The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-11
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Don't be absurd, Jack. How many holeTs
 T never have--you don't get into holes. Well. but that's not worth speaking of By the Lord, I won't touch that. I've got some manhood ieft--in spite of cotton" She plotted the check. and put it un- der paper-weight. Don't take your- Fseif SO tragic"-her voice thickened. She cleared 1t and again added: There are others"
 And again Jack bent his head. He nad indeed given hostages to fortune. T should have thought of that be- fore" he muttered, humiliated. Molly, leaning against the desk. while she glanced over some papers she had taken from her pocket. quoted softly:
 The moving finger writes, and having
 writ,
 Moves on; not all your piety or wit shall lure 1t back to cancel half line. Nor all your tears wash out word of it. Here's the deeds, Jack. You get the mortgage in sha.ys and I'll drop in to sign up as pass this evening. Oh, know it's bad; but you can give me your note. See here, old fellow, don't take 1t like that. Don't I know how you feel?
 Molly, Molly! How did you ever get
 Why, Madge called me in this morn ing. She was bit cut up. It seems that when you left last evening you that you were badly bothered, and the --er--inference naturally suggested cotton.''
 Molly" he insisted, following her to the door, I'm not worth all this" She laughed. Don't say how much you are worth until the post office site Is selected. You may get fancy price yet for your rats nest
 Jack started happily. why, had not thought of that" Then, sobering. I'm not worth the risk you are taking. dear girl"
 Molly's fingers frightened on the
 "oh, don't know" she said, hur- riedly. You are a pretty good sort. Jack" She steadied, and added: You won't forget about the state of things on Rampant. It seems silly, but Madge is really distressed"
 Poor little girl" he said, tenderly. and Molly, safe behind her glasses. went forth to receive with steady pa- tience the severe remarks of a long waiting, exasperated employer. All during the day she turned the other cheek. and yet other cheeks. She could not affort to lose her job now. On the way home she went around by the clerks office and secured copying to be done at night. She was getting ready to pay off that mortgage. Jacks note was as good as gold. but life is uncer- tain, and she would relish a bit of ex- tra work just at this time. ? Moily's mother objected to the night work. She preferred her daughters pleasant society to the few dollars to be earned by the drudgery.
 Surely, Molly, it Is not necessary, with your salary and the legacy"
 'Oh. mamma. dear, you don't under stand" Molly explained. humorously; i've been going in for frills."
 But mamma did understand--enough to silence further protest. A mothers eyes are not to be bafied by even the most baffiing of gold-rimmed glasses. So, without being plagued about it, Molly took up her load and carried 1t true.
 It was several weeks later that she encountered Jack and Madge on a cor ner, where they were waiting for a west end car. They. were in a joyous mood and greeted her gaily. She gave them as gay as they sent. and went home to her copying. She had been making transcripts for an hour before 1t occurred to her to apply the salve of truth to her ugly wound.
 Why, you see," she said then to her inmost soul, Tt is up to me to be, gratefully, the dog under the table"