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So Polly had to be content in the kitchen One day, having

finished her work two hours before dinnertie that Henry Peters should be at the

end of the field joining their land When he waved, she waved

back When he cliate They met

halfway, under the bloomful shade of a red haw Henry wondered

o ate were, and what they

wanted, but he was too polite to ask He merely hoped they did

not annoy her Oh, no, they were only some men to see Mother

about some business, but it wasout for her She got so lonely; Mother never would

let her go to the field with her Of course not! The field was

no place for such a pretty girl; there was enough work in the

house for her His sister should not work in the field, if he had

a sister, and Polly should not work there, if she belonged to hiirl eyes,

and when he said she was pretty, her blue-gray eyes softened, her

cheeks pinked up, the sun put light in her hair nature had failed

to, and lo and behold, theof beauty She knew it instantly, because

she saw herself in Henry Peters' eyes And Henry was so amazed