The Newtown bee., 1897-11-19

our ticket. You'll do it, won't you,
Janet2"
II don't know" she replied. 81 don't
care the snap of my fingers about voting.
What 1 do care about is seeing my
husband abandon his lifelong principles.
The very idea of Samuel Armitage ad-
vocating woman suffrage! II I hadn't
heard you with my own ears I never
would believe it,
"I'm not abandoning my principles -
replied he, with just the least resentment
in his tones; 81 haven't changed my
mind at all I don't believe in women
voting. It's what Paul calls usurping
authority over the men. But we've got
to the place where we have to choose
| between two evils. Some of our party
who are sore because they didn't get the
nominations have combined with the
; other parties and put up what they call
reform ticket. They've persuaded a
! lot of the women who have not voted be,
fore that it's their duty to support this
ticket. Tho we usually win by good
majority, if we don't look sharp. now,
our men will be defeated. So I think it's
| the duty of every woman whose svmpa.
thies are with us to come out and vote
! for our candidates"
Over her glasses Janet eyed him severe.
ly. While he was speaking she had toy
ed abstractedly with her fork. "Sam.
uel,' said she, "I'm astonished at you.
Aren't you ashamed to look nae in the
face and ask me to vote?' There was a
long silence. Janet slipped Ter coffee.
Samuel made not the least pretense OF
eating. From behind his paper he fur
lively watched her face. "Well," said
she at last, "I'm not going to say yet
what I'll do. I'll think about it. Per
haps if do vote, can get Miss Burns
to vote, too. I'd kind of hate to 90 by
myself"
Miss Burns lived alone In little cot
tage next door. She was Janet's most
intimate friend and Samueps particular
aversion. Her sole amusement, as it
seemed to him, was to antagonize and
ridicule all his views. Miss Burns's vote,
however, would be worth as much az
another's. He frightened Yisibly.
''Really, JANET" said he, 'sthat is good
of you'll"
An hour later Mr. Armitage was at his
party's headquarters talking over the
situation, indulging occasionally in vague
illusions to the number of votes he could
bring to the support of the ticket; while
his wife and Miss Burns were in consul
tation in the latter's cosy sitting-room.
"Wants you to vote, does he? Land
of the livin'! Inever would have thought
that of Mr. Armitage.n
| sits an awful thing to me. Miss Burns,
to see that man at his age abandoning
principles he's stood by so faithful all his
days; to hear him talk of using his int1u-
enee to get women to vote, when know
he thinks now as he's always thought,
that the Lord didn't intend women to
take part in public business.
''If you had lived with a man for So
4 years.
THANK goodness, never didl' inter.
ljected Miss Burns.
Janet went on without noticing the in
terruption land had always been proud
of him, because he had no bad habits and
always tried to do right, you'd know how
feel now. won't deny that it's aggra-
waiting to have q man talk politics TO you
as If you were fool; but IL he's good
husband In other respects one can put up
with that. At least always managed
to stand 1t and say nothing. TO tell the
truth, I rather like 10 see the men little
spunky about their political privileges.
II he really believed It was right for
women to vote wouldn't feel so badly
about 1t. TO help his party win he wants
me to do thing he thinks IL wrong, and
that just about breaks my heart
She Tanned herself vigorously with her