Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-02
LEAF THIRD.
Billy's Apology.


%=a kles in his voice nov you
49, 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 I'LL from the kiss
spot" on the back Of his neck. while he
hugged all the starch out Of the sum
mer before last
And DR.. John sat down on the bench
quick and laughed out loud one of the
very few times ! ever heard him do it.
he was looking down at us. but did
not laugh up into his eyes. / was
afraid. felt it was safer to go on
kissing the kiss spot for the present,
anyway.
BILL" be said. with his voice dane
ing. that's tine most effective apology
l ever heard. You were sorry to some
point"
Then suddenly Billy stiffened right
IN my arms and looked 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 d-n
that man. and I'll git him YETI
What could we say? What could
we do? We didn't try. ! busted my
self 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 see II
without looking in his direction at all,
And how many pounds are we near.
er the string bean state of existence
Mrs. Molly?" he asked me before l had
finished tying the blouse. in the incest
voice in the world. fairly cracking
With friendship and good humor and
hateful things like that Why l should
have wanted him to hun over that let.
ter is more than | can say. But ! did
and he didn't.
over twenty. and most of the time
am so hungry l could eat Aunt AIDE
line. dream about Billy. fried witt
cream gravy" 7 answered as | kissed
again the back of the head that was
beginning TO nod down against my
breast. Long shadows lay across the
garden. and the white headed old snow
ball was signaling out of the dusk TO
a Dorothy Perkins down the walk i'll a
scandalous way Al best spring is just
the worlds matchmaking old chaperon
and ought to be watched. still sat
on the grass. and l began to cuddle
Billy,s bare knees in the skirt of my
dress so the chigres couldn't get al
them.
But. Mrs. Molly. isn't it worth II
all:" asked the doctor as he bent over
toward us and looked down with some
thing wonderful and kind in his eye;
that seemed 10 rest on us like a hene
dictiOn. You have been just as plucky
as girl can be. and in only Il little oveI
two months you have grown as light
footed and hearty as a boy. think
nothing could be lovelier than you are
right now. but you can get off those
other few pounds IL you want to. You
know. don't you. that ] have known
how hard some OF il was. aud haven't
been able 10 eat as much as | usually
do thinking how hungry you are? But
isn't it all worth IL? | think it is. Al
fred Bennett is very great man, anC
IL is right that be should have very
lovely wife TO go out into the worlC
with him. And as lovely as you ar,
l think II is wonderful OF you to MAX,
all this sacrifice to be still lovelier FOL
him. am glad | ca. help you. an(