1160 (16) I THE PROGRESSIVE FARMEr ing Half defiantly 'she asked if -migh for a moment, see the H t girl, Pollyanna. ute Miss Polly said no. Shebeen ; say it very sternly; but iy- add.the cm! explanation that no on wasallowed yet to see Pollyanna Polly anna: The Glad Book 1 y (Trademark) (Trademark) By Copyright 1913 -By L. C. Page & Conine ELEANOR H. PORTER V,OiLllPn than - V. Don'trtlisst&eBiglloney rpH B Tlrjrln loll that the stumps keep oat 1 ofcnttiMtioablthebectsoUrMhawi, You can pull e titan acreo noreef stumps In a day at costol fio 3c tSc per atuaij. Ko matter bow Mf or tooffc the tu1 walks right out When the Heresies gets hold of It Witlitlur8tnmtcoiaeanftelofia roots that spread out in all directions. The land Is left ready lot cultivation. . HERCULES TpStaEpPulbr Let us send you proof that thooy sands of farmers have maaea . - bi 2 money by the Her cules. Getou money saving propositioa. BEtCUUf MF8. Mi 1BO 25XH Stmt. Csaaf j Ask AbOHl Hand Power Pullers Low Prloe t 0.000 -Pounds Pull O name as "Mrs. Tarbell." 1 M. ... 1 ii i V Solve fho Drainage Problem Write for free book and letter from hundreds ot farmers telling what they do with the Martin, Ditcher and Terraeai . ents dftehea. throws up terraces, levels tonrpe, fffln frf; Hes.ra&kea levees, builds roads. AD-ateel, adjustable and reversible for wide and narrow catting. K days' trial. . s Money back gnarantee. Owenstoi Etcher and Grader Co., be, Box 31S, Owensboro, ft. CHAPTER XXVIII- (Continued) dM not knQW her it She won "V OU know nothing was ever right X before for mother, she was al ways wanting 'em different. And, real ly, I don t know as one could blame her much tinder the circumstances. But now she lets me keep the shades up, and she takes interest in things how she looks, and her nightdress, and all that. And shes actually be gun to knit little things reins and baby blankets for fairs and hospi tals. And she's, so interested, and so glad to think she can do it ! and that was all Miss Pollyanna's doing, you V know, 'cause she told mother she could be glad she'd got her hands and arms, anyway; and that made mother wonder tight away why she didn't do something with her hands and arms. And so she began to do something to knit, you know. And you can't think what a different room it is now, what with the red and blue and yellow worsteds, and the prisms in the window that she gave her j why, it actually makes you feel bet ter just to go in there now ; and be fore I used to dread it awfully, it was so dark and gloomy, and moth er was so so unhappy, yon know. " ' "And so we want you to please tell Miss ; Pollyanna that ' we understand it'sl! because of her. And please say we're so glad we know her and that we thought, maybe if she knew it, it would make her a little glad that she -knew us. And and that's all," sigh ed Milly, rising hurriedly to her feet. "You'll tell her?" still at a slightly defiant Was slsn f ' ... . - - vaL ,t "Mr nam ? it t v i mrs. fairer, u dered vaguely how Pollyanna could Torn Payson. I presume v 7 rs w Unwn hr Tl,o laHv'w hr .t P"sume you ve heard mc mosi ot the eood ni se Se Tn haveTand y soZ "I'm a strancrer to tou of cour she began at-once. "Bur,, I'm ! not' But never mind that Tf'c true' I came. I heard W L6 anna, i v s D.en at we oom au SHm- accident, and-and h broke me a U " every day I've had to take Last week I hMr t, t , p s for my health. It was on iSS-iiiT 'KV ' these, walks that I've metr ?niece a I couldve SpSy she's such a dear little girl! I wish for hers SnM rf y gs I .could mak, face and cilery ways remind can thee of my own little girl that I lost years 0 m, I notice " Sl use ago. I was so shocked to hear, of f She paused and cleared her throat- the accident 1 and then wherii learn- but when she resumed her voice was : . "Maybe, you don't know it, but I've seen a good deal of the little girl of yours. We live on the-Pendleton Hill road, and she used to go by often mm I Uy(J lnglHi 1 1 Pollv. wondering just how much of this remarkable discourse she could remember to tell. These, visits of John Pendleton and Milly Snow were only the first of many; and always- there