Sophie May
Here you sit, all waiting for a story. How shall I begin? Let us see.There once lived and moved a little try-patience, called Margaret Parlin; no more nor less a personage than myself, your very humble servant.They called me Marg’et, Maggie, Marjie, Madge; and your grandpa’s pet name was Totty-wax; only, if I joggled the floor when he shaved, it was full-length 'Mar-ga-ret.'My motto in my little days seems to have been, 'Speak twice before you think once;' and you will see what troubles it led me into. I never failed to 'speak twice,' but often forgot the thinking altogether.
