The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-06

friends. When the couple returned re
h,ctantis Mrs. Hargroye, with blazing
eyes, walked to where Mrs. Smith
was sitting and said: Il am sure. my
dear, cont want YOU to think thar
! have any desire TO take your husband
from yols not ~ MI. my dear- and
In the tutare you don't need to send
for him.
''NNa arsSso glad daughter Hikes MI.
Smith 50 much. said Mrs. Neresheim.
er. .'He Is such charming man ana
We like him so much"
That night Mrs. Smith and her two
children. a most beautiful little daugh-
ter and son, left for the east, where
they remained during the summer. The
Smith auto became practically the
properly Of Mrs. Hargroye. The par.
ents'o Mrs. Hargroye encouraged the
visits OF the attorney. feeling sorry
for his loneliness since his family had
gone away.
The summer passed. Every day the
Smith car, flying about with Mrs. Har,
grove ur her two lovely children, dash.
ed through the streets Of Denver, and
the tongues wagged and heads Topped
over teacups. The fact that Milton
Smith WIS the devoted knight made
the relatives of the twain suspect,
such is lis reputation for gallantry.
A Cool Reception.
The 1st OF September Mrs. Smith re-
t.rned from the summer spent at
peaceful, out.ofthe.way nook by the
sea. Letters had been sent to her
telling her of the devotion Of her hus.
band to his clients wife-letters
which. OF course. were not signed, but
which. even lacking authority, burned
into he, very soul.
AT thu station her husband met her
and the children. With a curt nod
the husband and father assisted them
into the auto. On his way home he
said to his wife:
This has got to end, Susan. want
my freedom. l have enjoyed my sum-
mer, not having to account to any one,
and want to be free to go from one
to another. You know my weakness,
and won't be bound-that is, won't
he bound after election day"
The State convention of the Demo.
cratic party was called. A Democratic
convention in Colorado does not usu.
ally make an appeal to polite society.
To be sure, there is always certain
number OF women delegates who go
and sit through the days of loud talk
and tobacco smoke, who vote and
speak when they have anything to say,
but as rule, unless 1t is an impera-
tive duty, women do not go to Demo-
cratic State convention.
Milton Smith, by virtue Of his Office
as State chairman, called the conven-
ton to order. Watching his every
move from corner under the balcony
sat Mrs. Hargrove. The woman. who
affects white lace gowns, Partisan lin
gerie. ana abhors anything rough and
untidy. sat through the long hours Of
the convention, even attending the ev-
ching session, wearing dainty froclt
of white and black checked wolfe. with
n chic French hat perched on her Golf
fare.
Hargrove in his library saw nothing
OF this.
Following the arrival home of Mrs.
Smith. Mrs. Hargroye bastened to call
and left an invitation for dinner which
Mrs. Smith ignored and which Mr..
Smith accepted. At this dinner the
daughter of William Jennings Bryan
Mrs. w P. LeavitD was guest. Mrs.
Hargrosa had told her that dear Mr..
Smith" was to be the guest of honor.
Mr.. Smith explained that his wife was,
'.as usual. not well.'
eettieoat Figures in Campaign.
The campaign came on: Milton Smith
was in command OF the Democratic
forces; en- his disposition OF affairs
depended much of the success OF his
party. Whenever the leaders came
from the various parts OF the State
to see Mfr. Smith, his clerks at head.
quarters Informed them that IL they
would take chairs and wait he would
be in shortly-he had gone out. He
had really gone out j:Ist for breath
OF fresh air or to give his judgment on
some purchase that Mrs. Hargrove
wanted 10 make, but was AFRAID to RES.
on her own judgment. So the leaders
sat. and waited and fumed and swore
that they wished women were in the