The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-18
MOLLY STOPS PAYMENT
By JANE OSBORN.


say to him that she had known, {
pany, but that he actually wanted
marry her-really the idea was 8
strange, so novel, SO unexpected, tina
she would have to have time to thin
1t over. That was what she planned
say, but when the moment came Molly
In her excitement, forgot all her plan
and told the undoctored plain truth. Il
a few timid, half sentences, and no
with the easy nOnchalance she ha.
planned, she told him that she hat
loved him always, and that now sh,
was the happiest girl in Bennington.
And isn't 1t wonderful" she said
how everything have dreamed abou
and waited for comes the same day
May 2O-the greatest day of my life?"
why the very greatest?"
Besides this most wonderful day.
she said, still forgetting the role she
had planned, there's the" Then she
stopped short. No, she wouldn't tell
him the rest. He mustn't know about
the check she had received from the
magazine that had accepted her little
story. swell, then, besides this" she
added, confusedly marking off the
events on her fingers, 'the first white
rose bloomed today and we got the
new vacuum cleaner and the cook left"
Molly had literary ambitions and for
three long years she had been work
Ing, dreaming and scribbling with her
funny little ambition always uppermOst
In her thoughts
The next day Molly went to Brad
ford, the nearest sizeable town, to be-
gin to buy the things for the trousseau.
She had forgotten to have the check
cashed In Bennington before she start
ed, so all her little purchases were sent
G. o. D.
When she arrived home after the
shopping trip 1t was two o'clock.
Then Molly thought of the purse
with the check! Where was it? It
could not be found, but where had she
lost 1t? The purse itself was old and
1t contained little of value but the
check, which Molly had foolishly
enough Endorsed after she had asked
Brad the night before how checks
should be signed. Brad, she was sure,
would know because. he worked in
Bennington's only bank and knew
everything about banking.
First she telephoned all the way to
Bradford, to the store she had visited, |
but she heard no news Of her purse. |
The man who oncuorod hor coll q tho |
department store suggested that since |
he check was Endorsed she had better |
write at once to the editor who had |
sent 1t and request him to have pay
nent stopped. And this Molly did with
tut, Of course, knowing what the words
meant.
Once or twice that evening when
Brad came to call he accused Molly of
icing distracted and surely she was.
1t was two evenings later that the
ables were turned, and when Brad
allied that evening 1t was he who was
ccused by Molly Of being distracted.
1T isn't that you have actually dis
leased me-" Brad began quite seriously
fter Molly had coaxed him to tell her
he cause of his anxiety, "but I am
fraid don't understand you. That's ]
IL. | would be so happy If thought
had Jour confidence"
Molly blushed little as she Thought
her secret ambitions. !
Il am sure that what have been do
lg Is not at all wrong" she said, and
len hot tear trickled down her
retty cheek and another and then her F
little head was on Brad's
BOULDER and he was explaining very
-avely.
I'll tell you exactly what I know; | I
len there will be no misunderstood
g. This morning we had word that
'rtain check we had honored was
orthless-that is, the person who
ade 1t out had ordered payment
opped. Well. asked Jones, the CASH Z
r, about it and he told me that he
ID honored the check because you
I'd presented 1t. He also told me that
hen you came into the bank you asked e
% not to let me know that you called
I'd to say nothing about the check. I'd
tch 1t up if understood you better.
1t something Is wrong somewhere or
u would have told me about it. It
IT too late. Molly, for heavens sake,
i me who is this Jane Daw and how
! you get into possession OF checks
ade out to herr" Molly sat up very
'aight and explained minutely about
e story she had written, the check :
d the loss Of the purse. "And then"
e continued. latter had telegraphed =
d asked the editor to stop payment A
ind the purse after all. The very
1t day, hurried down to the bank
d got that nice Mr.. Jones to give me
: money, and OF course told him not
tell you, because didn't want you
know had been writing. thought
would write some day and tell the :.
tor not to bother to do anything
out the check as I had found it. Oh,
ar, think banking is very hard to
derstand. II / ever get to be a really =
ly writer and have many checks
ne for my stories, I do hope you'll :
,e care Of the business side OF Ii
ngs.'