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-in '"the rccsi so" the sun'llniake the ; "Maybe rot. - But" there's
'rainbows dance as: that blessed child fccrrr, that ain't ' answerin' ne,-any
.? balls' it. - She's sent Timothy down f er fOId Tom. Then,- abruptly tVf ln.ne(l
Cobb's " greenhouse three; .times, for died. from hiseyesV "How U h i,gtt
:f resh flowers-i-an, tlaty Vesidei; .all. i:;day-Htfce , little" gal - ., shc.ter.
rtheposieVfekhed
'.the ether day, if I didn't find her. sit-- too, had sobered. ' er face, .
Polly anna:
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morrow.
t v j . - - . bed, , her eyes all smmn an - nappy, lays there, an' sleeps an tal1 c 1
Besides, it s already arranged.; An t declare ter Goodness. 1 Miss an' tries ter miu ; , .some,
York doctor is coming to- Pn11v ua:nf wr air -IHcp tha the tun glaa cause
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;4tOh, yes, he does, I'm sure, dear?': : As jit happened, however, the. Neir; blessed child;" s ';enongh ter make yer heart V ,8
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"But it was Dr. Chilton who doctor- York doctor did not come "to-mor- Old Tom chuckled.
; vith achinV
the last moment a telegraist. . WeD, it strikes me Miss Polly her-f.. ttI know; it's the 'game' bles h
unavoidable delay owing t . self ainrt lookin noseTthe worser-f or-sweet heart 1" nodded OM t
Chilton-"
"What, Poflyanna?" Aunt Polly's
voice v was very . sharp now. Her
cheeks were very red, too.
; ;"I say, if you loved Dr. r Chilton,
and didn't love the other one," sighed
Pollyanna, "seems to me . that would
make some differ enece in the good he
would do; and I love Dr.! Chilton
; The nurse entered the room at that;
moment,, and Aunt Polly rose to her
MI told ye soV nodded the. man. aI
told ye she wa'ntold.u T .
Nancy laughecL. :
" Wen, FII own up she hain't "got
quite so good an imitation of itas
glad.
; She'did She said I could be glad,
anyhow, that I didn't have ter stoop
sofar ter- do my wtedin' 'cause I
"was1 already bent part way over."
?Nancy'. gave a wistful laugh.
- :Wcll, I ain't surprised, after all.
You might know she'd find somethin
We've been playin it that game-
she did" have, !f ore Miss Pollyanna since almost the first.
come. ;Sayr Mr Tom;who was herw could play it
lover? I hain't found that out yet ; I , with though she did speak of-her
hain't, I hain't T 'l ' aimt.'-' - "
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ed Mr. Pendleton's broken leg, Aunt row." At
' much, I would hketo have Dr. Chilton the sudden illness ot the specialist wearmf them .'ere, curls 'round her' blinking a little.
; -truly I would r : . himself TTiis; ledJPoiryanna jnto-a. forehead he'obserTcd dryly..: She told you, then, too about tW
"But I do mind, Pollyanna. 1 mind renewed preadmgfoTtbe substitution ; -Course ae ain'C retorted Nan- 'ere-game?" . ' that
very much. I would do anything-al- of Dr.; Chilton-, which would be so indignantly "She looks like folks , 01l' ves. Sh tnM i
most anything for you, my dear; but : easy now, you know. - ' .now' She's actuatty almost-" t : . . .The old man hesitated g ag0"
;I-f or reasons which I do not caret But as before. Aunt PoUyshook hef( "Keerful, now, .Nancy 1". interrupted his lips-twitching a' little W?'n'
lUspeak of now, I don't wish Dr. Chilton head and said noear, very decis- the od ti, a ow in. "You'fgrowlin' one day 'cause Iwa ,1k?!
