Old James Gordon came out from Scotland . Janet and Thomas were born in the Old Country and were small children when they came here . They were never very sociable folks , but still they used to visit out some then , and people used to go there . They were kind and honest people , even if they were a little peculiar . `` Mrs. Gordon died a few years after they came out , and four years later James Gordon went home to Scotland and brought a new wife back with him . She was a great deal younger than he was and a very pretty woman , as my mother often told me . She was friendly and gay and liked social life . The Gordon place was a very different sort of place after she came there , and even Janet and Thomas got thawed out and softened down a good bit . They were real fond of their stepmother , I 've heard . Then , six years after she was married , the second Mrs. Gordon died too . She died when Margaret was born . They say James Gordon almost broke his heart over it . `` Janet brought Margaret up . She and Thomas just worshipped the child and so did their father . I knew Margaret Gordon well once . We were just the same age and we set together in school . We were always good friends until she turned against all the world . `` She was a strange girl in some ways even then , but I always liked her , though a great many people did n't . She had some bitter enemies , but she had some devoted friends too . That was her way .
She made XXXXX either hate or love her .
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