The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1853-03-29

way, and she stayed away. Bot when she did
como back, it was obvious that Miss
j. Feliciana had been both laughing and crying
and was, upon the whole, decidedly more com
posed and radiant in Dams presence than over
before. AS for Dan. his great red face seemed
to look larger and redder, like a full moon in
smoky night. Ho related, quite abruptly
tho fact that they had STRUCK Up bargain
Miss j. FelIciana again both laughed and
cried
Miss j. Felician Wellington saw new light
beaming on her pathway. Sho began to look
upon herself as possessing more personal at
fractions than she had imagined; practced
her looking glass more and speeches less: in
short married the rich old bachelor. Dan Fer
gnson. 1t was n wonder and town talk
When any of Dams old friends joked him
about the rights, his eye twinked with pecu-
liar twinkle, as who should say: ''Leave me
to take care of that!' Mis- j. Feliciana Wal
lington was appointed orator to deliver an adj
dress to the next yearly convention and inten-
ded to distinguish herself. But before that
time arrived she became very much interested
in needlework. ladies' fair or something
else was in contemplation, for she never tired
of stitching, and cutting, and embroidering lit
Ito garments, and Dan would sit and see her
do it. 1t was curious for Dan to see what
scollops, what embroidery, what unaccounta-
bic eyelet holes, and how ngenius devices,
were made one after another to pear out from
the dreary waste of white muslin, like stars
from the sky in clear night.
At the time Of the convention, her address
had not been prepared. She hal deferred it
from timc to time, nd almost forgotten it But
if she had not done SO it would have been inn
possible to deliver il. She was unfortunately
taken sick and could not get on, for a number
of weeks. 1t proved TO be unfortunate that
she had prepared for the fair.
Whom she was little restored, Dan sad
Jenny for the rascal had got to calling Jen-
ny for short.
"Jenny said he. as it not unfortunate you
did not have two?
"How do you meant" inquired Mrs. Fergu-
son, languidy
"Why," said Dan. THAT little thing is one.
If you had had an Grafton too, it would have
beon as bad as twins"
When she was married to Dan, she wore any
quantity Of white dress gloves, bonnet and vail,
all of which were Dams special eversion bnt
he said nothing. When she recovered from
temporary illness Dan took her journey, and
in one Of the cities subjected her to treatment
by fashionable miiner, and took her to pla-
ces ofamusement and spent deal Of money
upon her against all the maxims of tho Rights
Society. She had great many wonderful
sensations. The baby was wonderful. Ii was
wonderful to find out that she could figure as
city lady. 1t was wonderful to see how
much her husband knew about every thing.
and how careful hc was to make things hsp
pen to suit her. Her old Rights friends visited
and argued, and she said of course. They
talked of her mission and she said she was
''going to attend to it, but il was continually
slipping away from her thoughts. At length
Red Where end All %oSh w cad tho rights
should make demonstration, and show the
world that the cause was onward. Mrs. Fer
guson was really little rcmorscful. She had
neglected the cause. 1t was certainly her du-
ty to be present and bear her share of tho ''la-
bors and responsibilities OF the movement
She owed it to her position, to her friends,
to her sex.
"I'll tell you what, Jenny" said Mr.. Fergu-
son, 81 regard you rs rather an extraordinary
women"
Jenny did not seem to be angry.
"You do seem to me to be very much of a
lady, says Dan, 81 always thought you was,
and now know it. l took you up Broadway
last summer on purpose for comparisons. and
there wns nothing in sight that would swap
You for
This did not seem to be relevant to the sub
lPCI. OUi JcDnN ulu liot Talsc neT pOlulS oi or
dor as promptly as she had formerly done in
tho convention. She had rela xcd the vigors
Of parliamentary law, and consented 10 per-
sonol explanations.
"Jcnny," s. VS. Dan. "you are n fine woman.
and no mistake. and that's fine baby.
don't exactly want to take you to that cattle
slow and put you in pen with or'nary crit
ters'
Jenne's eyes opened very wide.
"These women" says Dan, "who are troub-
led with rights don't amount to much. no how.
They don't show well in the ring. They arc
pavinod. foundered, or got the heaves. or
something else, or thev wouldn't bo there
You are the only saeable article ever saw a
mong them, and think you belong to differ
ent set.'
Jenny said something about woman's mis-
sion
"Well,'' said Dan,"T don't think you took
woman's mission i'm tho natural way. You
were inoculated for it. and had il, but hope
you won't have it again. / think YOU will get
over IL. 1t did not strike in. Now. Jenny,
let us 90 to the convention. You shall do the
mission II you please, but III be hanged if
don't believe YOU viii, disown IL. You are
wicked creature, just fit for a reprobate like
me and that little rascal kicking in the cradle.
III stand by you Jenny. mission or no mission
Jenny went to the convention, but II did not
seem as formerly. She found hersclfin inclined
to modify resolutions that were offered, and
to make exceptions to sweeping clauses, and
her sisters in the cause noticed in not dattering
terms, change in the views of sister Fergu-
son.
When she asked Dan how he liked it, he
said "Oh, very we'll only its bore a confoun-
ded bour. That is to say, it's ridiculous, that's
ALL"
"Isut. said jenny, dcprocatinglv, NAV il not
be the duty of a woman occasionally to do
ridiculous things in vindication of the rights
of her sex?"
Certainly, said Dan, il is ono Of woman's
rights to be ridiculous if she pleases: that is
say, if she has a mission TO be ridiculous"
The unexpected turn Of conversation sot
them both laughing and Dan wound up the
con tim hv stntinn IL 10 hn his rossion