Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-08

or his love, but she would not liste
with all her woman's wit and. ingen
10y, she turned him off and elude
him. i, snt-is
All. Molly" he pleaded, won't ye
listen to me?"
You have so many that will" 81
leased Il should think you wou,
not mind If didn't"
whom? What do you mean, Nc
| ly? You are the only person wal
to talk to-
That may be, but am not the onl
person whom you do talk with"
Whom do I talk WITH" he asket
trying to find her hand in the fold
OF the light shawl she had throw
around her shoulders.
! Molly was watching him mischie,
ously. "Well?" she aueried. "Tryin
to think up an excuse? I should fame
that you could do it easily. You mus
nave had such lot Of practise"
Molly he protested, why do 70,
say that? What do you know abou
me, anyway Whom do talk with?
what do ! know about you, Joe
only what i hear the parlor maid re
counting to the waitress. You have
made crush below stairs, young
man"
III am pleasant to a girl, she
thinks can't live without her" and
Algernon sighed YEARLY. Wig IN
spoil half the fun in lifaceit. A man
earnest. Talk .ahto woman but she
cant say 3 thinks that she is his
l nlal. So of course she tries to live
up to her idea Of what that ideal Is,
gets serious, falls in love, grows jeal-
GUS, cries, weeps. means, becomes de-
pressing and exhausting. Honestly,
man has to 90 away to save his own
system. He can't stand the
strain II girls would only take half
Of what man says with pinch OF
salt and the rest with a bushelful.
there wouldn't be so much unhappfness
In this world"
~ see," said Molly dryly.
"Of course, it Is different with
some," explained Algernon quickly.
"The mans intentions may be diff
lerent,' admitted Molly.
"That's it. Jove, If girl could only
read a mans intentions at once and
not 20 and credit him with hers!"
els the parlar maid different or are
your intentions along that line diff.
terent?"
'"The parlor maid! Molly! Great
Scott! Why
Hedging already" teased the girl.
. Molly
"Am l different?"
Eyes. You won't let me do the
vooing and you won't do 1t yourself
Algernon, and then added.
apropos of nothing: molly, where is
hat check-book? want to make out
another check
Molly flushed suddenly in the dark.
Her fingers clenched slowly and she
,azed for moment straight before
Ter She did not want him to make
,ut another check. 1t was too great a
'isk to take except under desperate
and yet he had made
he first one out for her, had done
everything in his power tor her, and
this was the first request he had made
in return, keeping silent about her
and helping her willingly and faith.
July. II she refused now, he would
oe hurt, considering her ungrateful, in
act might become angry and ruin her
plans beyond repair. She must put
lin of. Besides, he was so young, so
decent and clean. She hated to think
# his doing anything underhanded.
Ind the thought that she had got him
% forge the first check filed her with
'ick self-disgust. a.
"You don't want to acquire the
habit of paying bills" said she gaily,
o gain time. 1T is habit that takes
Up a persons time too much. You no
sooner pay one bill than you have to
Jay another
ut was such rare experience" said
Algernon, that I thought l would try
again. &.
1--WE haven't received any more
bills, Joe," said the girl anxiously,
1--WE really don't need an.
,ther check"
"A little money won't come In
lmiss," stammered Algernon, fearful
If saying too much lest she guess who
le was and yet not saying enough to
get the book. He did not want to tele-
graph his lawyers to forward some
money for they did not know where
le was, and he did not care to let
hem know lest somehow the fact
each his mother and through her let
:ers to him, Molly, who would, OF
be the first to receive the let
ers, would learn of his identity.
Molly had grown white in the dark
md when she spoke, she spoke slowly,
carefully weighing each word as she
sought to keep her rapidly rising emo
ion under control and not let him
hear the fear she felt trembling in her
voice.
Cant you wait, Joe, just for a week
or two?' she asked gently, earnestly.
You see the time Is almost up now.
When succeed, as I shall, as must,
shall pay you back that check. You
can make it all right. John is bound
% come back before long and then 1t
will be all right"
Don't you worry, Molly. No one
will ever find anything wrong with the
checks made out in Todd's name.
It's perfectly safe to let me have the
book We won't get into any trouble"
1--WE may protested Molly, gaining
,oura % az he seemed Omen to reason