The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-04-10

would be interested In Father Tiber
and the old Colosseum. but what made
me forget the one slice OF dry toast
and the apple was the way he seemed
to be connecting me up with all those
wonderful old antiquities that had new
er even seen me. Because OF me he had
felt and written that poem descriptive
OF old Tiber, and the moonlight had
lit up the Colosseum Just because
was over here lighting up Hillsboro,
Tennessee, with Mr.. Carter dead OF
course there is no place to really copy
what he did say down into this imp
book and. anyway. that is the sentl-
ment he expressed. boiled down and
sugared of.
That's just what l mean-love boil
ed down and sugared of is mighty apt
to get an explosive favor. and one had
better be careful with that kind II one
is timid; which I'm not AS I said.
also. am ready for little taste Of
life, SO read on without fear. And.
to be fair, Alfred had well boiled his
own last paragraph. IL snapped; and
jumped and gasped both. I almost
thought didn't quite like It and was
going to read it over again to see.
when there came a procession from
over to Doctor Johns and laid the
bomb shell down on the bench.
First came the red setter that Is al
ways first with Doctor John. and then
he came himself. leading Billy by the
hand. It was Billy. but the most sub
dued Billy ever saw and held out
my arms and started for him.
wait a minute. please. Molly" said
the doctor in the voice he always uses
when he's furnishing Billy and me.
"Bnl came TO apologize to you for be-
ing rude to your-your guest He
told me all about IL and | think he ]
sorry. Tell Mrs. Carter you are sor-
ry. SON" When that man speaks to
me as IL we're just any old body else.
hate him SO II is a wonder / don't
show II more than | do. But there
was nothing to say and I looked at
Billy and Billy loked at me.
Then suddenly he stretched out his
little arms to me and the dimples
winked at me from all over his darling
face.
Molly. Molly" he said with per-
feet rapture OF chuckles In his voice.
now you look just as pretty as you do
when you go to bed: all Witty all over.
You can kiss my kiss-spot a hundred
times while bear-hug you for that
nice not-black Dress" and before any
stern person could have stopped us |
was on my knees on the grass kissing
my fill from the "kiss-spot" on the
back of his neck, while he hugged all
the starch out OF the before
last
And Doctor John sat down on the
bench quick and laughed out loud one
OF the very few times I ever heard
him do 1t. He was looking down at
us. but | didn't laugh up into HIS
eyes. | was afraid. felt 1t was safer
to go on kissing the klss-spot for the
present. anyway.
"Bili.' he said. with his voice dane
ing. that's the most effective apology
I ever heard. You were sorry to some
point"
Then suddenly Bill stiffened right in
NY arms and loked me straight In the
face and said In the doctors own
brisk tones. even with his cupid mouth
set In the same straight line:
Il say I'm sorry. Molly. but damn
that man and I'll git him yeti"
What could we say? What could We
do? We didn't try. ] busted myself
in tying the string on Billy's blouse
that had come united in the bear-hug
and the doctor suddenly discovered
the letter on the bench. saw him