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things her lucky star would bring her,
she should always fall asleep; but in
reality this was the very luckiest thing
that could possibly happen to a tired
little girl who was a 41 slavey.’?
“ Mr, Bolander,” said Peggy one after-
noon when she bad come into his room
with the towels and stopped for a few
moments’ chat with her hero, 4‘did you
ever hear of a self-made woman ? 11
A self-made woman. What do you
mean, chicken?"
44W hy, I heard Professor Whitney
talking about a very celebrated man,
and he said he was a self-made man. He
never had any advantages, the Professor
said, and no money, no one to help him,
and he had to do everything for himself.
And now he is. very celebrated. Could
a woman make herself ? ”
“ W hy yes, certainly,” said Mr. Uo-