Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-08-12

IN tUlS case lett SuIc. was hot N''
appointed, for his smile broke his face
up into a JOY laugh. or came his hat
instantly so | could catch glimpse OF
the fascinating frost over his temples,
and with positive sigh Of rapture he
subsidized into the seat beside me. l
turned with an echo smile all over me.
when suddenly his face became grave
and considerate, and he looked at me
as all the men In Hillsboro have been
doing ever since poor Mr.. Carter's
| funeral.
"Mrs. Carter" he said very kindly,
| in a voice that pitched me out of the
car window and left me mile be-
hind on the track, all by myself. II
wish l had known Of your sad errand
to town so could have offered you
some assistance In your selection. You
know we have just had our lot in the
| cemetery finally arranged, and | found
the dealers in memorial stones very
| confusing in their ideas and designs.
| Mrs. Henderson just told my mother
| of your absence from home last night.
and could only come down to the city
for the day on important business or |
would have arranged to see you.
hope you found something that salts
fed you"
What's woman going to say when
she has a tombstone thrown In her
face like that? didn't say anything
but what thought about Aunt Ade-
line filed in dreadful pause.
Perfectly dumb and quiet | sat for
an awful space of time and wondered
lust what I was going to do. Could
a woman lie q monument into her suit
case? 1t was beyond me at that speak
ing. and the Molly that is ready for
life quick didn't want to. | shut my
eyes, counted three to myself as | do
when go over into the cold tub. and
told him all about It. We both got n
satisfactory reaction. and ! never en-
joyed myself so much as that before.
understand now why Judge Wade
has had so many women martyr them
selves over him and live unhappily
ever afterward. as everybody says
Henrietta Mason is doing. He's very
Inspiring man. and he fairly bristes
with fascinations. Some men are what
you call taking. and they take you II
they want you. while others are draw
Ing, and after you are drawn to them
they will consider the question OF
taking you The judge is like that.
In the meantime it tingles me mp to
n very great degree to have man
use his eyes on me. as 1t IS the pr1vi-
leee of only womankind to do. ana
feel that IL will be good for his Judge
shin for me to let him draw me M
least a little way. | may get hurt
but shall ut least have an interesting
time Of It. I started right then and
got results for he stopped under the
old lilac bush that leans over my side
gate and kissed my hand. old lilac
shook q laugh of perfume all over u.s.
and I believe signaled the event III the
top Of his bough to the white ciump
on the other side Of the garden. ltp
glad Aunt Adeline isn't In the Hover
fraternity or sorority. Suppose she
had seen or heard!
And it didn't take me many minutes
10 slip into old summer before last
also for the last time inside of tnose
buttons-and run through the garden,
nv heart singing BILLY, Billy" In a
perfect rapture Of tune. ! ran past the
office door and found him in his cot al
most asleep. and we had bear re-
union In the rocker by the window that
made us both breathless.
"What did you bring me, MollyF' ne
finally kissed under my right ear
"a real baseball and bat. lover, ana
an engine with Ave cars. a rake and
spade and a hoe. two blowguns that
non new way and something that
souirts water and some other things
VIII that be enough?" | Rugged him
up anxiously. for sometimes he Is hard
to please and I might not have got the
very thing lie wanted.
"Thank YOU. Molly: all them Things
is what want. but you oughter Druhe
more'n that for three days not Delhe
here with me-" Did any woman ever
have n more lovely lover than that!
Ildon't know how long should have
llrocked him I'm the twilight II DR.. Johns
voice hadn't come across the hall In
command.
"put him down now. Mrs Molly, and
come and say other how do you does,
he called softly.
| It was funny glad to see him Tell
nc 7 came into the office where he was
standing over by the window looking
ont at nv garden In its twilight glow
7 think II is wrong for woman 10 lei
her Imagination kiss n man on the DacH
NJ his neck even II she has known 1ol
some time that there Is little drake
tail lock of hair there just like his
own sons. gave him my hand ana
pood deal more Of smile and biusf
than intended.
He very far from kissed the hahd
he held It Just long enough to turn M
around into the light and give me ONT
long looking over from head to foot.
"Just where does that corset press
Won worst?" he asked In the tone O
voice he uses to say. Poke out you
tongue" So much Of my Tennessee
shooting blood rose to my race that
ia n wonder 1t didn't drip. but wa
. cold enough to have hit at forty pace
n had had shooting iron In IN!
| hand. As It was, the coldness was TN
, only missile that had. but used II q
some effect. -.
am making q call on friend, ID
, Moore. and not a consultation visit {
| nv physician" I said. looking into III
face as though had never seen hir
before.
r beg your pardon. Molly" he e'
claimed. And his face was redder tina
, | mine. and then it went white VIII
| Modification. couldn't stand that.
"Don't do that way" I exclaimed
And before l knew 1t had taken mol
Of his hand and had 1t in both OF min
4 ~ know look as II was shrunk Q
a laced. but I'm not. was going to te
a Won all about It and show 1t to yo'
l I'm really inches bigger In the rigi
!. Mace and just-just controlled IL
. woman called II. in the wrong plac
q | Please feel me and see." And ! o
10 90 him for oYaminuttC