Molly Make-Believe by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
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honest-injun name is 'Molly Make-Believe'. Don't you know
the funny little old song about 'Molly Make-Believe'? Oh, surely you do: "'Molly, Molly Make-Believe, Keep to your play if you would not grieve! For Molly-Mine here's a hint for you, Things that are true are apt to be blue!' "Now you remember it, don't you? Then there's something about "'Molly, Molly Make-a-Smile, Wear it, swear it all the while. Long as your lips are framed for a joke, Who can prove that your heart is broke?' "Don't you love that 'is broke'! Then there's the last verse--my favorite: "'Molly, Molly Make-a-Beau, Make him of mist or make him of snow, Long as your DREAM stays fine and fair, _Molly, Molly what do you care!_'" "Well, I'll wager that her name _is_ 'Meredith' just the same," vowed Stanton, "and she's probably madder than scat to think that I hit it right." Whether the daily overtures from the Serial-Letter Co. proved to be |
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