The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-08
CHAPTER xv.-Continued.

That very night my husband removed
one great obstacle in the path of my
presidential possibilities by announcing
at the dinner table the decision of his
"That MEANS" he concluded, that
shall have to go over myself and get
things to running. Wish l could take
you and the babies.'
est would be better for the children
to stay at home with mother" l an
swered, uncertain about myself.
eyes" he answered, '.and matters
are so unsettled now that I'd better
go alone. But perhaps you might. come
week. And l was quite contented
with the way Dame Fortune was ar.
ranging matters.
I had little time to think over club
matters until after Joe had said good
by and boarded the eastern train, but
the very next Sunday morning Mrs.
Parsons called me to the telephone.
"Have you seen the Stars" she
asked. -.
az haven't looked at any morning
paper,' answered. 1880. !
"Did you authorize the statement
that you are to be the next candidate
for the presidency of the Nota Benes"
she asked abruptly. "For that is what
1t amounts to-
"No; never" answered promptly.
"1 know no one on the Star, and have
never been interviewed on the sub
iect.'
:'Who did it, thenq'' she pursued.
'Some one has knife for me all right.
Come up by and by, and let's talk the
matter over.'
"I'd like, to-" I answered, "but I
have company to lunch and guests to
dine with me. Joe's just gone to
Europe, you know"
"Weil, soon, them; and read the Star
article" she said.
| I sent out and bought the. Sunday
was in the 'fWoman s Club Corner"
and was headed:
CTION IN THE NOTA
| BENE CAMP.
"Rumours are afioat," it went on to
say, cot widespread dissatisfaction
with the somewhat arbitrary methods
of the present head of the Nota Benes,
There will Be, we are reliably informed,
n new ticket brought into nomination
at tho coming election. 1t is claimed
by some that the leader who has &C.
cupied the chair of state for two years
past, prominent socially as she is, has
become persona non grata to large
and growing faction of the club, and a
| younger more CdCblul OIuCeT Will 10
brought to fill her place. In fact, her
successors name is already being
whispered about the club circles, being
none other than the handsome, talented,
and popular wife of Mr.. Joseph HEM
ing. Mrs. Jack as she is called, is at
the, head of an increasing coterie of
society and club women" ETC., ETC.,
and so on for half a column.
"My stars! How fortunate that Joe
he
paper. "This IS Minnie Morrison 8 do,
| ing not daring to launch the boom in
her own paper.'
! Then I fell to thinking.
Why not? I felt little doubt that
could be elected if I chose, and I had
long coveted position and prominence
Both would come to the woman who
,stood at the head of the Nota Bene
To be sure, there was Joe. But ht
} besides, when he came back and fully
realized the honors that would RES
, upon me as president of this large ant
influential club-the successor of Mrs
; Teddy Parsons-would he not be recon
cileda I thought so.
But there was Mrs. Parsons, thu
) woman to whom I owed whatever O.
position OF, popularity I had already at
tanned, whose patronage had mad
J, "Mrs. jack popular in several sets
t How could r play her false' 1 wen
l back to the days over the old store
0 days most unpleasant to recall now
|, and lived over again the Afternoon
: when she called, and, sympathizini
9 with my yearnings for broader life
8 opened the door for me to walk fort
;, into the realm of modern womanhood
n I recalled all her kindness to me when
was unknown and unsophisticated; hoy
I she had placed opportunities in my wa
e over and over again for &C
4 vancement in club life; how sh
had entertained me royalty for tw
d summers at Meguntic Cove; how sh
+ had chosen me, finally, as her frien
g and confdante.
Could I do this thing7 Could I tur
against her now and crafty my ow
ambitions at the expense of her owe,
l. throw and my own false heartedness
It No, would not do it. aE
t. I started for the telephone to call he
o up and assure her that the whole stor
h was. false; that nothing would Undue
me to accept the nomination whic
l. should dislodge her. But the bell ran
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