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At the last minute, Aunt Pattie Boyden fortunately contracted a toothache -- and the Coney Island party was compelled to go unchaperoned. They tried to be regretful and sympathetic as the six of them climbed into the big touring car, but Ashley Loring found them a solace.
"Never you mind," he soothed them -- "Polly will chaperon us."