were the messages the messages which were in some way so curious that they caused Miss Polly more and more to puzzle over them. " : One day there was the little Wid ow Benton.,, Miss Polly knew her well, though they had never called MAY. Mtf. PAAffrntlAM APIA OT rJ raytZQ knew her as the saddest little wo- HORSE.HIOH, BULL. STRONG, PIG-TICHT Kade ot Open Hearth wire, im9tiij KuvNuxeo assrons;, durable, Jang-lastlng, rnst-re-stetliiflr fine. Sold direct to the jrarmer a wire mill prices. Here's a few ofonrbljr values te-fsttkHecPsfics- IS aim. rod. 48-Inch Poottrv Penes -Z7 eta. a rod. Soselal Prlesa M fiaha. MarfwMt hmim. Oar big Catalog of fence values shows 100 styles and heights of Farm, Poultry sad lawn Fence at money-eavlng prices. Write for It to-day. it's free. KITSEIXIAN BROS. Box 84 Uunda. Ind. VJIiya and VJIzorcforoo is the title of a little booklet, giving seven reasons, official and non-official, why it is the best time to spray. This booklet will be sent out by the B. G. Pratt Co., 50 Church St; New York, manufiworersofthe well-known "SCAIIDEVataveryearrydate, Ifyou man' in town one who was always in black To-day, however, Mrs.' Ben ton wore a knot of pale blue at the, throat, though there were tears in her eyes. She spoke of her grief and arenoton their mailing list, send them a I horror at the accident ; then she postal today giving the number of your trees asked diffidently if she might see uuu yuur ucaicr a uouio ouu yy vtua 1 JrOliyanna. ceive a copy free, . Address Depte 23a QUALITY FALL SEEDS i READY Plan- r Onloss Xadlsb, Coltard. Cab bare Spinach. Irish ratauses. X FIRST SEND FOR PRICE LIST Plant- The Clover. CrfmsonJUfalhu Red and Bar; Abrazzi ajc WstpcdaltulaBganda Oaisai. Spedatsffer 12pxckarcs assorted Vcfeuble Seeds for 50c J. STZCElia SEED CO.. ltd. Hew Orleans, la. 1 YTaMam tTasASAHS afeiaiA. VDCs ILvlVSCUVf ViBSSV- ttwaa rUarUl.t-A Haa an1 I UUSi wf sts saaav other easaa xoais. ttanta to laat sad da hard work. V IIWI szn. CjoJ Uateriala. I byjpaiiwwakisf mnm MtJ bnnMMaMK. . S Baaua Trial. snrms swoai snev 1 'I i . Loid d."-. 10 VsaM8aias. ti j a?rTA8ja t:jLr.m'ACTU ri mo. col. 7i immw awmsa. ... " .r.-.-"-- iii. crnTS kO?t ii-.f f! styles Faxm, CENTS A l9D to ak liJiieh tisrb fencei ZlXm. a rod for 74n. im. Ponltrv and Lava teacesv LowpooefliiarDea wire. Miss Polly shook her head. "I am sorry, but she sees no one yet A little later perhaps." Mrs. Benton wiped her eyes, rose, and turned to go. But after she had almost reached the hall .. door she came back hurriedly. "Miss Harrington, perhaps you'd gjve her a message," she stammerd. "Certainly, Mrs. Benton; I shall be very glad to." btill the little woman hesitated; then she. spoke. "Will you tell her, please, that that I've put on this," she said, just touching the blue bow at her throat Then, at Miss Polly's ill-concealed look of surprise, she added: "The lit the girl has been trying for so long to make me wear some color, that I thought she'd be glad to know Id begun. She said that Freddy would be so glad to see it, if I would. Yon know Freddy's all I have now. The others have all " Mrs. Benton shook fier headland turned away. "If you'll walk again,vand that she was so Un happy because she coulda't be- glad any" longer the dear child 1 I just had to come to you." xuu "c VCiJf niuu, iuukuiuicu only sne didn't always eo bv. She Miss Polly. i.j came,in and played with the kids and "But it is you who are to be kind," talked 'to me-and my man, when he demurred the other. "I I want you was home. She seemed to like it, and io give ner a message ironi me. wm you?" "Certainly." "Will you just'tell her, then, that "Mrs. Tarbell is glad now. Yes, I know it sounds odd, and you , don't understand. But if you'll pardon me I'd rather not explain.'' " Sad lines came to the lady's" mouth, and ; the smile left her eyes. "Your niece will know just what I mean ; and I felt that I must tell her; Thank you ; and pardon me, please, for any seem ing rudeness in my call" she beg ged, as she took her leave. Thoroughly mystified now, Miss- Polly hurried up-stairs to Pollyan na's room. "Pollyanna, do you