  not  homelier/1

                                              O h!  did  you  ever  hear  of  me  be­

                                        fore ?"  cried  Peggy,  humbly-  “  J  saw
                                        you  yesterday  when  you  were  playing

                                        tennis.  Your papa  came  to  our  house,
                                        and said he did n’t want  us  to  see  each
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