Show PERFECT LOVER by ELIZABETH E HOYT Y T molly foss was wag ono one of seven girls who had grown up together in easton molly alone had shown no signs of losing liar her heart sho she had bad studied nursing and of course sho she might have gone gona on nursing deac peaceably bably forever had not dr richard randall como come to town molly apparently did not reciprocate dr richard randalls devotion the tha first to speak to molly about it was carrie smith NOi who obad hod been carrio waters Car carries rIeB husband had had bad an attack of pneumonia and molly had dad como come to heip carrie out and doctor randall was tho the doctor ono night sho she told her friend just what she thought of tier her indifference to tho the young doctor molly my dear she said 1 I am going to speak to you plainly lot let me toll you it la Is a great thing to have the devotion of a aman man who Is interested in the samo same things you are think it over molly dear it was helen lake who spoke the next word to molly about doctor richard you ought to bo be mighty thankful molly foss helen said to have a man like doctor randall ile he Is so exactly tho the right size tor for you helen sighed A week or two later moly molly was waa calling on betty arnold wister ghost whoso husband peter had brought her much love and a salary of 16 15 a week molly said betty the slightest mischance would send us both to the poorhouse doctor randall Is tho the most moot prosperous person in easton grace mcpherson overtook molly a few days later molly she said you may think it Is nono none of my business and I 1 am awfully silly but you know ive sean seen quite a lot of tom sears lately and I 1 like him very much but sundays ho he just stays at homo home and smokes and when he takes me homo home from evening meeting ho he always watts waits outside the church door I 1 feel so wicked molly dr richard randall comes to church every sunday I 1 envy you molly gertrude fiske ingraham called on molly on purpose to deliver her message 1 I am going to tell you frankly she che said that you dont halt half appreciate dr richard randalls family connections I 1 know a girl who lives in rye where hla his family came from and she said his mother had just read a paper before the club on the mistake it was tor for relatives to come to live with a young couple I 1 vow I 1 never spoke of this before but what with mother ingraham and grandmother ingraham and cousin sophronia Sophron la and great aunt dorcas all living with percy and me and all wanting to run the house from pouring tho the tea to bringing up the baby I 1 tell you sometimes it almost breaks my heart hollys dearest friend lou thompson 1 on who was to be married in june came ame to molly a few weeks before tho the wedding A molly folly she said 1 I know understand why I 1 tell you this for im doing it not to hurt john but for your own sake I 1 love john but hes so forgetful of little things that sometimes he almost breaks my heart ila ho take oft off his hat as soon as he comes into the house and things like that you know I 1 never dreamed of speaking of this before until youve had an experience like mine you wont know that manners can be more aggravating than anything else in tho the world and you ought to know how important they are molly for dr richard randall has the best manners I 1 over ever saw fat amany any man in all my life then molly unburdened herself dear lou she said richard randall to Is too perfect ila ho Is interested in the right thing he Is the right size lie has a good income hes got tho the best kind of habits and the best kind of relatives and hes eugenic and fatherly and generous and he has the best dispo disposition in the world and to cap the climax ho he has absolu absolutely tol flawless manners lou I 1 am not perfect myself and im not going to marry a man who Is it if I 1 ever did a thing that quite right or accepted you know richard would never say a word but I 1 would feel his reproach to the end of ray my days it if I 1 could only find ono one single little human falling failing in him I 1 would marry him but I 1 wont marry a perfect man and it if I 1 were you lou lott Thom thompson peon id bo be mighty thankful that john does sometimes forget to take on off hi his s hat bat dr richard randall continued in hla his devotion and molly foss continued in her indifference until early last july on the fourth they were invited to dinner several miles from easton that night as they were driving homo home in the soft summer darkness tor for the seventh time richard luchard randall asked molly pass foss to marry him and to his infinite surprise our pride sho she said eald yes without a mornen moments ts hesitation they were married in september and lived even more happily than their friends had predicted richard was waa perfectly satisfied with molly and molly was perfectly satisfied with richard but one day six months after tho the wedding richard chard looked at hla his fifo very seriously and asked how was it that you said yes so BO suddenly on the way homo home from undo rufus kings icings Dea dearest reEt richard molly said kissing him it was because you ate your jeaa with it ft epoca copyright 1918 1016 by the mcclure nejapa ver syndicate |