Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-09-22

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yourself cp .::.s. tbs: sid i T-as En-:
70 drop or .. ~. TQ-.tt. but vi: have
vo- 70. - yo-- o.d :-.eads s-o-a you:
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and ....@a ed c-5.aa oar - lsar 1saEa
play and Malha sig. - 20 80 Mans
se.G O Eez-y Ir-v:ras, w.-aa we have
I'D tA=l: And Do you ,-.ns you've
s--.a qu:te fair 70 Ton: Waat right
had you 70 assume that he lad forgot
ten :roc"
oh didn't exactly mean forgot
tea," ..e said. pulling blade Of grass
to and e-o between his fingers and
staring at IT absent;.. Its only that
have dropped out Of .he world. you
know. They rather expected me TO do
a lot @: things. and haven't done
theI1 Possibly i. Is ,-=cauSf. an sen.
s:tive that never let Tom know. They
expected zee 10 amount TO something.
bu, / don't believe his welcome void
be Jess hearty to fa!lur-he is g
good bsart-"
"Fa.Iu.e..' she cried ard clapp@l her
hands and laughed.
I'm really not very tragic about it,
though ,aus, sen consumed with
self pity" he returned. smiling. 1T is
only that have dropped out OF ths
! world while Tom is still in it,
/ 'Droppsl out Of the world" II she
echoed :Iopatien;l:. Can't you see
you've dropped into il: That you
Last night was Aonored b.. your
praise Of ny graceful mode Of quitting
it,
And 50 you wish ne 10 be cons.s,-
ent," s,l= re,or,e4l scor-fuly. What
becomes % your sa.lan1sy 7-hen We
abide By reason:'
''Tru. enough; equality Is & denial Of
privilege
Ind privilege Is denial Of equal
itv: don't liz: that At ALL She
tur.el serious, suddeni:. :!luL1:.: ed
fac. upon LiLl and spoEe earnestly
Its T.: holly, should se.i YOU. a:ld
Ia tired q that :eoasease about 'y.cI-a-
81 always sounding the personal note
1t should b. SOUNDED as W. would
sound il And think We could bear
the loss Of privilege -
He laughed and raised q .3-o-esti.. 9
hand. But We COULDN'T
NO. vou couldn't. It's the riblon Of
/ superiority: II your butroabole. !sno::
several women who manage to live
without men to open doors for tlla.n
and think could bear TO Let q man
pass before ne now and then or wear
bis hat il an Office where happened
to be. and couId get Il: oIn ice al q
dance. l think. possibly 7-it,. even less
! fuss and scramble than I've sometimes
! Observed in the young snen who have
done It for ne But you know you
would neTer let US do things for our-
{ selves, 70 matter what lega! equality
/ might b. declared. even when wc c"I
! representation for OUT taxation. Yo-'
will ne"er be able TO deny yourselves
giving Us our PRIVILEGE / hate icing
waited on. I'd rather Do tl.ags for
myself
( She Vas 80 ra.;.est IL. her satire. 81
ful! Of scor.l arl 50 serious IN bar man
Ing, and thare vas such q contrast be-
tween VIA, sl.e said and her person
she looked 80 pre-eulinently the pretty
narguise. the little exquisite. 80 essen-
tally 70 be waited o. and helped. to
have cloaks thrown over the iampness
for i.ec 70 tread upon. 10 be run about
for-Le could see half dozen youths
rushin. about for her ices. for her car
.iage. for her chaperon. for her wrap.
at dances-that to save his life he
could not repress q ciuc...!e. He man
aged 10 make it inaudibie. however.
and it was as we'll that he did.
81 understand your love of newsra-
le1 HIth. SllS HcilI C!l lesS ss.4t1lt1!it-
II, but not less earnestly. Il have al
ways wanted to DO it myself. wantet!
to immensely. / can't think Of more
fascinating way Of earning cne's !iv-
ing. And / know l could do it. Why
don't you make the Herald a daily"
, To hear her speak Of earning ones
/ living" was too much for him. She
/ gave the impression Of riches, not
only by The 6ne texture and fashioning
Of her garments, but one felt that lux
] uries had wrapped her from her birth.
: He had not had much time to wonder
! what she did in Plattville. 1t had oc-
CURED to him that it was little odd
/ that she could plan to spend any extent
OF time there, even if she had liked
Minnie Briscoe at school. He felt that
she must have been sheltered and pet
ted and waited on all her life. One
could not help yearning to wait on her
He answered inarticulately. "Oh,
/ some day." in reply to her question and
then fell into outright laughter.
Il might have known you wouldn't
! take me seriously" she said. with nc
indignation, only sort Of wistfulness
II am well used to 1t. think it is be