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c-rHav: March 2o, 1916. Oai ........ ---- - Po llva una: (Trademark) - ' -. he Glad Book (Trademark) vi v ANOR H PORTER ... t t" 1 Vi : - A 4 - By L. C. Page & Co.; Inc."-; CHAPTER I Jy. "I can't say, however, any immediate need for that - -, : - -: :, - . " . - .-: . .. (7) 435 : arc. going-East. very- sOon;-and .they had urged her to have, some friend or ; would take; her? with them to Boston, . companion to .live 1 with her, but she ; rand put heron the Beldingsville train, - had not welco'med either their sympa! Of co'urses you would be notified what thy or their advice. She was "not : day andtrain to expect Pollyanna on. lonely, she. said. She liked being by ; . "Hoping to hear, favorably from herself. She preferred - quiet. But h you soon, I remain;: :'" - ..'-now V: - :- K ---ZT-.-. : ;:'v-- "Respectfully. -yours,- ; '.Miss.Polly rose with frowning,, face "Jeremiah 0. White "; l and closely shut' lips. iSht was glad, ;-With a froivn': Miss Polry fplded thecW . . - ' - .- . man. : and that she -Tint' rn iv knew - that V seel letter" arid- tucked it into its envelope. mSf'- a V only knew1.:h" WH xnV- and she liad said-she ' Rllt .'nf Vriiirca .rAii ' .... i n n rl cVia ho1 caift-cViA tii11 toU. tit a MISS' Polly Harnngto .'. kitchen.--av;llttlev nedlyv this- Nancy, -vaguely feeling that -somehow her, duty .wellierioiigh foMhat-lr-disa-:- ; Hu - " Tune morftiMoHy iasfc;;wQuid'ie ually 'make" "lWjces little; stranger. Asr she ; satnow, with the7 letter-in ' Old "f 6m and Nancy cneeianv yif"u .-roiiy; nnea ner icntn haiiPhti-; her hanvtv r,Arvhrtntrif WpntharUn I in ,t nttie . attics room Nanr.v - - of .Jiian'nerButp ; her sister, Jennie; who had been this swept and scrubbed vigorously,;.:,' rying actuauynurrm because-1: child's niother and to the timewtien payings particular attention "to , the 1 Nancy, washing dishesv at the. smk, happen .:to have a. siter who ;vas. Jennie as. a girl of twenty, had insists- corners.:, here;-were, times, indeed,; -, i looked up. !n :?uPf nf y !ja ,silly enough to marry and : bring un: ed uponvmarrying4he young minister,? when the vigor she; put into her work 'j ;0: been working mMis., FoUy s kjtchen. necessary children into a world thaV in spite of her iamily's, remonstrances: was .more' of ;a relief to her. feelings only two months; but already she was already quite full enough, I can't There had been. a man of wealth, who , than, it ;was an ardor to efface. 4irt;;; knew that -her mistress, did not- usu- . see 'how I should nartir.ii 1 artviva n t tn -. H a d'te r tH ii pV a n A tii familv had Nancy.in soite of her frightened sub-' ally hurry ui . .4 g haye the care of Hhem myself. - How- :much preferred .him to-. the minister ; mission Jovhermistress, was no 'saint.'. 3 ' ' - ever." as Said before. T hone T'Wnowmv hut Tennie, haci nnt The' mfln nf. "IjUitwish I COulddig OUt ' : "Yes, ma am, JMancy answered duty. .See that you clean the corners, wealth had more years, as well as the corners of her soul!" she rriut-; cheerfully,, but she still continued Nancy," she finished sharply," as she ' more money, to his credit,' while the tered jerkily, punctuating her words ' flip nif inherit! her' hnnn. v U . ' " '?'V ' 1. 1 j '!.,- - L.. J 'nrifll miirifntic ioKe ft ' Unm nnintat " : i! wipiiis -" ivh me luuui. . !. ininisier. nau oniy a.young neaa iuu ". m.v.u . yvuvu , 'Nancv Miss -i Polly's voice was very stern now 'when" I'm" talking to. you, I wish you to stop your work and: listen to what 1 ;Hayfc ftvS" Nancy flushed diiserabry;; Sli'e - set -the pitcher, dpwtii A't; , pQC.eith the cloth " still abpiit . itf the rebnear ly tip; t oirig it overh'ichdid notaifd t6 herV composure. .. .v'i:;.si,'-v:?. t "Yes, , ma'am ; I will, m'am' she ( stammered, righting" the pitchier;, and, turning hastily on with my w6rlcca4ise;'ypu Specially told mfe this : moriiin'-tei' hurry With;' my dishes, ye know." ' ' ': ' ":" : Her mistress 4 rownefl. ., 1 ' 1; :.. ' . left the room. - V - : ' minister had rvnlv a vnitno' head fnll ' With murd "Yes, ma'am," sicrhed Nahcv. 