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Which tells of the man

           "Humph!"gruntedtheman,ashepassedon. TheManalwaysspoketoPollyannaafterthis,andfrequentlyhespokefirst,thoughusuallyhesaidlittlebut"goodafternoon." Eventhat,however,wasagreatsurprisetoNancy,whochancedtobewithPollyannaonedaywhenthegreetingwasgiven. 

           "Sakesalive,MissPollyanna,"shegasped,"didthatmanSPEAKTOYOU?" 

           "Why,yes,healwaysdoesnow,"smiledPollyanna. 

           "‘Healwaysdoes’! Goodness! Doyouknowwhoheis?"demandedNancy. 

           Pollyannafrownedandshookherhead. 

           "Ireckonheforgottotellmeoneday. Yousee,Ididmypartoftheintroducing,buthedidn’t." 

           Nancy’seyeswidened. 

           "Butheneverspeaksteranybody,childhehain’tforyears,Iguess,exceptwhenhejusthasto,forbusiness,andallthat. He’sJohnPendleton. HelivesallbyhimselfinthebighouseonPendletonHill. Hewon’tevenhaveanyone‘roundtercookforhimcomesdownterthehotelforhismealsthreetimesaday. IknowSallyMiner,whowaitsonhim,andshesayshehardlyopenshisheadenoughtertellwhathewantstereat. Shehasterguessitmore’nhalfthetimeonlyit’llbesomethin’CHEAP! Sheknowsthatwithoutnotellin’." 

           Pollyannanoddedsympathetically. 

           "Iknow. Youhavetolookforcheapthingswhenyou’repoor. FatherandItookmealsoutalot. Wehadbeansandfishballsmostgenerally. Weusedtosayhowgladwewerewelikedbeansthatis,wesaiditspeciallywhenwewerelookingattheroastturkeyplace,youknow,thatwassixtycents. DoesMr.Pendletonlikebeans?" 

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