Page 188 - The Little sister of Wilifred

“ This afternoon. H e ’pears to be in

a terrible hurrv and can't wait. He
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says he has made arrangements for you
at the boarding school, and will tele­

graph 'em when to expect us. Well,

I shall have to flv round some to get
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ready.’'
Lt But I have n’t any clothes ! " pro-

tested Wilifred, thinking of the very

limited stock she had examined in Peg­

gy's room. 41 You can’t go to boarding
school without clothes/’

“ There ’s gratitude for you ! ” ex­

claimed Mrs* Bagiev, sitting down with
a gasp, and addressing the flies on the

ceiling, L< No clothes ! A n ’ this is the

child I took an’ brought up decent,

when she had n't a friend oPher own,—
fed her with food from my own table,

with two helps more often than not, an!

a raging, tearing appetite for everything