Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-18
I sflc(t Etory.
THE R. 0. M. SOCIETY.
BY W. W. CRANE. %


her three most intimate friends as they
were talking over their first season out.
The opinion they had formed of the
male Sex was very unfayorable one
and they expressed it with the utmost
confidence in their own judgment ant
experience.
! They were all pretty girls, but Miri
am had kind Of beauty which none
OF the others possessed. She was tall
and graceful, with soft, red-gold hair
and large, dark..gray eyes, shaded BY
long black eye lashes, and her face
showed the force of character which
had made her natural leader among
her friends and her school companions
Their opinions were always influenced
bg hers, and on the present occasion
they agreed with her fully.
Yes, indeed" exclaimed Hattie San.
ford. Men think they know every
thing, but they're as ignorant of d
woman 5 feelings as they are of every.
thing else that's worth Knowing
Yes, aud they're 50 rude" said Bell,
Middleton, lovely blonde. with vast
capacity for being waited on. They
only pretend To rise when you come in.
to room, and if you drop anything
they make out they don't see it
What | mind most, said Miriam
is the way married men treat their
wives They make real slaves of them.
But if the women would only stand up
for themselves as they ought To. they
would be treated very differently
I'll tell Won what let's do, girls,
said Nellie Lane. Let's form a socie-
ty for the repression Of men, We can
keep them in their places if We try.
and We can get other girls 10 do the
same thing
Yes, let's DO that said Miss Mid,
.dIetou. Bat, girls. of course we're not
going to stop dancing with them
'Oh, Certainly not" OF course not,
cried the others.
This important matter being settled.
the Society was organized on the spot,
and each member pledged herself to
do all she could TO further the object
- the ASSOCIATION. IL was theh aoont
=. uir'l'''e cl : uh'' A." they were AZ
'hey agreed 10 meet at Hattie Sanfords
house on the 10Th Of October and re-
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her mere. sAid Nifiah, but sue Z
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tunes ~ nTf queer Ola mouse ""e'l
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eu tlihe' win 'aFSe CORRECTION o
oanuooAes' o"tu'eS' oasA Ae'S, oiru-caSe'
ana a sPec'aiLy oeioNeu Ahsora "a
halileu NaAi'i'' II. ''an' "hIcn last treas d II
she carried III ieE arms
NY uear ch'IuFth' sue sa'u, ""t''
all her possessions had pen sa'eiy Gr
Positeo III heF roo'h' l tn'usnt 1
~, never e, mere "i'.Iout .' oeine 1oooeu ~
l ne conductor on Tue cars ano s,ase
ari'er mere ootn wanted 10 s'eai Max
lmiliah, ana II II haoh oeeh LOT
gentleman VINO was staholn8 In The oe
pot they would nave done II.
lie took care OF my baggage, and lie
me at liberty to guard over MaXlmlll
an. Tins Is the gentleman card.
made HIM give 1t me.
She drew the card out OF her retl
cule and handed 1t to Miriam, who saV
it contained the name Frederick Dal
mayhe' -. =,
A moment afterwards Miss GriseId
happened to look out of the window
and she Immediately exclaimed:
why there's the gentleman now
down there IN that little shed. Heav
ems and earth what does he want VIII