place, and she told me the woman who made the dolls had gotten her to pose for one. So putting this
together, I knew Tom had gone and gotten little Mollie another. But I asked John: 'Wasn't there a note or
a card or anything in it?' He said, 'No-oh, yes, there was one funny thing. Where is it? I must have stuck
it in my pocket.'
"He hunted around in his pockets and brought out a cord. It had knots in it, and it looked as if it was
made of hair. I said, 'Wonder what Tom's idea was in that?' John put it back in his pocket, and I thought
nothing more about it.
"Little Mollie was asleep. We put the doll beside her where she could see it when she woke up. When
she did, she was in raptures over it. We had dinner, and Mollie played with the doll. After we put her to
bed I wanted to take it away from her, but she cried so we let her go to sleep with it. We played cards