Page 94 - The Little sister of Wilifred
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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