`` 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 to the young girl they seemed treble the time . Her employer was fault-finding , peevish , unreasonable , and many a time Margaret 's patience almost failed her -- almost , but not quite . In the end it brought her a more tangible reward than sometimes falls to the lot of the toiler . Mrs. Constance died , and in her will she left to Margaret her little up-country cottage and enough money to provide her an income for the rest of her life . Margaret took immediate possession of her little house and , with the aid of a capable old servant , soon found herself very comfortable . She realized that her days of drudgery were over , and that henceforth life would be a very different thing from what it had been . Margaret meant to have `` a good time . ''
She had never had any XXXXX and now she was resolved to garner in all she could of the joys of existence .
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