Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-10-06

lily" Grumblcd Molly Evans aS She sat
10y the open window and watched an
automobile disappear in Il cloud of
dust She knew the girls who had just
passed in the machine. They had
waved their hands gayly ut her but
she wished they hadn't. She wished
She hadn't seen them. 1t was no fun
to watch other people enjoy them
selves.
You expect too much," replied her
sister Kate. who sat near by trying to
make last summers dress look like
new. "Thrrc are lots of things that
might happen that you wouldn't like
at ALL"
Kate was older than Molly and had
managed TO evolve for herself a phi
loSuphy that made life easier for her
than for her restless sister.
".Iust give up and stop expecting
things, and they will come to YOU with
out any trouble" she added, with n
serenity which, it must bc confessed,
scarcely matched her inmost feelings
at that moment. for it is not the easl-
est thing in the world to make a last
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, :, "'''' S'ou
bling along in the same old humdrum
way. You've always been an angel
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lh,u ovo,. aud i,,.. I,.a,. ~,
Kate did l,,i, ,t hor arn,,t,,,.o,,.
Molly w,. nfr,,.or ,rI L,a.a t,,'o
wears older They had tok,n ,,ro of
themselves for rnur vo,r. N,n,, Nv,
tc,rhiu,, ,,u,i,. and ,I,., ,,..f
ch;l3rrm. as their town had no kinder
gHrtrn. and hate hv fine sewing and
embroidery. The lnttcr's ambition WAS
t. be trained nurse but that took so
much tlDc and she could not afford
to give mp her present income even
for tn" prospect of Il better one in
years to come. She was always call
ed upon when there was sickness and
responded ch"rrtuIIy. though usually
her compensation consisted solely Of
thanks verbally expressed.
Never mlnd. dean" replied the opti-
hllNtIc Nate. Something will happen
bHiofr You think-mayhc today. Ev-
"rNlIln% comes to her who waits Sup
pos" You walk over to F"rncliff and
take this waist to Mrs. Dean. prom
lS"d II TO her today, and it's all done up
ready to co.
Molly arose and shook her curly
brown head, Sm0othcl ont her pink
lr"rk and took the package. She
kissed Kat" h"for" Sh" started out, but
there wasn't much animation in her
walk.
"Somethmg nice is on thr way" said
Kate. Il feel it in my bones" Molly
laughed and ran Gown the strps She
brokc off a big spray of lilac as she
passed the bush by the gate and car
ricd 1t along with her, The scent of
the blossom brou~ht mrrorins th,t
were both sweet and sad. \ year ago.
leaning over the gate in the moonlight
by that same lilac bush. Dick Foster
had first said. "Molly. love you." and
new world of sweetness and life had
been opened for her. Two months ago
they had puarrrled and separated.
Why? Why do lovers ever quarrel?
Do they know? Does ANYBODY know?
The most foolish and futile reasons ON
carth-iealouSv. false pride and some
times Il tentativc desire to roin the
mastery. With Molly ANA Dick II ,v,s
mostly ieolousv with h,r,Ilv amy, fo,n
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