The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-02-15

ITS q very pretty coior,' hr said
ana then, having accomplished hIs use
fulness, he settled back into the shad
Ow Of the room.
Once nfter that the young mnn M
preached her apparently with some en-
barrassment and asked her why sh,
did not do her knitting in the llvin,
room any more. He explained Ia,
question by saying that he had hoped
TO help her wind another slSeln some
time. But after that Molly did heI
knitting in her own room.
One evening sGlf hour after dln-
ner time Molly was alone in her room
sitting up ON her little couch by day
and bed by night, knitting. There was
a tap at the door and Molly, not wish.
ing to put down her knittlng-lt was
the fifteen minutes during which she
Knitted on her own sweater-caled out
"Come in,' without rising. The door
opened and the tall young man who
had wound her wool stood there
won't you come ln?" said Molly,
rising and motlonlng to the one chair
in her neat little room.
The young man first said that he
couldn't and then did come in and.
acser five minutes of embarrassed
searching for cue TO his errand, fin.
airy came abruptly to the point. He
wanted TO get from her little Of the
soft green wool. just enough to make
three or four rows on mans sleeve
less sweater He told her he had tried
to ind some stray pieces when she
was knitting downstairs but had been
unsuccessful.
Molly wound Off Il generous ball
from a fresh skein, 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 lie walked over to It and
fingered the flag.
us it a brother?' he asked appar.
entity with some difficulty.
p Moo" said Molly, blushing gulltily.
THAT Is, | have no brothers" Molly
was prompted to add, "Pm not blush
ing for the reason you think | am"
but of course she didn't.
1t WIS not till after the neighbor-
boarder had left her room that she be-
gan to wonder why he had asked for
the length of green wool and her
curiosity increased so that, as the time
passed, she determined to ask him.
Still when she met him at breakfast
1t was not entirely easy. Then when
she came home for dinner and paused
In the sitting room she heard the lat
est clearinghouse gossip.
Yes, the tall young man was going
he had his commission in the engi-
neers' division, or something of the
sort. He had known that he would
get 1t all along and had never said
anything about it-and now he was
gone. 1t really was too
Dean told some of the
pretty girls-that they had not known
before. He was not such a bad-looking
Young man, only very quiet. He would
not be back for dinner-he would per-
laps come back for his things after
Inner and that would be the last of
him.
Molly was devising a scheme where
~ she might make sure of seeing the
'oung man. The excuse she made to |
herself was that she wanted to know
What he was doing with the green /
WOOL. She left her door aiar into the |
lall and when she saw him passing
o his room to get his things she
allied him. He came into her room
old her he had come back specially to
zee her as he could have sent a mes
enger for his things. Il wanted to
ell you about the WOOL" he said. 81
now you won't laugh at me. I'm a
ueer sort Of fellow-I never knew
ny girls. / guess they don't see much
4 me. And the other men were all
aving their girls knit sweaters for
hem with stripe of the color of the
weater they made for themselves
long the edge, and-well, it was fool
IN of me-but l wanted a sweater
Ike that, 1 didn't want the fellows
} know didn't know any girl that
'Ould make one. So l knitted one for
lyself and when came to the edge
made up my mind 1 wanted to wear
lie color you were going to wear"
"Why didn't you let me knit the
veater for yOu?" begged Molly, al
Ost in tears.
"Well, you see, you had your Sam
y" He pointed toward the little
,rvlce flag.
Il think that that flag is for you"
lie said. Il got one because the other
rls did wanted to have a man at
e' front, too."
And the next day when Molly told
e girls she was engaged to the young
Igineer Mrs. Dean said she had
lOwn it all along and before long
e told her boarders that she made
e match.