.. called in on-on this case. And be- ively, yet with a still more anxious as- know vrhat yon said when I told ye up and crooked; an' wha L "
7-, Beveme,lhe cannot know so .much -stirancefhat sh wottld do anything; handsome once . - - appose the Tittle thing said?"
aut-bouyour trouble, as this ; anything but that-to please her dear Nan shrugged her shoulders. . .L T couldn't guess I woLvt,-,
.great.doctordoes, who'wflt come Pollyanna.... , ; ; "Oh, she ain't handsome, of course ; she t could ndii'lff A? "
.from New York to-morrow." As the days of waiting passed one, but i 'win own tt she don't look lik , be glad abcit I - abUt that ter
Jfollyanna stiu looked unconvinced. "J vuc, n uiummcu, ou mu aum, t same woroani what with the rib--
"But, Aunt Polly, if you loved Dr. rony was ooing everyming Idui tnaij. j,ons an lace Jiggers MUs Pollyanna-
tnat sne couw ao to picase ner niece, nkes her wear round her neck" .
vi . woman t a Deuevea it yon
couldn't V made me believe it,"- Nan
cy said to Old Tom one morning.
"There don't seem to be a minute in
the day that Miss: Folry ain't- jest
hangin' 'round waitin' ter do some
thin' for that blessed jamb, if .'tain't
more than ter let: in the cat an' her
what wouldn't let Fluff nor Buff up
stairs for1 love . nor money . a week
ago: an' now she let's 'em tumble all "Hain't Ye?" asked the old man. "Mtss PoIM" .
feet abruptly; a . look of relief on hef over the bed jest 'cause it pleases with an, odd loot on his f ace. "Well Nancychuckled.
face. Miss Pollyanna! ; " I guess ye won't then from me." '- ' ' I guess you hain't got such an aw-
'1 am very sorry, Pollyanna' she "An when s 4!0h, Mr. Tom, come on- now," . fulrdiff-rent opinion o' the mistress
said, a little stiffly; but I'm afraid else; she's movin' them;, Kttlel glass wheedled the girl; uYe see, there than I have," she bridled.
you'll have to let me be the judge, this danglers Ground ter different winders ain't many folks here that I can ask." Old Tom stiffened.
. I .was only thinkm 'twould be
some v of a surprise to her," he ex
plained with dignity.
' "Well, "yes,, I guess 'twould be
then " retorted' Nancy. "I ain't savin'
what 'twould be now. Fd believe any
thing o' the. mistress now even that
she'd take ter playin' it herself !"
"But hain't the little gal told her
ever ? " ' She's told ev'ry one else, I
guess. . I'm hearin' of it ev'rywhere,
now, since she was hurted," said
Tom.', m.:V-:-::-: '
'Weli; she didn't tell Miss Polly,"
rejoined Nancy. ttMiss Pollyanna told
me long; ago that she couldn't tell
her, caus'e her aunt didn't like ter
have- her talk about her father; an'
'twas . her. father's game, an' she'd
have ter talk about him if she did tell
it.' So she never told her."
"Oh: I' see; I see The old man
nodded his head slowly. "They was
always bitter against the minister
chap an of 'em, 'cause he took Miss
Jennie away from 'em. An' Miss Pol
lyyoung as she" was couldn't never
forgive him; - she was that fond of
Miss Jennie in them days. I see, 1
see. Twas a bad mess," he sighed, as ,
he turned, away. t
-"Yes, 'twas all 'round, all 'round,"
sighed Nancy in her turn, as she went
back to' her kitchen. ,
Torino bnr were those days of
waiting . easy, .The nurse tried to
look cheerful, but her eyes were trou
bled. The doctor was openly nervous
and impatient, Miss Polly said little,
but even the softening waves of Mir
about her face and the becoming
laces' at her. throat, could not mac
the fact that she was growing thin
and pale. As ;to PoUyanna-PoUy-anna
petted the dog. smoothed tne
cat's 'sleek head, admired the floors
and ate - tfie fruits, and jellies that
Were sent in to her ; and returned m
numerable cheery answers to inc
many messages : of love and inqwrj
that wer e brought - to her bedside.
But she, too, grew pale and thin, . ana
the "nervous activity of the poor li tue
hands and arms only .einphasiftd the
pitiful motionlcssnesi .of the owe
active' little feet and legs,
so woefully quiet "under the blao"
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