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The following nonstationary one-dimensional free boundary problem is considered \[ \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}-\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial y^2}&=f(t), \qquad s(t)<y<1,\quad t>0\\ u(1,t)&=0,\qquad t>0\\ u(y,0)&=u_0(y), \qquad s(0)=s_0,\quad 0<s_0<y<1\\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial y}(s(t),t)&=0, \qquad t>0\\ \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}(s(t),t)&=f(t)-\frac{\tau_0}{s(t)}, \qquad t>0. \end{aligned} \] Here \(u(y,t)\) is the velocity of a certain non-Newtonian fluid, \(y=s(t)\) is the boundary that separates two regions, \(0<y<1\). \(u(y,t)\) and \(s(t)\) are unknown functions. A method of lines with the time as a discrete variable is applied to the problem. A monotone property and a convergence theorem are proved. The behavior of the numerical solution and results of numerical experiments are presented in the paper.