Putnam patriot., 1908-09-18


 indifference whether women voted or not but II seemed to Mabel that 1t was the vital question Of the hour.
 Sine attended nil the suffragette meet ings advertised aud even formed q sui frage club among the girls of cowdrey House. aB establishment for self sup. porting girls in which she had made her home since the death of her par ents.
 The Cowdrey Suffrage club was at best lukewarm organization. The girls had joined 'for the fun of the thing" and Mabel had 10 work fIdrd 10 hold her converts ln line
 This prevented ter from giving much of ber time to Hoy and his opinion Of the sunragettes was the natural result For i've gears he had begged Mabel to marry him but eFen before the cry Of e.afes for women became a fashion able slogan Mattel had had pronounced ideas az t0 fhe independence Of her sex and Roy waited patiently while Mabel demonstrated her ability to earu her own HylHg
 Then she had fallen under tho ntn enee If Mrs Graee Rrewu liuzzarJ an bad been welcomed by the leader as an aiGtlloH f1 lie cause The approval uf tliia famous "oman lHd the effect of uiaki1g Aist4el the a.efe enthusiastic. aud ffe=cutjg she WIS devotiHg every eyeHlHe te Gie e6Wdfty brunch Of the sfe5sly. and Roy MS Jeff out iu the cold
 II eas fte fi''c fhat all lights were te i=.=eJ5i at II fH CoWafey House it
 Ni ! the ald ol candies Mnhei W.5 q ftf i#te tisc aisht en lp' spHet hes lint Mrs Efnwa=ilaz2nrd delivered and l drggad beaself unniiliasiy to her
 Vo.b tbf following morning. sudly feeling tAe laet If sleep
 Nirs Hrowu.lIazznra found tn her nen ai4eip.e valued assistant and her dctnan1 for speeches tlnt offered Il departurc from her own stereotyped thoughts wls insistent The more sine praised the harder Ma b.i worked until Al Inst the inevitable breaki!oaai at4'affed. and Mabel wns forced to resign her position and go 
 1 Into thc country where her scahty say. lngs rapidly diminished The pile of manuscripts for her idol however. In creased gently
 Mrs. SearfiFt. her new landIadH, was much interested in the girl. and her rrotests agaInst the manner h which NalHel Was ovefwefki Ing were loud and emphatic.
 ''hetter stap thai foolishness," she argued, eau1 put some flesh en year bones
 Put the aaiae needs my work" cried the tise1 erl "Mes Brown. llazaarl writes ne that these speeches are slaas Norll of gaoi thai | an tnati6g thousauds of converts or course she aatters ne there. far t | her magnetic personality that counts merely snVe hrr the wofry Of mar. shaline her arguments"
 Mrs. Brown llaa2aed2" unused Mrs Scaffilt "Gfaee BroNn married Len
 Hazard faa don't happen tn knam
 what voar friends husbands name K. do sel5 =
 "lt Is E Henderson Hazard" re speadcd Mabel
 Named after his ma. explained 1 Mrs Seetfltt His Ma was I.uelta i Henderson Ne always did say that change of name and not cf letter meant change for worse and not for better it was Gene iiazzard that I | the worst of Il My but he was hen pecked. Lived over in the hollow .f. | .4 Il nleee -tl4at first red hoese on yeaf right as you g, ta the pastatiice"
 ''sbe neeef sad mytfins about has Ing been born here" cried Mabel ip surprise "SAe did say in one al hea letters that she knew that Caalyviiit
 w..s a heautiful plase"
 "Gaaee Brown ant hrageiae about us. and We aln.t hgassiAg about Graet=
 Brown" declansl the oll lsdA Grace alwass Nas j fruls she went on
 she used ta ss,t me ta write her com
 positions for her and Bea hnrre~s | used to de her Sua9s She never dtd aHsthlAs thai slie could coax some otts | else to ,lo Tor her must say thai she hnd nice ways about her She could coax eten the teacher Into gis | lng her good marks when she'd been kept In after school the whole week" She k the le.,der in great cause, said Mahel neserently "She has de voted her gifts to great battle, aud | she will win for us. We shall get the vote before long and the name of Mrs | Brown Haxxard wttl 70 down through the ages as the woman who worked this great revolution in favor of We i mans rights"
 | Mrs. S,arritt snifYed scornfully. then she looked down into the deep blue eyes glowing with the fires of enthust asn Mahels cheeks were thin and white. and therc was little culver of tae chin that bespoke nervousness. Only the eNes betrayed animation. Mrs Scartitt laid her hand gently upon the giFl's artn.
 "'rhen's lust one real right that 8 woman has she Insisted softly That's the right ta marry q gaoi man and have hiln ove and protect her, If she can gel that she doesn't need to vote or do any of those fool things. She k content with her home and her babies
 It's when she lcesa't get tie ma, she wants that she ssssGs the excitement oi sa.Ae fgal crusade lise thtS "i.Ne lived nfts- theee Years. Rsv dear
 nevas N.teSl, ana ! never wanted ta. aad g'aass slas and ane sseat as hapnX 2 aalF Fl olel faAs as th4ee aHs ia ,h2 stase ! sgseke es Hea Burrows 3 moment asse eisaee iavs~i AlgA sat l.e