The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-26
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Daughters" the colonel repeated.
namely, your daughters"
Certainly not! The Daughters Of
the Revolution"
Its a mighty fine society, that; did
a lot during the Spanish war. And
you are the state president, aren't
your
mo, Rupert" returned Mrs. Mel
vile with dignity Il am no longer
state regent. By methods that would
shame the most hardened men politi-
clans was defeated; why! didn't you
| read about it,"
"You know I only came back from
the Philippines in February"
1T was in all the Chicago papers.
was interviewed myself I assure
you the other candidates (there were
two) tried the very lowest political
| methods. Melville said it was scandal
ous There were at least three lunch
cons given against me. 1t wasn't the
congress, it was the lobby defeated
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believe that gentlewomen could stoop
| to such infamy of Misrepresentation.
The colonel chewed his mustache; he
felt for that reporter Of the Chicago
| paper; he was evidently getting a
| photographic record now; he made an
throat which was as the clucking of
the driver to the melted horse Mrs.
Melville gesticulated with Delsartian
grace as she poured forth her woes
They accused me Of domineering
spirit; they said l was trying to set
up a machine. I! worked for them,
many a time, half the night, at my
desk; never was a letter unanswered;
l did half the work of the correspond
ing secretary; yet at the crucial mo-
ment she betrayed me! l learned
more in those two days of the petty
jealousy, the pitiless malevolence of
some women than had known all my
| life before; but at the same time, to
! the faithful band of friends"-the
colonel had the sensation of listening
| to the record again-"whose fidelity
was proof against ridicule and cruel
Misrepresentation. l return a graft
tude that will never wane. Rupert
she turned herself in the seat and
| waved the open palm of her hand In
| a graceful and dramatic gesture,
those women not only stopped to
malignant falsehoods, they not only
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but they circulated through the hall
cartoon called the Making of the
Slate OF course, we had our quarters
at hotel, and after the evening meet
ing, after l had retired, in fact, bell
boy brought me message; 1t was
necessary to have meeting at once.
to decide for the secretaryship, as we
had found out Mrs. Ellennere was
false. The ladies in the adjoining
rooms and the others of us on the
board who were loyal came into my
chamber Rupert, will you believe it,
those women had a grotesque picture
of us, with faces cut out of the news
papers-of course, all our pictures
were in the papers-and they had the
audacity and the meanness to picture
me in-in the garments of night
That was pretty tough. But where
does Miss Smith come in?"
"She was at the convention. She is
Daughter I've always said We are
too lax in our admissions"
who drew the picture?"
| ut may not be Miss Smith, but
she does draw. I'm sure that she
worked against me; she covered up
her footprints so that l have no proof;
but 1 suspect her She's deep, BERTHE,
she's deep. But she can't hoodwink
me. I'll find her out"
The colonel experienced the embar-
rassment that is the portion of rash
man trying to defend one woman
against another; he retreated because
/, he perceived defense was in vain;
but he did not feel his growing opinion
of Miss Smiths innocence menaced by
Mrs. Melville's convictions.
| She played too square game for a
kidnaper-and Smith was the COM
monest of names. No, there must be