New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-06

But do you think she gave anys
Not at all.
She simply smiled amiabiy at me ana
sat like Patience on a monument, walt
ing tor me 10 move on to the next.
She has q good deal of poise, that younS
woman.
covered up my defeat by adding:
You're so full Of energy and spirit
can't for the life Of me see how your
keep out OF It ALL"
Poor Christabel let one little sign escape
her here, and realized that the tragedy
Of her young life at present 10 that she
must abide in Paris In peace and CON-
fort while her sisters are setting fire to
theatres, throwing hatchets at oflcisls
and breaking everything in sight In their
prison cells.
Yes, her peaceful existence at the mo-
ment is q form of torture. Shed much
rather 60 back and stand her trial and
have a. bout Of forcible feeding. That
sort of thing is as the breath OF her nos
trlls. when It Is to gain what she has
made her life work to try and gain-ths
vote.
seemed to be gathering In crowds and
knew that many Of them must be there
for other reasons than idle curiosity. so
rose, but / had one moro question, ana
1 put 1t as stood on the threshold.
rs it true that you are engaged to be
married and that tho luckless young man
has to wait till YOU get the voter
ENeAaEoa WHAT NoNsENsEl
ooh! ohp' gasped ChristabeI, half indig-
nant, half gigslins. her face suffused with
real damask bushes of the English
schoolgirl brand. II never did! whae
next, / wonder? OF course I'm not en-
gagged. It's too absurd the things people
say"
Then she added ingenuously, as an
after thought:
Don't use much about that, anyhow
Il only puts the idea into every ones
head II it hasn't been there before"
you do believe In marriage. don't
your" l was quite relentless.
Yes, certainly; But I assure you I'm
not considering It myself" And again
she smiled and in an embarrassed way
DruSlcQ D&Ch sOllle VI siic sCh]h'S ~
fine, artistically stringy hair, which had
escaped from under the fashionable has
with it's impudent feather.
Then l really bade goodby to this
glowing, vigorous, very much in earnest
Young person, and she shook my hand
with the grip of a schoolboy, and with
a funny little angular movement OF the
arm.
As I made my way out OF the pas
sage something very French was ush-
cred into the presence of the "Suffragette
Anslaise," and for all l know she may
have been invited to speak for some
French feminist society, and think my
| self she will do II.
felt so revivtfied that I walked long
distance In Montmartre, with never a
thought of possible Apaches; what was
really thinking was how funny 1t must DC
To have three such earnest, Jealous per-
sons In one family.
You see, I've met Mrs. Pankhurst and
found her emotionally, almost tearfuDy,
In earnest; and I've met Sylvia, and shes
earnest IN O. highbrow, symbolst sort OF
fashion; and now I've met Christabel, and
she's in earnest in all sorts OF ways. IN
fact. I think, on the whole, she's as much
in earnest as any one I've ever met III
my life. but there's saving grace about
her. She has q cunning little sense OF
burnor. Not q well-deyeloped, we'll
nourlshed one, but still 1t Is one, and
suppose that must tighten the earnest at
mosphere of the family circle bit.
Copyright 1912. New-York Tribune