The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-10-06

y but 90 you tflluh sue gave auyt
Not at all.
She simply smiled amiably at me and
sat like Patience on a monument, wait
| ing for me to move on to the next
She has a good deal Of poise. that youns
| woman
I covered up my defeat by adding:
You're so full of energy and spirit
can't for the life of me see how you'll
keep out Of 1t all
Poor Christabel let one little sigh escape
her here. and I realized that the tragedy
of her young life at Present is that she
must abide in Paris in peace and COM
fort while her sisters are setting fire to
theatres. throwing hatchets at oficials
and breaking everything in sight In their
prison cells
Yes. her peaceful existence at the mo-
ment is a form Of torture. She'd much
rather go back and stand her trial and
have bout of forcible feeding. That
sort of thing is as the breath OF her nos
trils. when II is to gain what she has
made her life work to try and gain-the
vote.
Outside In the little narrow hall people
seemed to be gathering in crowds and I
knew that many of them must be there
for other reasons than idle curiosity. 50
I rose. but had one more question. and
l put 1t as stood on the threshold.
rs IL true that you are engaged to be
married and that the luckless young man
has to wait till you get the voter
ENGAGED WHAT NONSENSE!
oh! OH gasped Christabel. half indig-
a. ,.-8sk
real damask bushes OF the English
schoolgirl brand. II never did. what
next. 1 wonder? OF course I'm not en-
gagged. It's too absurd the things people
say
Then she added ingenuously. az an
after thought:
Don't use much about that. anyhow.
1t only puts the idea into every ones
head II 1t hasn't been there before"
You do believe in marriage. don't
your" I was quite relentless
Yes, certainly; but I assure you I'm
not considering it myself" And again
she smiled and In an embarrassed way
brushed back some of the tendrils Of her
fine. artistically stringy hair. which had
escaped from under the fashionable hat
with its impudent feather.
Then / really baoe 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 1 made my way out Of the pas
sage something very French was ush-
cred into the presence Of the "Sufra gette
AngIaise," and for all I know she may
have been invited TO speak for some
French feminist society, and think my
self she will do II.
felt so revivihed that walked long
distance in Montmartre, with never Q
thought of possible Apaches; what was
really thinking was how funny II must be
to have three such earnest, Jealous per
sons in one family.
You see, I've met Mrs. Pankhurst, and
found her emotionally. almost tearfuIly.
in earnest; and I've met Sylvia, and she's
earnest in a highbrow, symbolist sort of
fashion; and now I've met Christabel. and
she's in earnest in all sorts OF ways. In
fact. think. on the whole. she's as much
in earnest as any one I've ever met in
my life, but there's a saving grace about
her. She has a cunning little sense Of
humor. Not a well-developed, we'll
nourished one. but still 1t Is one, and I
suppose that must tighten the earnest at
mosphere Of the family circle bit.
Copyright. 1912. New-York Trfbune)