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u O,  we  travelled  about  all  the  time.

                                    In  Italy,  France,  Germany,  wherever
                                    mamma  wished  to  go.1'
                                       “ Well,  where  were  you  when  you

                                    were  a  baby/’  persisted  Peggy*

                                       “ I don’t know,” said Wilifred;  but  no
                                    sooner  had  she  spoken  the words  than
                                    the  almost forgotten  story of  the  nurse

                                    Hashed  Into  her  mind.

                                       “ Are  you  really  the  sister  of  the
                                    young  gentlemen.  I  saw  in  Mr.  Bolan-
                                    der!s  room ?  They  said you were  their

                                    sister, but that you  and  I  are like twins.
                                    I  have a  twin  sister, but  she  was  taken

                                   away  from  me  when  we  were  babies,
                                    and  I  don't  know where she  is now.  I

                                   could n’t help  thinking that perhaps you

                                   might  be  she.  Please  don’t  be  angry
                                   with  me,"  said  Peggy,  meekly.
                                      W il if red’s  cheeks  flushed.         It  was

                                   never  her wish  to tell strangers that  the
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