The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-03-07

ncr time Molly was alone Ia her room
sitting UP ON her little couch by day
aud bed by night, knitting. There was
a tap at the door and Molly, not wish
INK to put down her knlttiug--it was
The fifteen minutes during which she
knitted ON her own sweutCr--called out
Gene ill.," without rising. The door
opened and the tall young man who
had wound her wool stood there.
won't you come inn" said Molly,
! rising and motioning to the one chair
| In her neat little room.
The young man first said that he
couldn't and then did come in and,
after five minutes of embarrassed
searching for cue to his errand, fin
ally came abruptly to the point. He
wanted to get from her II little of the
soft green wool, just enough to make
three or four rows ON II mans sleeve
less sweater. lie told her he had tried
to find some stray pieces when she
was k..it,.ng downstairs but had been
unsuccessful.
Molly wound of generous ball
from fresh skcin, gave II to him and
asked no questions. AS he rose to
20 he glanced toward the service flag
that she had pulled into her room for
the night. He walked over to 1t and
fingered the flag.
as 1t brother2" he asked appar-
emily with some difficulty.
"N-o-o," said Molly, blushing gulltily.
"That Is, have no brothers." Molly
was prompted to add, I'm not blush
ing for the reason you think I am"
but Of course she didn't.
II was not TIL after the neighbour
boarder had left her room that she be.
, gan to wonder why he had asked for
. tho length Of green wool and her
curiosity increased SO that, rs the time
, passed, she determined to ask him
Still when she met him at breakfast
, 1t was not entirely easy. Then wher
, she came home for dinner and paused
, In the sitting room she heard the lat
. est boarding house gossip.
Yes, the tall young man was going
!, he had his commission In the engi
7 neers' division, or something Of thu
a sort. He had known that he woult
4 get It all along and had never sale
= anything about it-and now he wal
;. practically gone. 1t really was to-
\ bad-Mrs. Dean told some Of tn
pretty girls--that they had not know
before. lie was not such bad-loOkinI
. young man, only very quiet. He woul'
), not be back for dinner-he would per
haps come back for his things afte
= dinner and that would be the last o
y him.
~ Molly was devlslng scheme where
by she might make sure Of seeing tn
. young man. The excuse she made I
:, herself was that she wanted to knO'
what he was doing with the gree
y wool. She left her door ajar into tn
~ hall and when she saw him passin
- to his room to get his things sh
!, called him. He came into her room
y, told her he had come back specially
see her as he could have sent me
senger for his things. II wanted
tell you about the WOOL" he said.
~ know you won't laugh Mt me. Tn
y. queer sort Of fellow-I never kne
~ any girls. I guess they don't see mu'
'.c In me. And the other men were Z
wv having their girls knit sweaters
them with q stripe Of the color Of Il
W sweater they made for themselv
70 along the edge. and--well, It was foe
er ish Of me-but wanted a sweat
wv like that. I didn't want the fellow
10 to know I didn't know any girl tn
ae would make one. So knitted one 4
80 myself and when came to the ed
~ I made up my mind I wanted to we
.e the color you were going to wear"
NO "Why didn't you let me knit q
w sweater for your begged Molly, {
~ most In tears.
ne swell, you see, you had your Sal
SO my" He pointed toward the lit
~, service flag.
~ II think that that flag Is for YOU
~ she said. II got one because the 9th
no girls did, wanted to have man
We the front. too"
.n And the next day when Molly tC
, the girls she was engaged to the you
' engineer Mrs. Dean said she h
w. known II all along and before 10
.m she told her boarders that she ma
W. the match.
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