The Dolores star., 1909-05-07
Illustrations by Ray Walters
SYNOPSIS.
Copyright. 1907. BY Bobb.- Merrill Coz

CHAPTER I.-Senator Morley vernon.s
visit with his nancee was inter
At the state capital. Both regretted IL
the girl more than he. because she had
ara arranged to attend dinner that evening
win him She said she yearned for a ma
ttonal ONCE for him.
CHAPTER lion vernon.s desk in IN.
senate he found red rose, accompan MED
by plea for suffrage for women He met
OF chicago. who proposed to convert him
Into voting for house resolution No. Is.
CHAPTER III.-MIss Greene secured
Vernon's promise to vote for the suffrage
resolution. He also aided her by conyinc-
Ing others. He took liking to me fair
suffragette.
CHAPTER Iv.-Miss Greene consul,ed
with the Lieutenant governor. Vernon nd.
mitted to himself that the suffragette had
forgot to read his fiancee's letter.
CHAPTER v.-vernon made a erea,
speech In favor of suffrage, aided by
glances from Miss Greene. The resoIu.
ton was made special order
Rnt Vernon. mt acrus.ovnod 10
thinking on his feet, as takers love to
phrase it. and having stopped. could
not instantly go on. and that awkward
halt disconnected him. He was con.
scious that the moments were slipping
by. and there were other things
many other things-that he had in
tended to say; but these things evaded
him-fOated of. tantalizingly. out Of
reach. And so. for refuge. he rushed
ON to the conclusion he had half
formed In his mind. The conclusion
was made up mostly from a toast to
which he had once responded while In
college. entitled The Ladies'" The
words came back to him readily
enough; he had only to apply them
little differently and to change his
figures. Thus 1t was easy to work up
to panegyric in which Illinois stood
up as n beautiful woman leading her
sister states up to new heights of
peace. of virtue and of concord. He
had rapt vision of this woman. by
her sweet and gentle influence settling
all disputes and bringing heaven down
to, earth at last.
- The senate was in raptures.
This is the face" he cried. "'that
launched thousand ships and burned
the topless towers of Ilium!'
she is wholly like in feature to the
deathless goddesses!'" So he went
on. Age cannot wither. nor custom
stale, her infinite variety
He was growing weary. He already
showed the impressive exhaustion of
the peroration. He had sacrificed a col
lar and drunk all the water from his
glass. He fingered the empty tumbler
for a moment. and then lifted 1t on
high while he said:
filled this cup to one made up
OF loveliness alone,
A woman of her gentle sex
The seeming paragon
Her health! and would on earth there
stood
Some more of such q frame,
That life might be all poetry,
And weariness a name.
When he had done, there was a
moments stiffness; then came the long
sweep of applause that rang through
the chamber. and while the lieutenant
governor raped for order, men
crowded around Vernon and wrung his
hand. as he wiped his forehead with
his handkerchief. And then the roll
was called. 1t had not proceeded far
when there was that subtitle change in
the atmosphere which is SO easily rec
ognized by those who have acquired
the sense Of political aeroscepsy; the
change that betokens some new, un-
expected and dangerous maneuver.
Braidwood had come over from the
house. His face, framed in its dark
beard, was stern and serious. He
whispered an instant to Porter, the
senate leader. Porter rose.
''Mr President" he said.
The lieutenant governor was looking
at him expectantly.
1.-THE gentleman from Cook" the
lieutenant governor said.
"Mr President" said Senator Por-
ter. Il move you, sir, that the further
discussion Of the resolution be post
poned until Wednesday morning. one
week from tomorrow. and that It be
made a special order Immediately fol-
lowing the reading of the journal"
II there are no objections 1t will
be 30 ordered" said the lieutenant
governor.
Bull Burns shouted a prompt and
hoarse object"
But the lieutenant governor calmly
said:
.And 1t is so ordered"
The gavel fell.
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