La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1914-06-13

Y wont, VIII YOU go aud do what ask
! and stop talking" moaned the man.
family. And. with little sobbing
/ cry. Pollyanna went.
Pollyanna did not stop now to look
up at the patches o: blue between
the sunlit tops of the trees. She kept
her eyes on the ground to make sure
( that no twig nor stone tripped her
4 hurrying feet
Z IL was not long before she came
[ in sight OF the house. She had seen
( IL before. though never so near as
this. She was almost frightened
now at the massiyeEess OF the great
nile OF gray stone with It's pillared
4 ycrandas and its imposing entrance.
/ Pausing only a moment, she sped
across the big neglected lawn and
/ around the house To the side door
under the porte-cochere, Her fin
gers. stiff from their tight clutch up
T on the keys. were anything but skill
ful In their efforts to turn the bolt
In the lock: but at last the heavy,
carved door swung slowly back on its
f! hinges.
Poilyanna caught her breath. In
spite Of her feeling of haste. she
paused a moment and looked fear
folly through the yestibule to the
/ vide. sombre hall beyond. her
thoughts In a whirl. This was John
Pendleton's house, the house OF mys-
3 terry: the house into which no one
but It's master entered: the house
Z which sheltered. somew here-a skel-
eton. Yet, she. Pollyanna. was ex-
peeted to enter alone these fearsome
rooms and telephone the doctor that
the master OF the house lay now
/ With a little cry, Pollyanna, look
ing neither TO the right nor tn. left.
fairly ran through the hall To the
door at the end and opened IL.
The room was large. and sombre
With dark woods and hangings like
the hall; but through the west win
Tow the sun threw a long shaft OF
/ ,old across the floor, cleaned duly
IN the tranished brass andirons In
he fire place. and touched the nick
| i Of the telephone on the great desk
| IN the middle OF the room. II was
'oward this desk that Pollyanna hur-
riedly tIptoed.
The telephone card Was not on its
hook: II was on the floor. But Pol.
yanna found Il. and ran her shaking
'orefinger down through the C's 70
| Chiffon In due time she had D.:
4 Chiffon himself AT the other end Of
the wires. and was tremblingly de.
iIverins her message aud answering
the doctors terse, pertinent ques.
tions. This done. she hung up ths
receiver and drew a long breath OF
relief.
Only n brief glance did Poliyanns
ed vision In her eyes Of crimson drs
peries. book lined walls, n Uttered
floor. an untidy desk. innumerabls
closed doors tany one OF which mIgh
conceal u skeieton). and everywh~r.
dust. dust. dust. she fled back thr,
the hall 10 the great carved door. sill
half open as she had left n.
In what seemed. even To the tnjur
ed man. an Incredibly short time
Poliyanna vas back ln the woods |.
the mans side.
We'll. what q the trouble,
| couidn't you get in." he drms drd
. pollyanns OPENED vide her eve,
why. Of course I could. I'm here :
, she announced, AS N ia h. hsrs
4 y mum BOk III ANA u09 00rt0e oil
/ b~ right 10 lust A. soon ss no..ihi'
! With the men and tAines. He al,
! he knew lust where You we're. ri
iidn't stay 10 show hin. vanas,
To h. With YOU
"Dld you:" smiled N. man ,,,r,
1 ~. well. / ean.t .sy / aSmSr. ~.
!. taste. should lhint YOU @ish, m,
plea ssntee coupsnIous.
I "Do you mesn-berau.. vov.,. .
! -csoss,"
> "Thsaks for yosr fs>sh.... ".
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sOst you're osIv cross c.s.sAs
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