The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-09-27
Mans Work and Woman's
By Caroline B. LeRoW

By Caroline B. LeRoW

"lrs lust glorious to be Independent
Of lAo whole tribe Of them. rem
. rps exclaimed, shaking the ie'ns
oyer the horses back, while sh" TICK
Ii MIN between the ears with the
vAvlash.
KIN, XIX, XIX" cluckcd Ethel
"N.tc him go faster cant YOU? we
brlll he late TO dinner
Dinner, What's dinner compared
f. this discussion contcmptupuSly
inquired Huldah. readjusting her spec
ttoIes
oh. you always enjoy talking upon
ybur favoritc topic rejoin"d hlh'L
Sow for my part, I'm very far from
l.,ug a manhalcr. Men are very
,,Ir. indeed on some occasions, and
And the idea that women cant
duyr" interrupted Penelope. why
driving is Just the easiest thing
luldah shrugged her shoulders.
or course it's easy. The idea
Du when we started of ! heard
ono OF those wrctChcs on the piazza
ar-of course he didn't suspect that
! heard him that any woman could
d..r lll something happened
something happened, indeed re
C.Ii.d Penelope. Indignantly.
.)h. mercy" screamed Ethel Sc"
lu. shake his head What do you sup.
i.-. aIIs him. And she wildly clutch
rt my arm as she asked tn" qurs
ton
Soothing ails him answered,
'u ni,s There's nothing to be- fright.
"r.d al"
Don't You think h. wants water
al. ucNt inquired.
.lr wont do any harm to try tn"
experiment And thus saying Pen.
,,rpr drove 10 thu side of the road
whore the water Eushed from a spring
TITO frantic plunEcs of the horses
head left as no doubt of his desire to
d~iuk
'Hut why on earth, then, don't he
dunk? walled Ethel.
Penelope watched him intcu,ly
81 declare" she burst out al last
"Turg must have harncsscd him
wong He cant get his head down
g--at tina, too bad"
III We only knew what tn" mat.
To- was" remarked practical linldah
Girls, did any Of you ever harness a
hOrse?
Not one Of us ever had
ITS mans work to harness
HORSES" Ethel declared TO which HUI
dan responded. 80 more than it is
& drive them"
Ethel looked thoughtful.
Il m not so sure Of that II seems
somehow unwOmauy and
.Tnaomanly!" scofiod Iluldah
'Ierc. Penelope mako him stand still
while I get out and see"
The sun was blazing overhead, The
q was ankle deep under foot. ant
thai horse wauldu't stop except spas
medically and at long intervals, no
long enough Tor Iluldah, who occasion
ally overlook the vehicle to get int
st Penelope was rigid, and showed
IN every feature her oppressive sens
ol responsibility Ethel was plainl
frightened
Oh. whoa DO whoa" burst fror
har HIPS almost in 4 groan.
This time he whoaod but We sha'
never know whether II was on a'
count Of Ethcls eloQuoncc. or tn
fact. FIRST discovered by Iluldah, a
she came up the road, that part {
The harness. was dangling around hi
heels.
There was general wall.
"What shall We do?"
"Il there were only man with I
who could" began impulsively the
stopped terrified at the audacity Of n
own tongue.
The horse stood perfectly still, al
for minute we were all as still as
was, all save Huldah. who was ia
ming herself desperately with h
hat
We'll, this is certainly an exh
arating situation" she remarked
last.
II certainly was. Every sane perst
would have agreed with her. S
miles at least from home, the san
number from the place where we we
intending to dine. and over mile fro
the nearest houSa
I'VE can't stay here all day. We sh
have roast goose for dinner II ,
do loosely ventured Penelope, a
we tried our best to laugh at hef
tie wltticism. Ethel was the ped
trian of the party. and rose equal
the emergency. In some way S
clambercd over the hind wheel OF {
carriage.
Where are you going?" some o
asked feebly, but the answer cal
with no uncertain sound 1t was
C!ear ringing staccato utterance
three single words:
"Fur--a-man,"
"Huldah groaned and collapsed Ii
q helpless heap at the roadside. p,
elape held the reins gingerly.
We took no note Of time but fro
ita loss. II seemed as ii Ethel wot
never be seen again on earth, but