Patty wo n't object , bless her rosy cheeks ! '' `` Oh ! '' said Marcella , with eyes shining through her tears . `` I 'm so happy , dear Miss Draper -- I mean Aunt Josephine . I 'll love to stay here -- and I will thank you . '' `` Fudge ! '' remarked Miss Draper , who felt uncomfortably near crying herself . `` You might go out and pick a basket of Golden Gems . I want to make some jelly for Patty . '' Margaret 's Patient -LSB- Illustration : `` DID DR. FORBES THINK SHE OUGHT TO GIVE UP HER TRIP ? '' -RSB- Margaret paused a moment at the gate and looked back at the quaint old house under its snowy firs with a thrill of proprietary affection . It was her home ; for the first time in her life she had a real home , and the long , weary years of poorly paid drudgery were all behind her . Before her was a prospect of independence and many of the delights she had always craved ; in the immediate future was a trip to Vancouver with Mrs. Boyd . For I shall go , of course , thought Margaret , as she walked briskly down the snowy road . I 've always wanted to see the Rockies , and to go there with Mrs. Boyd will double the pleasure . She is such a delightful companion . Margaret Campbell had been an orphan ever since she could remember . She had been brought up by a distant relative of her father 's -- that is , she had been given board , lodging , some schooling and indifferent clothes for the privilege of working like a little drudge in the house of the grim cousin who sheltered her . The death of this cousin flung Margaret on her own resources . A friend had procured her employment as the `` companion '' of a rich , eccentric old lady , infirm of health and temper .
Margaret lived with her for five years , and XXXXX the young girl they seemed treble the time .
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