The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-09-07

IN as desperate earnest as ever was
Luther or Patrick Henry. The news
papers all over the country jeered at
her; her own sex held her off at arms
length; being womanish woman,
every ieer and snub had cut deep. But
her sex, she had thought, were in as
perilous a strait as was ever church or
slave She would give up everything
coming to a final issue, the verdict de-
pended on gown and its trimmings!
Two or three of the defenders of the
cause had arrived by this time, and
were talking apart with Maria; they
held Doctor Sarah in certain rever
ent awe. She never fraternized with
the rest of her party, never accepted
invitations to women's clubs, or posed
at their public dinners.
"She is more like wonderful ma
chine than a human being" whispered
one of her colleagues. "She makes no
friends, leans on nobody, cares for
nothing but the cause. Eli? Where is
she going now?n For Doctor Sarah
had suddenly crossed the room, and
was STOPPING over a table. Mrs. Epps
Joined her, curiously. The doctors
long nervous fingers were tidgeting
oyer dish of mignonette and sweet
peas.
MY old-fashioned bow-pot,' " said
Maria, smiling.
Yes; the perfume brought me over
to it. | have not seen the flowers to-
gether for many years. fused to know a
man who always kept pot of them in
his room"
"It was a man that arranged these
the Reverend Matthew Niles. A poor
clergyman whom we knew in Mary
land. have him up for a week va
cation, and to fit him out with some
new clothes. A good creaturer"
A half-quizzical, half-sad smile flick
cred over Doctor Sarah's sharp face.
" Matthew was arranging dishes of
peas and mignonette still, Ell? A beg
gar for Maj, Epps' old clothes? Sen
timental, effeminate, homeless creature!
And | used to tremble and turn cold
when the pretty fellow spoke to me. l
suppose that was the disease of love.
Well had it pretty thoroughly them"
she thought. She pulled out pea and
held it to her nose. Her blood ran
cold now, and her fingers shook. She
could have struck them, with rage of
contempt. Why, it was twenty years
ago! She had cast the man off as her
inferior when she was girl and she
had been growing ever since. What
subtle physical power had this limping
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her in this way? cit is my youth
my youth which takes hold of me in
him. thought the doctor, stif'ening
herself IN her purple silk; and march
ing over to the table, she called for the
report of the meeting in Boston.
Surely she had tested this folly of
marriage, and knew what it was worth!
For the doctor, as the female pioneer
of the cause in the West, had married
Simon Coyt, the male pioneer, and it
had not been successful partnership.
Mental qualities had balanced exactly;
yet now that Simon was dead, his
widow had not the slightest wish to
meet him again any where on the other
side of the grave.
Friend Eli Sowerby was on his feet
He was a practical, Jealous little man.
1--WE have made wise choice in Sc
lecting Sarah Coyt to lay this matter
before the committee. Yet it would be
proper, in my judgment, if she would
state briefly the arguments by which
she will support it, that we may know
precisely how she will represent US
81 shall be guided by the sugges-
tons Of the moment in the bulk of my
remarks" said the doctor; "but can
give you the principal points which |
mean to make. 1t is only fair you
should know to what | bind you"
She stood up, her hands resting on
the back of chair. She always spoke
with fuency and decision, and she
knew her arguments now by heart.
Her thin body after while began to
glow with fiery eXaltation. She rose
on tiptoe, iiourished her lean arms. At
last the battle was at hand. She was
going out alone to fight it. She was
going out, like David, in the face of
the conflicting hosts, hernation looking
on. (Only David took his sling in the
name of the Lord, and she unslune
hers in the name of Sarah Coyt.)
"The American is Just, reasonable
in the hearing of every cause but this
she shouted, shrilly, wondering to her
self at the same time what humping
noise that was in the hall, and why
Mrs. Epps did not quiet it. "A
more vehemently, "is, first
of all. citizen. She loves, marries,
by accident, but she is a citizen by inal-
ienable right. 1t is her highest
The humping was evidently made
by crutch. The doctor had the ply
instinct. Still gesticulating, her
eye wandered to the door to see the
cripple who should enter.
"She holds a legal place in the social
body as a wife-a mother. But as a citi-
zen
1t was child-a half-starved, shah
billy dressed girl who came limping in.
"You render her-a nullity. Will
nobody give that child a chair?"
The child tripped and fell headlong.
"All right" said Eli, picking her up.
eco on, doctor"
But the doctor already had the child in
her lap and was lingering her leg. -
was only about to say that the duties of
a woman to the State far outweighed
those which she owed as wife and
mother, the latter being compare
lively selfish, partial, and trivial This
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