The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-27
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 Ned, and may have imagined the smile fin his eyes, for his mouth was purely professional Anyway, I lowered my Flashes down on to my cheeks and am hBwered eKperimentaIly:
 ~Sometimes 1t hurts" Then a cy- FGl0ne happened to me
 Come here to me a minuteg'' he rsadd quickly, and he turned me around and put his head down between my .shCulders and he1dlme so tight against k71Es ear that could hardly breathe. < Expand your chest three times and breathe as deep as you can," he order led from against by back buttons I expanded and breathedApretty quickly at that
 Now hold your breath as long as FUu can" he commanded, and it fitted my mood exactly % do so.
 Cant ind anything" he said at Hast, letting me go and looking care fully at my face Ills eyes were all anxiety, and I liked it. 'FWhen does fTt hurt you and howF' he asked anx- ha0umiy.
 ! ssAGoonsiene rteHats and xlonesozneIy," n answered before could stop my HseEf RnsH what happened then was kEvogss than any cyclone He got white k2ur a srnanuae and just looked at me as f4e I vas a bug stuck on 6 pin, then tgaue short little laugh and turned to sthe table
 sT dldn't-undeFstand you were jok- F1ng.'' 'he-saf0 quietly.
 Thats maddened me, and would Sh4vetdcRse anything ito make him think HH wwenOt the foolish thing he evident rRy hazzAcIasezaed meas belng snatch- Fed at uzy nina and shook out a mix e#ure cHaruth and Hes that fooled even Eznysel6zsEnd gave them to him, looking kstratghf k1n his face. I would have craekeR all the ten commandments to FBave myself from hisAcontempt aT.m mot joking" saFd jerkfIy. 'T f@m Ionesme. And worse than being fE0nesome. I'm scared [ ought to have fBtzyef Jnst the quiet relHct of Mir. Car fster and gone on to church meetings w1th Aunt A11e1iner and let myself be fiat and respectable, but haven't got f4he character. Y0U- thought I went to s&Own to buy mcnumeuts and didn't td bought enough clothes for two brides, Band now I'm scared to wear 'em, and sa don't know, what yoU'n think when EyTou gee my bankbook. Everybody is talking about me. and that dinner par fly Tuesday night, and Aunt Adeline ksays she can't live in a houseof mourn Ing go de9ecrated any longer She's
 
 1ie PoElardSsays that if I want to get !sEnarte1 ought to do it to Wilson FGravea because of the seven children, 5and then everybody would be 50 re- s1ieTed that they are taken care of that F&hey would forget that MT. Carter hasn't been dead quite one year yet. iAdrS- Johnson says ought to be de selared a minor and put as a ward to syou- can't help Judge Wade's send ling me flowers sand Toms sitting on fmy front steps night and day. I'm lnot strong enough to carry him away Fand murder him I am perfectly mis- terab1e. and I'm-
 ''No-v, thatn do, Molly: just hush for a half minute and'4et me talk to you,'' said Dr. John as he took my hand in f11is and drew me near him. 'No won sder your heart hurts if it has got all Eftat load of trouble on if, and we'll Lust get little of that scare of. You iput yourself in my hands, and you are to do just as tell you, and say-for- Fget itg Come with me while make a scan- It is a long drive, and IaH-Im lonesome sometimes myself"
 slw the worst was over, and I 5breathed freely again, but had talked fso much truth in that fiction that felt f5ust as said did, which is a slightly sunnatural feeling for a woman. There fwas nothing for it but to go with him, land wanted to most aFfuIly.
 To my dying day I'll never forget that little house, way out on the Cane RRun pike, he took me to in his shabby E5itt1e car. Just two tiny rooms, but Fthey were clean and quiet, and a girl fwith the sweetest face ever saw lay Fin the bed with her eyes bright with spr1de. and tiny, tiny little bundle close fbesidIe her. The young farmer was red STFith embarrassment and anxiety. She's all right today, but she wor- s-rIes because she don't think can tend Ito the baby right he said, and he did Hook helpless 1Her mother had to go fhome for two days, but is coming to Emorrow. I dasn't undreSs and wash 1.-the youngster myself. It won't hurt khim to stay bundled up until granny Ecomss, win if, Docr'
 'sNot a bit," answered Dr. John iu This big comforting voice
 But I looked at the girl, and under tstood her She wanted that baby clean land fresh even if 1t was just five days iold. and felt all of a sudden terribly Fcapable- I picked up the bundle and Invent into the other room with 1t Ywhere a kettle was boiling on the lstove and a large bucket by the door tI found things by just glance from finer, and the hour I spent with thai sBnan baby was one of the most de hcious of all my life. I never was fef1 tent1rely to myself with one before, and I did all wanted to this one, guided k5 instinct and desire He slept righ' Rhrough and was the darlfngest thing mver saw when laid him back on the abed by her. never looked in Dr s5ohn's direction once, though l feld him all the time.
 But on the way home gave myself the surprise of my 1feI Suddenly turned my face against his sleeve ana cried as I never had before fel safe, for it Is cliff road and he had tC drive carefully. However, he manag