Page 62 - The Little sister of Wilifred

There is no time for anything, you

know, if you take lodgers, Mr. 1.3o-
lander,’J added Peggy, probably quoting

Mrs. Bagley, “ I t ’s wo rk from M on day
till Saturday, and even the blessed Sab­

bath is no day of rest tor me.”
L‘ So it Isn’t; and a great shame, too,

you poor abused child ! 11
O no, T am not abused. Mrs. Bag-

Icy Is very kind, you know, to give
me a home and all my clothes,” said

Peggy, looking down gratefully at the
graceless brown frock and patched pin­

afore she wore, “ She says it costs a
fortune to keep me in shoes, and she

can’t think how I wear them out so

fast,”
11 Can't she ? ’; growled Bolander.
11 Well, you tell her that, if she did n’t

keep you running all day. long, your

shoes wouldn’t cost her so much."