The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-04
BY JAMES NOEL JOHNSON.
DR. MOLLIE.

In the town or Emmonsvtlle there dwelt a young girl who had resolved tc become a physician. Strange to relate she was very heautlful; stranger still that would have looked so nnr;h better in masculine togs. and still stranger. she was very much In love with handsome
 lovable young man. Jerome Boucher. and
 had already promised to marry him. Now this young man was q lawyer oi
 great prem mise, but little present achieve
 msnt. He was not ; in position to naar, under
 and, dur!-- the interim. Miss Mollie Dal. ton eoLie: tee any great great s9od sense faseo m almost MnS Wicked Wicked uR that a she she should watch him. hands folded. in the valley Of idle
 But Jerome could not bear the though, well of it, as they sat together on the soft turf. beneath the shade of a great beech one August afternoon
 eyes brimming with loyelight. how could I bear to hear you call pr. Nellie? Oh I couldn't, and shall not! Please get that notion out of that pretty head. Such a notion. long continued. will disfiEure you. dear. If you keep nourishing that scientific idea 1t will drain all the sources of your beauty. Oh, you lok like coc- ness! I tell you, though. you can trans; fcvm and disf1gure yourself The mind can knead the body into most any shape it sees fit. By their looks ye know what
 If you perist in your determination, the dimpies of your cheek will sink, spread and deepen into concavit!es. Your golden. glossy hear will wear on short, short and get straight. dry and pale as wheat stubble in dog days. Your plump lips red and warm now. will get ii'oned down thin and tucked in at the corners. Your nose. straight, fine and Greek, will set
 hurnn m itself. and aharn and hooked at the end like a hawk billed knife
 Your expressive blue eyes will lcse theiI adorable softness and luminosity and VII become sharp, penetrating. anAlytic scientific. Oh how ceuld bear 1t! Mol He's sweet blue eye becomes the doctors scientific eyer
 ling" gazed at him with face sparkling
 with smiles. but beneath those smiles like a back wall, frowned stern resolu' tion Jerome saw this. and looked dis couraged.
 Jerome" she responded in quiet
 decided voice, My mind is fully made up I'm going to be something and know
 something in my own right. have got
 woman's sphere. Woman was giver | brain and hands to be used. She was | not made to sit back in beautiful. rosy | stupidity and idlcness. A capacity foi l effort implies duty to use that capacity shall study medicine. I'll equip myself I for self-defense l shall not lean help lessly against you as pillar or strength | The pillar might get broken. l shal | qualify myself to be a physician; ther | if good fortune will fix it that I'll moi need to practice. very good; but If mis l fortune comes. I'll be ready to meet Il with skilled weapons.
 II can't listen to you patiently. dear. cried Jerome. You have promised 10 b. | mine. I forbid your going to medt "a school"
 But I'm not yours yet. underst and" 1 returned Mollie, good deal of empha | sis in look and voice.
 Jerome suddenly drew In his frm np' 1 and faint lightning played in his eyes. | Il had no idea. Mollie." he spoke in
 surprised tone. that you could be 70 un | reasonable and perverse."
 | You mean you didn't know l could h.
 so sensible and farseeing." she ret ir1ad
 with a defiant smile. | Jerome rose to his feet. He ran nj | long fingers through his soft "htatnn | hair then pulled his hat down hard or
 his head. He gazed absently toward {; | cornfield hundred yards away, Tn Wolcl | a man was blowing. and me bnSol l young woman was cutting weeds ron tn' | corn rows after him. The man halted | turned toward the woman; uttered Stsn'
 banter. then playfnlly picked up a cIp' | and threw it at Ter. She dodged tn'
 clod. gayly cactlnE ard then niay'uii! 1 lifted the inenacing hoe toward hlm.
 MolIie caught tha idylic ricturt. ana l looking m at Jerome with a meaning ex | prcssi,.n exclaimed:
 | "Hapry young married folk:
 | Put the suggested picture or mnt"a ,A,,-sdav AROUND THE HOTEL ST