La Junta tribune., 1914-05-23

f0Dos 49, ~ Jv4S IVA - ~
|lDsUnoe4 q, fer al0sst ~ ~ ovoCJ| ~
Sssnooa iron two until ~ Co.
was hers - Do with - ~ NJ
provided she aid not -.Eker y y
certain things already Dsohleloo1 t0
Aunt Polly. Il
II 10 . question. perhaps. whooAer
all this leisure time was gtvom ~ -
child - I relief % Pollyaaua ~
Il uork-or - relief 70 Aunt Hools
from PolIyanna. Certainly, q fho6
II first July days passsd. Mn nollS
found occaaion many tiMes - ofGeS,
late what an extraordinary ch1I1lt
and certainly the reading ~ r90-
ing lesapna found her II thsif eooe11-
sion each day somewhat dase6 ana
wholly exhausted.
Nancy, in the kitchen. fassd ~
ter. She Vas not dAsed nor r.
hausted. Wednesdays and oatur-
days came 70 be. indeed. rsd-lettsf
days to her.
There were no chtldren In the In
mediate neighborhoSd Of the Har-
rington homestead for Pollyaana 70
play with. The house itself vas on
the outskirts OF the Village. and
though there were other houses not
far away. they did not chance y con-
tain any boys or g:sls n-.r PoIlyan-
mas age. This, however. de not
seem TO disturb PollyannA b :.-.s
least.
"Oh.S NO. don't mind Il at al !"
she explained to Nancy. I'm happy
Just to walk around and see the
streets and the. houses and watch
the people. just love people. Don't
you. Nancy"
well. ! can't say do-all Of
EN-" rstorted Nancy. tersely.
Almost every pleasant afternoon
found Pollyanna begging for ''an er-
rand to rum" so that she might be
off for walk In one direction or
another: and II was on these walks
that frequently she met the Man. To
herself Pollyanna always called him
the Man." no matter II she met q
dozen other men the same day.
The Man often wore long black
coat and high silk hat--two things
that the lust men" never wore. His
face was clean shaven and rather
pale. and his hair. showing below
his hat, was somewhat gray. He
walked erect. and rather rapidly. and
he was always alone. which made
Pollyanna vaguely sorry for him.
Perhaps II was because Of this that
she one day spoke to him.
How do you do. SIR, Isn't this .
nice day." she called cheerily. Is
she approached him.
The man threw a hurried glance
about him. then stopped uncertain
ly.
''Did you speak-to me," he ask
ed In a sharp voice.
"Ycs. SIR" bcamed Poliyanna.
Il say, It's nice day. isn't it!"
''Eh, Oh. Humph!" he Erunted; !;
and strobe on again.
Poliyanna laughed. He Was such
n funny man. she thought.
The next day she saw him again
'' 'Tisn't quite so nice ~ yexter-
day. but It's pretty NICE" she called
out chcerfully,
"Eh, Oh. Humph.'' grunted
4 the man as before: and once again
Poiiyanna laughed happily.
When for the third time Poliyun-
M aceosted him IN much the same
manuer. the man stopped sbruptly. !
See here. child. who are you. an6
Why are you speaking 10 me every
day."
I'm Poliyanna whittier. and I
thought you looked lonesome. I'm
SO glad you stopped. Now we're In
troduced-o ] don't know your
name yet"
Well. OF all the" The man
did not finish his sentence. but
strobe on faster than ever.
~ "a A.
n disappointed droop TO her usually
smiling lips.
Maybe he didn't understand hut
that was only half an introduction,
don't know his name. yet" she
murmured. as she proceeded on her
way.
Poiiyanna was carrying calls.
foot jelly to Mrs. Snow today,
Miss Polly Harrington always sen,
something to Mrs. Snow once a
week. She said she thought tina, II
was her duty. innsmuch as Mrs,
Snow was poor. sick and a member
OF her church--it was the duty II
all the church members TO look oui
for her. OF course. Mip Polly did
her duty by Mrs. Snow usually on
Thursday sfternoons-not personal
ly. but through Nancy. Today Poll
iyanna had begged the privilege. aud
Nancy had promptly given Il 10 her
In accordance with Miss Polly's or.
ders.
And It's glad that I am ter gcs
rid OF H." Nancy had declared In pri.
yatr afterwards TO Poilyanna :
though h's a shame ter BE- tuckin'
the Job off ON ter you. poor lamb. a
u IL. u is'''
Hut I'd love 20 do II. Nancy"
"wcli. you won't-after you've
done II once" predicted Nancy. tour-
~.
why notf"
because nobody does. n folks
want sorry for her there wouldnt
. soul 70 near her from mornin' I'LL
night. shes that cantankcrous All
is, pity her daushter what has ter
take care Of her.
hut. Why. Nancy"
Nancy shrugged her shoulders