'Bick' of vouthi's ideals and-enthusiasm.- and t cleaning- .. neeas cieanm au rignt, an rignt i i ne , ' idea of stickin' that blessed child 'way . ' off iip here in this hot little room, with no iire iii the winter, too and all' this ; big; house ter pick and choose V ffprn !;; . Odriecessafy childerl,, irideedl'.; YpU WILD LOVE POLLYANNA ! ; irigl fori The little girDwho played the Glad Game", , and Won her way into people's Keto wilL win; her way into .yours. One of the sweetest, cleanest j -best books ever written, is the popular verdiq concerning, Pollyanna. . . r . ; j - . - Don't miss these opening chapters; don't miss theA joy of tripping -along with Pollyanna as she. in her wonderful, inimitable . way, scatters . ; joy and' Sunshine ftll about her; don't miss this, regarded by many as the oest story .written, in; yeara,-.., ?-'')- - -...:;..;,. ': A: iu ' ' $ i r. HumpHI" 1 snapped Nancy; wringing" ; her. rg so ;hard . her finger?; ached lyk ' from'the strain"; "I guess M ain't chil-;r ; I ' dren what is most unnecessary just' "1 i n'owHust riowl" r;i' ' For some time she :worked'!$ ;sil I if j ! e'nee; tjfiny her - task looked" aj)but the "bare -little ropni iri. v - i v'"plain'dlsgust.':-'',i-: -V-vi . ": ;'' ; y-.f id pre-; ' ;MWen, it's'to VN per-; -he sighed;w"TheVe ain't no dirt 'hereljif; mi ;hp Wai nnvlerTnif jj aHvl,: i, A 'lJa a,; u( shome missionarv's'wife- - ? ' put a. homesick; lonesdme child into 1 way she. could pleases this woman; .4 the-" far-awav"-.vWes'tern :towir.:''ana;.--The-: breakr" had come -then; Miss nn, l cu' u&w n" VAW!ul UIC. Nancv hadvnever-orked -dut" be-v had hpe nnnleaeaht a ciirJ Pnllv rememhered it well, though she door with -a-bang. Uh, she ejacu- tore; but a sick mother suddenly; wid- prise to her, The letter was address- :had been owed and left with -three younger- e(j to Miss :PollyHarrington, Beld- youngest children besides JNancy herseii, .had forced the girl intq oingsomethihg' toward their " support,- irid she. had been so pleased - when - she-' "found ; a; . place in the kitchen Vof the great', house oh the1 hillNancyhad come from 'The Corners," six " mile away," and she knew Miss Polly 'Harrington only as the mistress of - the Old Har rington homesteady-and- one of the : wealthiest residents , of;; the ' town. That was two" months " hz for e. .She, . knew Miss Polly riow as a stern, se-vere-faced woman "whbrowhed -if' a f knife ciattered.lto-' the ?fl bor," or if a : door bang'SdfD to smile even when knives and 'doors' : were stilky t: v::.:' ; ; "When you've finished your ; mon-, "i ing work,- Nancy' !M isS Polly ! was ' . saying now, , "you may 'clear; the littles. 'uuu i me acau or me siairs in me attic, ahd'make up the cof bed.' Sweep; the rqorh and clean it, of course, af-'. ter you clear out. the trunks; and boxes." . i." ,j.,-r : i 'but a girl of fifteen, the vjatedr biting her lip. Then; doggedly:; at the time The' family had 'Well, I dont care; J-hope she. did -' i - , hear the bang I do, I do 1 , .v hi!.! f ftp! If ! ' pi itaft Ife slsiiripil mm .. .u ....ji.Lj..i "7., v..;.':- ..mutum: ,4 'V Mi shin1-,-:.... ....... mimmftift .... ;stefe?siii mwmmmmmmmm itii;: H Til ''. JMtf I II IIHW I . . 3- In the garden that aftenqon, . Nan-. cy touna .a iew minutes in wnicn io :; - -,. j interview Old Torn; who had 'pulledy i : the weeds ; and shovellecf the" paths , 1 i about the, place for uncounted years.' , "Mf: Tom," beg'ari .ancyj throwing, ;f:h ; a; qui'clc glanCe over, hep shoulder to; ;-V ;p make' sure she was unobserved'; "did; -V;j; ; you Wow ' a' little "girl was cbmin' here ' ; : i ;np:Uve with.'MissfPolly -h :: -' : ; '-"Awhat?" demanded the old man, v ' : ;; straightening his berit bacj with dif i 4A little rgir 1-toV live' I with " Miss ' ' v '(; ? J Polly."