"This little woman back here doesn't look afraid."
"No, she's different." Polly cast a look at her.
Mrs. Adlerfeld caught it and smiled back, a bright, happy smile, as if, indeed, she had "lots o' joy."
CHAPTER XVI
THE HIKING CLUB
"OH, Miss Nita! What do you think?" Polly burst into the room full of excitement. "Chris has gone!"
"Gone? Where?"
"To Australia!"
"Not alone?"
"Oh, no! His father is with him. We never knew he was coming—till there he was! For a minute Chris hardly knew him! Isn't that queer? But he didn't look like himself. His hair is cut close to his head! What do you suppose he did it for? It isn't becoming! But, oh, you ought to have seen Chris! He jumped right into his father's arms and cried and cried and cried! Mr. Morrow cried, too, almost as hard as Chris! We had a pretty exciting time!"