Page 96 - The Little sister of Wilifred
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11 Well, you may have them, I don’t
care for the violets now. Your name is
Wilifred, is n’t it? Mine is Peggy/’ one
little sister announced fco the other.
“ They are not the same sort of names,
are they? Mine is liner than yours;
but no matter. I ’11 tel! you something,
Peggy.— you arc; really prettier than
1 am/'
"O no/’ gasped modest Peggy, “ not
nearly as pretty.”
“ Yes, I can't tell you why, but you
are. Perhaps it's because your eyes are
so soft and shining. You look gentle
and good. Peggy is n’t a pretty enough
name for you,"
“ I was called Margaret at the home."
£< The home ? ” echoed Will, staring a
little in turn,
“ Yes, that was before I came to the
Bagievs1. Where did you Jive before
you came here?"