The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-07-08
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What? Lobbying? You? Doro-
thea -" His tone was exactly what It
would have been II he had caught her
in the act of hanging her grand
smother. at 49,. .i~.. y.
blouse bill 153," she went on tran
gully. '~::'. y. - 49,
: "Woman's suffrage? You? Doro-
thea" ~
= Il desire you to support that bill,"
she said, as II she were asking him
Ito call the waiter. 1T will be read
Tin the house tomorrow and referred
Ito a committee Of which you are .
member. You will see that 1t is re-
ported favorably out Of the committee
and its next reading in the house you
will make speech-a good. strong
,speech-in favor Of it. You will vote
afor it every vote you control"
Then the smolder of the young
intended to destroy all her assertive
and progressive tendencies. For two
hours she listened to remonstrance,
! expostulations and downright re-
fusals.
The next day she heard from the
gallery of the house the bill read and
referred to the committee on resolu-
tons. Mr.. Kenneth bowed to her, from
q distance. in the house and In the no.
tel dining room.
For several days he treated her
with high and mighty disdain which
should have reduced her to the cling
ing vine state. But it did not.
The chairman of the committee on
resolutions gave a theater party one
evening and after it supper at the
hotel. He was young man and very
charming. Morton Kenneth was not
invited to the party.
When the chairman put MIS-. Bonde
Boyde and her niece into thu elevator
about midnight, Mr.. Kenneth was sit
ting in the corridor on a Reat oppo'
site the elevator staring Into space
and busily engaged In not looking at
them. A few minutes later a maid
brought Miss Hillwood letter.
Dear Dorothea: I am tired OF fool
ishness. Drop this ridiculous wom-
ans rights business and marry me.
You are frittering away q sweet, xom-
anly soul in an Improbable, 1nsincere
life. Every woman should be In a
home of her own with a husband to
take care Of her. Won't you take the
home and the husband I offer you?
Give up this chase after fads, this
artificial way Of living. love you.
want you for my own. Won't you
marry me. dear?
MORTON"
To this she replied:
Dear Sir: Your favor received. I
wish to express to you my apprecia-
t1on Of your kindness and my sin.
cerest thanks for the honor you would
confer upon me. But I feel that I
have no right to unite my worldly
life with one as pure and innocent and
unselfish as yours.
again thanking you, remain,
yours very truly,
"DOROTHEA HILLWOOD."
Next morning the telephone wa
kened her.
"Were you that kid?"
what kid?"
"The kid that proposed to me
years ago."
Silence.
Say, Dorothea, are you stin there?"
"Yes."
will you come down to the par
lor? want to see you"
mo. I'm busy"
But have something to tell you.
The resolutions committee met this
morning and your bill was reported
out favorably."
"Mr. Gray promised me it should
be-"
"Gray didn't have thing to do with
It. did it myself. And this after
noon. by special order, 1t is to be read
again in the house and l shall make
speech in favor of It,"
do you believe in the bill, Nor
TONI"
Il believe in you"
II want you to believe in the bill.
Do your"
wouldn't support It II didn't,
even for you"
DO you believe In women's rights ?"
Silence.
Morton. do you believe in women's
equal rights with men?"
YES"
do you believe in the broader life
for women, the same privileges that
men have, political, business and So
cial-especially social1'
"Oh, Dorothea."
do you?"
EYES,"
I'll be down. And, Morton-are
you still there-1'l walk over to the
state house with you. If you want
me to. Hush-don't tell me over the
phone that you love me. Yes. I do
want to hear you say it-of course I
want to know how much you love me.
. Tell me when come down."
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