The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-16
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said. hotly to the wall opposite. 1t
is high time made my declaration
Of independence" And then she
paused.
Like many young people Of the pres.
ent generation, Molly Madison had
never though much about the Declar.
alton OF Independence. She had read
Il perfunctorily at school and her
teacher had perfnctorily pointed out
its noble sentiments-especia the |
"all men are created free and equal" |
This last had been impressed upon |
Molly's mind because one OF the boys |
had seized the first opportunity to |
assure her that that might be noble |
but IL wasn't true. and Molly had !
cleverly caught him up with nothing
can be noble that isn't true" The
boy had appeared posed. and Molly
had, in consequence, always remem-
bered about the free and equal part
OF the declaration.
Now, after many years, she and the
| boy had differed again about that
clause of equality and freedom. Had
differed not in words, but in the spirit.
The boy lived to the belief that a
man should be master in his house
and admitted of no equal in the sphere
| of his home. Molly lived to the belief
that she was the boys equal in many
| respects. That, at least, she had
right to say so sometimes. Molly and
the boy had been married just year
and Molly was beginning 20 find that
| h., In,
that it presupposes the humiliation of
obedience
II had sense enough to take care of
myself before | was married" she re-
peated. hotly, to the wall. And why
should he presume to give me orders
like | was nine-pin or a nonenity. 1
don't want you to 30 out to-day. / sup
pose he thinks that II he wanted me to
stay in bed all day | ought to be meek
ly content TO stay there. But I'll show
him. I'll go from one end of this town
to the other. He might just as well
learn right now that | do not intend
to be a martyr to every whim that
enters his head. I'll celebrate my
Fourth of July with declaration of
independence. I'll write one. I'll draw
Il up in legal style and leave 1t for him
TO read. That will be fine" And
Molly almost forgot her indignation
in the enthusiasm for her scheme. She
hustled through the morning work,
got together pen and ink and legal
cap paper and began TO write.
BE 1t enacted" she wrote, and hest
tated. THAT would make it an enact
ment-and Jack would laugh at me
for mixing things. / must be sure to
begin right. How does the real decla'
ration begin?" II took Molly a good
while to find an old school history
and look up the declaration In the
appendix, but the result rewarded heI
and with a joyous. "Oh. yes! That's
fine!" she took fresh sheet and be
gan:
when in the course OF human
, events, 1t becomes necessary for {
wife to loosen the bonds her husband
/ has sought to bind about her and L
assume among the people OF the eartl
: the equal station to which the laws o
3 nature and OF natures God entities
her, decent respect for her HUSBAND
4 requires that she should tell him o
3 the causes which have impelled her t
{ take this step" Molly read over he
q beginning and sighed with content.
i That's beautiful" she said. NOV
. to set forth the causes. No, wait
. We hold these truths to be self-evi
. dent. that women and men are created
1 equal, that they are endowed by theil
| fpa1fpn hi 4
rights; that among these are life, lib
, erty and the pursuit of happiness
Molly underscored the liberty" ant
{ consulted the original document. The
. consultation lasted through a puzzlinl
2 period, but finally Molly seized hel
! pen and wrote with fervor:
. Common sense will admonish the
r wife not to upset the domestic peace
8 for light and transient causes. Blu
i when long train of abuses and usur
= pations. pursuing invariably the sam'
o object, evinces a design to reduce he
A under absolute despotism, IL is he
h right, IL is her duty. to throw OFF sucl
4 tyranny and to provide new guards 70
e her" Molly stopped and struggled
O for the word she wanted. Individual
!. ity, that's It, New guards for her in
lividuality. Such has been the patien
v sufferance of this writer and such /
II now the necessity which constrain
her to alter her former system of sui
q mission. To prove this, let these fact
I be submitted to candid world. That
?. hnel That will get Mr.. Jack"
V And in q glow of conscious power
Molly began upon her list OF grieN
h ances.
a Il was a delightful task. The boon
p ing guns far away; the distant cheer
= ing; the fizzle and spat of cracker
r near at hand; all sank to insignif
cance. were lost thought of, forgotten
whelmed utterly by the swelling, full
tide Joy of the work she had in hanC
. The original document was an unfai
ing source of inspiration. Moll
studied It In prolonged absorption