The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-03-07
| Woman WHO Dared
BY JULIAN BA1pu


when they go to Albany this winter to
argue for those privileges which the
sex can have whenever 1t wants them.
but which It does not possess because
only few women desire them This
la the best story / ever heard for a
Woman's rights argument, because It
shows how a woman forsook her own
affairs, invaded the mans field of prac-
teal affairs, and made him rich against
his will.
The curtain rises In Minnesota The
scene is a view of a small tract Of land
half farm and half garden-with a
modest frame dwelling in the fore
ground. The principal characters are
man and his wife; type ordinary,
age 40, means $500 in bank and the
cottage and grounds; aim Ia life, 10
work a little longer, to save little
harder and then to rest-to loaf along
10 the cemetery.
Unknown TO this couple some expert
prospectors in the pay Of the men,who
were then about to form the great steel
combine have been spying out the land
IN that section which is known to
show signs Of rich deposits Of iron
ore These experts have all agreed that
che little piece OF land owned by this
Couple-together with the land on
either side Of their plot-promises
greater yielu in quantity and a richer
yield in quality than any other land
in that part of the state
But, as l have said, the married pair
are wholly ignorant of all this
Enter the hired girl. She speaks:
Hired Girl-A letther, sir.
The. Man-Ah! What have we here?
The Wife-Why not read it and see?
The Man excepting up the pretense Of
being the superior person and lording
il over the wife yet a little longer be-
fore the exposure of his wretched con-
ceit)-How dull you are! How you
would botch everything in your life
We're it not for me. A letter is not
morsel tossed to hungry cur, to be
flown at and choked down at a gulp
A letter is in a way the embodiment of
mystery and the chrysans of fate. 1t
may break to us the chilling news Of
death-it may convey the tidir5s Of
a marriage, a birth"
She-Oh, it may be Thompson's bill
for the fertilizer; but, for heavens
sake, read it.
He Cooking at her scornfully, but
reading the envelope, takes out the let
ter and reads:
Chicago, Ee5. -, 1900: Dear Sir
Some parties in this city whom l rep
resent are DESTROYS of meeting you to
talk over the business outlook in your
section and desire me to invite you to
come to Chicago for that purpose They
hope that you will bring your wife and
have placed at your disposal suite Of
rooms in the Auditorium Hotel which
will be at your disposal from Wednes-
day morning next
She-They want to buy our place and
l am to go with you so AS
He (reading)-"A reply by wire will
greatly oolge. Yours truly,
"T. Jenlzinson, Sec'y."
She-I am to go with you in order
that | may sign the deeu.
He (taken off his guard, begins to
reveal his inferiority)-W believe
you are right. l never should have
thought of it.
The curtain falls, and between the
acts the railroad transports the welded
pair to Chicago, which, to their west
ern minds, is a genuine and magnif-
cent metropolis. It's foul river, it's
searching Winds it's easily avoidable
dirt and dust and the troops of bag
gard, dyspeptic men, rushing along the
streets and talking to themselves,
seem to them necessary to and insep-
arabic from a worlds capital. Even
the noise and hustle in the hotel and
the combined efforts of all within its
walls to destroy all sense of repose and
comfort are, in their eyes proofs of
the perfection of the place. Once shut
in their splendidly appointed suite Of
rooms they feel deserted and lonely,
and both are seized with an irresistible
desire to drop down the elevator shaft,
10 squeeze through the crowds in the
Office and to fit themselves in the hui
man hurly burly Of the street and
chase madly along the pavements.
.He-I suppose if we should stay here
a week we would both mutter to our
selves like true Chicagoans, saying
over and over again, Wabash So IA.
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gonaut preferred II 1-8." Would it not
be glorious How like being in heaven
it must be to be Chicagoan, dreaming
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