The Detroit times., 1913-02-17

/ so considerate OF him. Then he didn'
/ want ME TO dance any more because
married women oughtnt. or ride
horseback either--no amusement let'
but himself and weekly prayer-meet
ings. and-and-l just couldn't he'll
the tears coming aud dripping as
J thought about il all and that awtnl
waist measure In inches.
Stop CRYING this minute, Molly
said Doctor John suddenly In the deer
voice he uses TO Billy and me when
we are really sick or stump-toed. You
know | was only teasing you and
won't stand for"
But | sobbed some more, like
him when his eyes come out from
under his bushy brows and are all
tender and full OF sorry for us,
Il can't help H., ! gulped In my
sleeve. Il did used 10 like Alfred
Bennett My heart almost broke when
he went away. | used TO he beauti'
full and slim, and now | feel as II my
own fat ghost has come 10 haunt me
all my lifel | am so ashamed, II a
! woman can't cry over her own dead
beauty. what can she cry over?' by
( this time was really crying.
Then what happened TO me was that
/ Doctor John took me by the shoulders
and gave me one good shake and tnen
made me look him right in the eyes
through the tears and all.
"You foolish child" he said in the
deepest voice | almost ever heard him
use. You are just a lovely, round
I luscious peach. but II you will be hap
/ -. A md And
YOU as slim as a string bean | can
just as tell YOU"
Yes. will" smiled in com.
forted voice. What woman wouldn't
! be comforted by being called s'us-
cious peach" / looked out between
my fingers 70 see what more he was
going TO say. but he had turned 20 a
shelf and taken down two books.
'Now," he said in his most business
like voice. as cool as bucket or water
! fresh from the spring. ST Is no trouble
az all 10 take OF your surplus avoirdu-
| pois at the rate OF two and hall
pounds week IL you follow these d.
reetions AS take Il you are about
twenty-five pounds over your normal
weight. II will take over two months
TO reduce you and we will allow an
extra month for further identifying,
so that when Mr.. Bennett arrives he
| will find the lady OF his adoratlon In
proper trim 10 be adored. Yes. just
| be still until | copy these directions
in this little. red leather blank book
for you, and every day want you 70
keep an exact record OF the conditions
| OF which I make note. NO, don't talk
while ! make out these diet lists! |
wish you would go across the hall and
see II you don't think We ought TO get
Bill a thinner set OF night drawers.
II seems to me he must be too warm
In the ones he is wearing
When he speaks 10 me In that tone
OF voice always do IL. And needed
Billy badly at that very moment.
took him out OF his little cot by Doc
tor Johns big bed and sat down with
him in my arms over by the window
through which the early moon was
streaming. Billy Is so little. not
to have a mother TO rock him all the
times he needs II that take every OPP
portunity TO give IL 10 him | find
when he's unconscious and can't help
himself She died before she ever
even saw him and I've always tried
TO do what I could to make II UP TO
him.
Poor Mr.. Carter said when Billy cut
his teeth that a neighbor's baby can
be worse than twins OF your own. He
didn't like children and the baby's cry
ing disturbed him. so many a night
walked Billy out in the garden until
daylight, while Mr.. Carter and Doctor
John both slept Always his little,
warm, witty body has comforted me
for the emptiness Of not having baby
OF my own. And he's very congenial,
too, for he's slim and howery, pink and
dimply, and as mannish as his father,
in funny little flashes.
Cit a stick TO punch il, Molly" he
was murmuring in his sleep. Then
| heard the doctor call me and | had
! to kiss him, put him back in his bed.
| and go across the hall.
Doctor John was standing by the
| table with this horrid small book in
/ his hand and his mouth was set in a
| straight line and his eyes were deep
back under their brows. ! hate him
that way. too, and would like to get
up so close TO him that he couldn't hit
me or have door locked between us
! It's strange how the thought OF takin 2
a beating from a man can make wo-
mans heart jump Mine jumped so
IL was hard TO look as meek as | feli
best under the circumstances; but
looked II out from under my lashes
| cautiously
There you are, Mrs. Molly he said
briskly as he handed me this book
Get weighed and measured and sized
up generally in the morning and fol
low all the directions. Also make
every record have noted so that
can have the proper data 10 help you
as you go along-sr rather down. And
II you will be faithful about II TO me
or rather AL. think we can be sure
Of buttoning that blue muslin dress
! without even the aid OF the button
hook" His voice had the 'if YOU
can note in il that always sets me
of.
Had we better get the kiddle some
thinner night-rigging? he fastened 20
ask as | was Just about 90 explode. He
knows the signs.
Thank YOU, Doctor Moore. hate
the very ground you walk on and I'll
attend 10 those night-clothes myself
tomorrow" answered. and sailed
out OF that Office and down the path
| toward my own house beyond his
! hedge. But carried this book tight
/ in my hand and | made up my min |
! that I would do II all II II killed me.
! ! would show him ! could be faithful
to whom | would decide later on.
| But hadn't read far into this book