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BEFORE THE LADIES' AID.
Dinner, which came at noon in the Harrington homestead, was a silent meal on the day of the Ladies' Aid meeting.

Pollyanna, it is true, tried to talk; but she did not make a success of it, chiefly because four times she was obliged to break off a "glad" in the middle of it, much to her blushing discomfort.

The fifth time it happened, Miss Polly moved her head wearily.
"There, there, child, say it, if you want to," she sighed.

"I'm sure I'd rather you did than not if it's going to make all this fuss." Pollyanna's puckered little face cleared.
"Oh, thank you.