- -'v- ;': - ': t belieng om; .y dn't yrteU t mt?tfie''sttri:isr a-goin' ter 'set- in. tfie: , ' i j cast icr-Miuii cr , . f , t , ; r", '.-"But it's:true. ;She told.Tne'so her- V - v i yself; " maintained ''Kaiicy t's' iier "-;-j " niece ; and she's eleven years'otd." ' : ; ; The' man's jaw ; fell. r "ShoW . wonder, now," he mutter- . ed; then a tender light came into his.' : faded eyes. : "It ain't " but it must be little more to do with themis- ;Mis$ Jennie's-, little 'gall: There ary's'wife; To be sure Jennie her-; wasn't none of the rest of 'em mar- aow rmT vneeL-PrtT.l.TANNA?" SHE PALTERED ies, ma'am. And where shall I put ... , ; , ;h.A the things; nWe: ihVu ingsyille, Vermont; and it read as had t Ai r... ' .. - .i-.-1L .i . -i---. iiAre sionarv s . 111 xne iront attic." Miss v oily hes- y."yv.?v... , - -te uIa -a hA j rL;. xt-.:. : c- if:.: ifatpj ... . ur - ,. ' - . ' 1 sen nau wmiui, iwt a umv, rva .vvny, nancy, musi uc wi . SS'0"5 Dr d?!;eg-ir named her -last baby -"Pollyanna" for Jennie's little gaL ' Glory be ter Se ? dl t411,rU noS??r-' .y. X? that .the Rev. John ;Whittier died he twQ sUtcrs PoHy and Anna-the . Jprasel ter think 6f my old' eyes comi!fi-' ?oltennV Xhtiei ' 13 .-two weeks ago,. leaving. one a babies had all died; This had ; seein' this r . ; Ki : ' : ' , ' veaT $tX ?lvcn years. old. .He left pracU-, last time that Jenhie had V "Who'was Miss' Jennie r" ' ' " foom" '?nd Wl11 ?le m -.at-ca1,y.ftlfl8J?!s and in a few year's re had "She was an' angel straight out of ; 'i; ; come" the news, of her death, told in : Heaven,'? breathed the -'man, fervent-' Harr'Jl igArbCom pastor of this; small wn.. -a h-eav(ibrbken -dittle note . ly;but the old 'master 'and missus - rrlTon?on had a ;very W (roi,' the ffllnWef hiniidf,- dattd at a knew her as: their oldest daughter. her , ",:t,nm .,ng ot tne sunshine ary. , ' j little town in the West. .. ;She was twenty. -when she married; home at "The Cnrner." . "Nice? Well: that-isn't eiactlv WorH . T j .... it j - - . 11 u ii 111 nsp , rpinmpn iviisi i.-i.ri--.n h tnnnirnr .11 wcvci. - . . . . - . ... . t t reaching valley- below, : the one what s a-comin . e changes those twenty- 1 "She's eleven years old." five years had brought to her. . : . r "Yes; she might be," nodded the old duty.", , ' " "' ' a7?;nVioTOu" " -. .I" She was.fortynow, and quite alone man. ; . ; - . . Mtn.. ;. : V: Hc?cA.ai? wVVngMr?;t.i.. -.1, wnrW.. ,Father. mother, sisters-V '.And.she!s gotnMer sleep. in the at-. Zr - ft0Uy' - : ' -" - 'The., ittle. gin wiu oe. a m rcpa . .V 'Yirwere dead For years now she-' tic-more shame ter herl" .scolded Of course. ma'am, if iJ .rf the tme.vott ctt this letter ; aliwere aeafl. or.years, now, snc . Uhoulder toward the house behind1 - "i Deneve ne wuuv uBJ . Meanwhile, time had. not stood still and went away trom here long years : ...... . . . . Ktif h a" crave me tO Un- . -. . j tt t i j 1 j t j . . icr stuusuauu, . . . . T for the occupants ot the greatnouse . ago. ner DaDies au aiea,.i ncara, cx- the Arertri thf families were not onxne .. th - ..i. ; -.1-.. u i-. -. j-t,;..... MISS lOliy, lUUKllig UUl kepi iuc usi uut, tnu uiai tiiuh wv, Pn I..Smh0u,d rejoined MisS oHerms. He fought. . howeV, " Polly, stiffly. "However, I intend to that fir your sister's.sake you might J'T. ".r, vab as a a a A A K- VS. K V w ithough,-a;li,USiBiri;.here mighW ' and if you'ea iduerea. : a write that she migiu come -i . . V V Tr --r Tx - r TWt. .. h . Vvv; . . V nr"l L" ' hU wife here who openly pitied her lonely life, and who (Co ntinuecl op page 21, this issue) S i i t 1' it i) uu, rejpinea the laay ary- mere is ' . ; ' . . , i. . '. ' .. .; ' ; ' , . . - ' : ------ --. . - - . .- '. . , '.'
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