La Junta tribune., 1914-06-06

"a oaek toward ~ honee. IN
IN tAe sitting room windou q that
moment 4las Ro1ly. Who Nd kean
waeching The two ehll6svas. fol10ved
with so1brs sysa ~ ~ 6nfii 4
bend of the foad hla hlm ffpG u1ght
Then che 1lghel. tuTned "a vaifeA
listlees1y oDetairsv and 11lw Rnalv
did aot usually novs listlsssly. Il
her ears stil1 was ~ hoy's acorn-
full .you vas - eoo1 aph kinh q Il
her hsart was . curious sonns of de-
sosatSon--as q sD0sehing Last.
cHAPrEP A.,.
Bssors ~ lAaass' ~
Dinner. vhich cane at noon q III
Harrfngton ho0estead. was ! Silent
meal On The day of Tie La1Iss. Aid
meeting. Pollyanaa. Il Il true, trSed
to talk: but sAe did not make ! suc-
cess Of lt, chiefly because four times
she was obliged 70 broak off !
glad" IN the middle Of Il. much q
her blushing discomfort. Ths fifth
time II hspDenea. Miss Polly moved
her head vsarily.
There. there. child. say Il, II you
want TO-" she sighed. Tin sure I'd
rather yos did than not-if M's To-
Ing 70 make all this fuss."
Pollyanna's pucksrsd iittie face
"Oh. thank you. I'm afraid II
would be pretty hard-not to nay q.
You see I've played Il % iong."s
"You've--what?" demanded Aunt
Polly.
Played IL the game. you know,
that father P0llyanna stopped
with . painful blush at finding her
self 80 soon again on forbidden
ground.
Aunt Polly frowned and said moth
ing. The rest Of the meal was 81
lent one.
Pollyanna WAS not sorry to hear
Aunt Polly tell the ministers wife
over the telephone. . little later,
that she would not be st the Ladies'
Aid meeting that afternoon. owing
to y headache. When Aunt Polly
went upstairs TO her room and closed
the door. Pollyanna tried to be sor-
ry for the headache; but she could
not help feeling glad that her aunt
was not TO be present that afternoon
when she laid the case Of Jimmy
Bean before the Ladies' Aid She
could not forget that Aunt Polly had
called Jimmy Bean . little beggar:
and she did not want Aunt Polly To
call him that--before the Ladies'
Aid.
PolIyanna knew that the Ladies'
next the church. not quite half o.
mile from home. She planned her
going. therefore. so that she should
get there little before three.
II want them all To be there she
said To herself: ''e:se the very one
that wasn't there might be the one
who would be wanting.to give. Jimmy
Bean \ home: and. OF course. two
o'clock always means three. really
TO Ladies' Aiders."
Quietly. but With confident c0ur-
age. Pollyanns sscended the chapel
steps. puslnsd open the door and en-
aess1 the seseibule. 4 soft babel Of
feminine chatter and laughter came
from the main room. Hesitating
only brief moment Pollyanna push
ed open one Of the inner doors.
y The chatter dropped To . surprtx-
ed hush. P0llyanna advanced . lit
tie timidly. Nov that the time had
come. she felt unwontediy shy. A.
ter ali. there half-strange. hslf-famil.
lar faces about her were not her own
dear Ladies' Aid.
How do you do. Ladies' Aidsrs."
she faltered politely. I'm Polly.
anna Whittier. III reckon some OF
you know me. maybe. anyway. I do
you-oniy ! don't know you all to-
gether this way
The silence could almost be felt
now. Some Of the ladies did know
this rather extraordinary niece Of
their fellow-member. and nearly al
had heard Of her: but not one Of
them could think Of anything 10 ssy.
Just then.
live come to-to lay the
CASE before you." stammercd Polly
anna. after = moment, unconsctously
falling into her fathers familiar
phrnseoloKy.
There was . piight rustic.
''Did-did your aunt scnd you. my
dear?" asked Mrs. Ford. the minis-
tors wife.
po1lyanna colored . little.
oh. no. ] came all BY myself.
You see. l'm used 10 Ladies' Aidees.
II was Ladies' Aidesx that brought
me un-and iather."
Somebody Uttered hystericaliy.
aud the mlnlslsr's ~sfe frowned.
''Yes. dear. What II ~"
well. tits Jimmy Hesu." sigA.
I'd .PolIyanna. 'Gie hasa's any hoss
excepe the Orphan oaes cad thsy'rs
fell. and 1Oa't wsns hin. anyhow.
~ shiaks: - Ae wants asotAo9. He
waots oae os the eona0on kia1. that
has . Deahsr lrstcad os naeroa h
k--eolks. you' keow. ehat'1I cars.
He's - yesrs old euens % eleven.
I lheught sone es you nlshe like
h10-eo live With you. yoa know."
ssWe11. AZ yes evee!" 0urnur-
- . solce. brseklss ~ dassl Dause
ehat followed Pol1yaana's vof1s.
With anxi0uA eyes roo1yoaus
svoDs ehe ejrele - faeos aeoue NJ.
''0A. ! so1sse - ~: ~ VII
aufH. ~ ennlle@eAee1 eAneSly.