know a Mrs. Tarbell?" iV-O- "Oh, yes. I love Mrs. Tarbell. She's sick, and awfully sad; and she's at the hotel, and takes long walks. We go together. I mean we used to." PollyannaV voice broke, and two big thinking how she used to come and iear rouea aown ner cnceKs. sit, on Our doorstep ana tram wmi Miss Polly, cleared her throat hur-, the kids, arid laugh, andt-and just be Hedly. - "glad. She was always being glad "Well, she's just been here, dear, about something; and then, one day, She left a message for you but she she told us why, and about the game, wouldn't teH me what it meant. She you know; and tried to coax us to said to tell yon that Mrs. Tarbell is play It . glad now.- . . ' .."Well, we've heard now that she's r Pollyanna clappedMier hands soft- fretting her poor little life out of her, ly. : because she can't play it no more- "Did she say that really? Oh, I'm that there's nothing to be glad about. "to like us. She didn't know, I suspect, that her kind of folks don't generally call on my kind. Maybe if they did cairmore, Miss Harrington, there wouldn't be so many of. my kind," she added, with sudden bitterness. ; "Be that as it may, she came; and she didn't do herself no harm, and she did do us good a lot o' good. How much she won't know nor can't know, I hope.; cause if she did, she'd know other things that I don't want her to know. "But ifs just this. It's been hard times with us this year, in more ways than one. We've been blue and dis couraged my man and me, and ready for 'most anything. We was reckon ing on getting a divorce about now, and letting the kids well, we didn't know what we would do with the kids. Then' came the accident, and what we heard about the little girl's never walking aganv And we got to what did she so glad!" . "But Pollyatina, mean? " "Why, ifs- the game, and " Polly anna stopped short, her fingers to her lips.. . "What game?" .'. "N-nothing much, Aunt Polly; that i a , iTrrirrtl rAcrcr n uses mm: ;ust ten Pbiivanna-wn Mfera i w ritft tar i eatalottr now. 1 S lauCL VTTLrxczr.Tzr.zztt I her. - . j Ll Ml L-.J : When wrltm t adTertfier say, b&w your adyerttoement; In Tfte Prosresstr o rar- met.' .-h'' -ictriS l A little later, that same day, there was r the other widow at least the wore widow's garments.:: Miss Polly And that's what T came to tell her to daythat maybe she can be a little glad for us, 'cause we've decided to stick to each other, and play the . t r,MA. cKa wnulu game ourseives. j -. , be glad, because she used to feelkina of bad at things we said,.sometimes. trip came is ffoing to help is I can't tell it unless I teH other . I can't sav that I exactly see, yetj things that that I'm not to speak but maybe twill Anyhow, we ve go of." ing to try 'cause she wanted us to. It was on Miss Polly's tongue to Will yon tell her ?" question her niece further ; but the . "Yes, I will tell her," promised Miss obvious distress on the little girl's Polly 2l little faintly. Then, with sud , face stayed the words before they - den impulse, she stepped forward and were uttered. held out her hand. "And thank you wot long alter Mrs, Jarbell's visit, for comintr. Mrs. Payson," sne tne cumax came, it came m the shape of a call from a certain young woman with unnaturally pink cheeks and ab normally yellow hair ; a young wo man who wore high heels and cheap jewelry a young woman whom Miss Polly knew very well bv refutation but whom she was angrily amazed to hind her before .Miss Polly was con meet beneath the roof of the Har- fronting Nancy in the kitcnen nngion nomesteaa. ; Miss Polly did not offer her hand. She drew back, indeed, as she enter ed the room. The "defiant chin feU. The hps above it trembled visibly. With an incoher ently mumbled something, Mrs. w on blindldutched at the out stretched handr turned, and fled. , The door had scarcely cioscu - (Continued next week We have recerved the copies iot we nave received .w"s w"w"ivnir you l0t Vetch Special and. wish ta U n form- - .VDie woman rose at once:- Her eyes atum is fuiiy worth the uffiffiSS were very redas if she had beenry-

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