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it wailed; "oh, Billy, _Billy_!" IT WAILED OH BILLY BILLY
ardon for saying it. Don't come with me, please." Blindly she turned from him. Her shoulders had the droop of an old woman's. Margaret was wearied now, weary with the weariness of death. For a while Mr. Woods stared after the tired little figure that trudged straight onward in the sunlight, stumbling as she went. Then a pleached walk swallowed her, and Mr. Woods groaned. "Oh, Peggy, Peggy!" he said, in bottomless compassion; "oh, my poor little Peggy! How changed you are!" Afterward Mr. Woods sank down upon the bench and buried his face in his hands. He sat there for a long time. I don't believe he thought of anything very clearly. His mind was a turgid chaos of misery; and about him the birds shrilled and quavered and carolled till the air was vibrant with their trilling. One might have thought they choired in honour of the Eagle's triumph, in mockery of poor Billy. Then Mr. Woods raised his head with a queer, alert look. Surely he had heard a voice--the dearest of all voices. "Billy!  WORD OF IT BUT I BEG YOUR PARDON FOR SAYING IT DON'T COME WITH ME PLEASE BLINDLY SHE TURNED FROM HIM HER SHOULDERS HAD THE DROOP OF AN OLD WOMAN'S MARGARET WAS WEARIED NOW WEARY WITH THE WEARINESS OF DEATH FOR A WHILE MISTER WOODS STARED AFTER THE TIRED LITTLE FIGURE THAT TRUDGED STRAIGHT ONWARD INTO SUNLIGHT STUMBLING AS SHE WENT THEN A PLEACHED WALK SWALLOWED HER AND MISTER WOODS GROANED OH PEGGY PEGGY HE SAID IN BOTTOMLESS COMPASSION OH MY POOR LITTLE PEGGY HOW CHANGED YOU ARE AFTERWARD MISTER WOODS SANK DOWN UPON THE BENCH AND BURIED HIS FACE IN HIS HANDS HE SAT THERE FOR A LONG TIME I DON'T BELIEVE HE THOUGHT OF ANYTHING VERY CLEARLY HIS MIND WAS A TURGID CHAOS OF MISERY AND ABOUT HIM THE BIRDS SHRILLED AND QUAVERED AND CAROLED TILL THE AIR WAS VIBRANT WITH THEIR TRILLING ONE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT THEY ACQUIRED IN HONOR OF THE EAGLE'S TRIUMPH IN MOCKERY OF POOR BILLY THEN MISTER WOODS RAISED HIS HEAD WITH A QUEER ALERT LOOK SURELY HE HAD HEARD A VOICE THE DEAREST OF ALL VOICES BILLY
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