The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-07-24

Dfedtne as ueep us yOu Cuu, ue OrutE-
ed from against by back buttons.
expanded and breathed-pretty quickly
at that
Now hold your breath as long as
you can" he commanded, and it fitted
my mood exactly to do SO.
Cant find anything" he said at
last, letting me go and looking care
fully at my face. His eyes were all
anxiety, and | liked 1t. when does
It hurt you and how?" he asked anx-
iously.
Moonlight nights and lonesomely,"
apwered before | could stop my
self. and what happened then was
worse than any cyclone. He got white
for minute and just looked at me as
II was bug stuck on a pin, then
gave a short little laugh and turned to
the table.
II didn't understand you were jok-
ing" he said quietly.
That maddened me. and would
have done anything to make him think
l was not the foolish thing he evident.
ly had classified me as being. | snatch
ed at my mind and shook out mix.
myself and gave them to him. looking
straight in his face. | would have
cracked all the ten commandments to
save myself from his contempt.
"I'm not joking" | said jerkily. 81
am lonesome. And worse than being
lonesome, I'm scared. | ought to have
stayed just the quiet relict Of Mr.. Car
ter and gone on to church meetings
with Aunt Adeline and let myself be
fat and respectable, but I haven't got
the character. You thought / went to
town to buy monument. and didn't
l bought enough clothes for two brides
and now I'm scared to wear 'em, and
| don't know what you'll think when
you see my handbook. Everybody Is
talking about me and that dinner par.
ty Tuesday night. and Aunt Adeline
says she can't live in house of mourn.
ing so desecrated any longer. Shes
going back to the cottage. Aunt Bet
tie Pollard says that If want to get
married | ought to do 1t to Wilson
Graves because of the seven children
and then everybody would be so re-
lieved that they are taken care of that
they would forget that Mr. Carter
hasn't been dead quite one year yet
Mrs. johnson says | ought to be de.
clared a minor and put as a ward to
you. cant help Judge Wade's send
ing me flowers and Toms sitting on
my front step night and day. I'm
not strong enough to carry him away
and murder him. am perfectly mis-
erable and I'm
Now. that'll do, Molly: just hush for
half minute and let me talk to you"
said DR. John as he took my hand in
his and drew me near him mo won
der your heart hurts If it has got all
that load of trouble on it. and we'll
just get little of that scare OF. You
put yourself in my hands, and you are
to do just as tell you, and say-for-
get it! Come with me while | make a
call 1t is long drive. and I'm-Tm
lonesome sometimes myself"
saw the wors, was over. and I
biNllhCu liCtlt but uuO ldIhtu
so much truth in that fiction that felt
just as said did. which is slightly
unnatural feeling for woman There
was nothing for 1t but to go with him,
and wanted to most awfully.
To my dying day I'll never forget
Run pike, he took me to in his shabby
little car Just two tiny rooms. but
they were clean aud quiet. and a girl
with the sweetest face ever saw lay
in the bed with her eyes bright with
pride and tiny. tiny little bundle close
beside her. The young farmer was red
with embarrassment and anxiety.
She's all right today. but she wor-
ries because she don't think ] can tend
to the baby right" he said. and he did
look helpless. Her mother had to go
home for two days. but is coming to-
morrow. ! dasn't undress and wash
the youngster myself 1t won't hurt
him to stay bundled up until granny
comes. will 1t. DocT
Not a bit" answered DR.. John in
his big comforting voice.
But looked at the girl, and under
stood her. She wanted that baby clean
and fresh even If it was just five days
old. and I felt all of sudden terribly
capable. picked up the bundle and
went into the other room with 1t,
where kettle was boiling on the
stove and a large bucket by the door.
found things by just glance from
her. and the hour ! spent with that
small baby was one. of the most de-
licious of all my life. never was left
entirely to myself with one before, and
| did all wanted to this one. guided
by instinct and desire. He slept right
through and was the darlingest thing
ever saw when | laid him back on the
bed by her. | never looked In Dr.
Johns direction once. though felt
him all the time.
But on the way home | gave myself
the surprise of my lifel Suddenly
turned my face against his sleeve and
cried as I never had before. | felt
safe. for it is a cliff road and he had to
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