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Title: The Melting of Molly

Author: Maria Thompson Daviess

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THE MELTING OF MOLLY

by

MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS

Author of
Miss Selina Lue, The Road to Providence,
Rose of Old Harpeth, etc., etc.

Illustrated by R. M. Crosby

Indianapolis
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Publishers

1912

[Illustration: Melted]

MOLLY CARTER AND I
DEDICATE THIS BOOK
TO OUR GOOD FRIEND
CAROL KING JENNEY

LEAVES FROM THE BOOK OF MOLLY

Leaf First
THE BACHELOR'S-BUTTONS

Leaf Second
A LOVE-LETTER, LOADED

Leaf Third
MONUMENT OR TROUSSEAU?

Leaf Fourth
SCATTERED JAM

Leaf Fifth
BLUE ABSINTHE

Leaf Sixth
THE RESURRECTION RAZOO

Leaf Seventh
DASHED!

Leaf Eighth
MELTED

LEAF FIRST

THE BACHELOR'S-BUTTONS

Yes, I truly think that in all the world there is nothi