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Aunt

Polly

frowned

and

said

nothing

.

The

rest

of

the

meal

was

a

silent

one

.

Pollyanna

was

not

sorry

to

hear

Aunt

Polly

tell

the

minister

's

wife

over

the

telephone

,

a

little

later

,

that

she

would

not

be

at

the

Ladies

'

Aid

meeting

that

afternoon

,

owing

to

a

headache

.

When

Aunt

Polly

went

up-stairs

to

her

room

and

closed

the

door

,

Pollyanna

tried

to

be

sorry

for

the

headache

;

but

she

could

not

help

feeling

glad

that

her

aunt

was

not

to

be

present

that

afternoon

when

she

laid

the

case

of

Jimmy

Bean

before

the

Ladies

'

Aid

.

She

could

not

forget

that

Aunt

Polly

had

called

Jimmy

Bean

a

little

beggar

;

and

she

did

not

want

Aunt

Polly

to

call

him

that

--

before

the

Ladies

'

Aid

.

Pollyanna

knew

that

the

Ladies

'

Aid

met

at

two

o'clock

in

the

chapel

next

the

church

,

not

quite

half

a

mile

from

home

.

She

planned

her

going

,

therefore

,

so

that

she

should

get

there

a

little

before

three

.

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"

I

want

them

all

to

be

there

,

"

she

said

to

herself

;

"

else

the

very

one

that

was

n't

there

might

be

the

one

who

would

be

wanting

to

give

Jimmy

Bean

a

home

;

and

,

of

course

,

two

o'clock

always

means

three

,

really

--

to

Ladies

'

Aiders

.

"

Quietly

,

but

with

confident

courage

,

Pollyanna

ascended

the

chapel

steps

,

pushed

open

the

door

and

entered

the

vestibule

.

A

soft

babel

of

feminine

chatter

and

laughter

came

from

the

main

room

.

Hesitating

only

a

brief

moment

Pollyanna

pushed

open

one

of

the

inner

doors

.

The

chatter

dropped

to

a

surprised

hush

.

Pollyanna

advanced

a

little

timidly

.

Now

that

the

time

had

come

,

she

felt

unwontedly

shy

.

After

all

,

these

half-strange

,

half-familiar

faces

about

her

were

not

her

own

dear

Ladies

'

Aid

.

"

How

do

you

do

,

Ladies

'

Aiders

?

"

she

faltered

politely

.

"

I

'm

Pollyanna

Whittier

.

I

--

I

reckon

some

of

you

know

me

,

maybe

;

anyway

,

I

do

YOU

--

only

I

do

n't

know

you

all

together

this

way

.

"

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The

silence

could

almost

be

felt

now

.

Some

of

the

ladies

did

know

this

rather

extraordinary

niece

of

their

fellow-member

,

and

nearly

all

had

heard

of

her

;

but

not

one

of

them

could

think

of

anything

to

say

,

just

then

.

"

I

--

I

've

come

to

--

to

lay

the

case

before

you

,

"

stammered

Pollyanna

,

after

a

moment

,

unconsciously

falling

into

her

father

's

familiar

phraseology

.

There

was

a

slight

rustle

.

"

Did

--

did

your

aunt

send

you

,

my

dear

?

"

asked

Mrs.

Ford

,

the

minister

's

wife

.

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