Peggy-Alone

n devolved upon her as a matter of course, because she was the president of the Happy-Go-Luck

after years would never, perhaps, have been called forth was it not for her discovery one day in the attic

presses a cherished ambition to the mother, who

e called upon, and after some grumbling on their part and as much coaxing on the pa

Laura took the r?le of mother, givi

r beauty,

he stars in

s on the a

shame the r

e the lily

d in a swe

teeth and

he honey b

fairy fo

ng gazelle'

all, white, t

a beauty, i

r and over instead of her own, and the ofte

she thought. "The other wish is fine, I know-'a noble gift,' the mother says, but I don't care, I can't do justice to it as I could to the oth

l in such a spiritless way that Laura could not have failed t

stened eagerly to her rendition. It proved to be letter-perfect but expressionl

ht wish for a piece of plum cake or

Hugh, who someway understood all the moods o

e, no one could move her so tenderly, nor place her in

fliction even more t

f boys instead of her," he grumbled to his mother. "She seems

ll," returned Mrs.

ame it on the Lord! If we were only rich enough, I bet we could find some clever do

he mother, who thought to herself that in this case money would indeed be

eming injustice and his resentment often extended

approval, spoke of Alene's joining the

ou girls are makin' a big guess wh

lonely, and Laura

him. He laughed at our dug-bait, and fishin' rods, and our old-fashioned skiff and things, and t

r said no more but wore a look of "just wait and you'

, he was obliged to confess that she was a good little thing in spite of her citified dress and her haughty relations; but in

int to Laura,"

't say a word to anyon

The other is silly stuff-sounds

! I'm tired of being tied to crutches and people thinkin', because of

oked tr

Laura didn't th

it! She just saw it was about a p

Alene

all that was left when Laura disposed of the 'soulful poet' part," Ivy said. Then after a silence, "I wonder why ba

to have her so, not for the world. Ivy was Ivy with all her faults; he wouldn't wish to have her otherwise except a happier