The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-07-04

some fireworks worth seeing, ana
who announced her intention In the
meanwhile ~ celebrating independence
day by attending meeting OF new
women IN he lott ~ neighboring
barn where certain modern Patrick
Henrys lu rctti,uuts We're 10 be gath
cred together =" assure each other that.
failing to secure liberty they were
ready tu wulnuuc DEATH
Poor Jack tie was blind, indeed
He did n1' Sru that tbs "scnseless.
ness. ~ he was mentally calling It.
was niu".t"nth, 81 Il put on to tease
him. Driven tu desperation. he even
offered himself H~ her escort to this
meeting She was quite able to take
care ~ herself She would go alone.
And she went Nud She found II all
Intensely stupid almost rs stupid as
Jack had b"rn IT. taking her at her
word when she do ned hi~ escort She
found that instead ~ listening to the
ringing cries " liberty or death abe
was hearing only the spueaking OF the
tddles over ~ the club where, the
hh'"'l NJ '''Nf 'ANA'lhk hhu bNAuu
She caught herself wondering which Of
the girls jack was duucing with Was
IL that dreadful katharine Blake, who
had tried So hard 20 get up "a fiirtation
with him last year. or pretty Florrie
Blackwell FOR she was pretty ia an
inanimate wax doh fashion; Or thnt
fascinating little Mabel Mortimer who
NaH "a NFaga H..
met?
Then she was rHlled upon to read the
paper that she had prepared that Mt
ernoon when she would 80 much rather
have gone sailing with JACK II was
commonplace little paper hut because
she was In bitter mood she rend II with
bitterness that won her audience
That was the right spirit, said the aeXt
speaker Men should be- made TO con
slider well the voice Of their complaint
They should he no more able 10 close
their ears 10 Il than to the nightly re
verherutions ~ the thunder that now
seemed to shake the very earth The
storm which had threatened all dn,
had broken now
lsllllF VI lllN was ufNIu ue IeTTlDlt
voice ~ the storm without drowned
the voice ~ the mere woman within
II II had been heard Il Is doubtful
whether II would have been needed.
for these new women were after all
very Ike the old women they were
terribly frightened Finally there came
flash that seemed 10 hurn into their
very souls aud shrivel them to cinders
followed hy 70 clap that made them
think that the gloh" itself WAS split
ting, smell uf smoke ~ burning
wood, ~ sulphur In another minut,
they knew that thc barn wns un irc
A Wild rush for the ladders and
crooked stu'rs followed Fowunniol,
Dorothy's new womnnhood did not de-
sert her NJ n pinch She kept enough
of her wits about her 20 know TINT sh,
must not join In the STAMPEDE She
must keep perfectly SIN uu'il Ta"l
came for her She knew II would he
Jack that would come for her Sh"
had not long ~ wait though arterwnrd
she would hnv" told Won II WIS ~
eternity before she heard Jacks voice
shouting "norothv' Dorothy, whcr"
are you' Don't he frightened ~,
Jack i'm coming IN Won"
As she answered his call she rcm"m.
hercd that he had never before called
her Dorothy" never before had taken
II for granted that she thought of him
as Jack ana she knew that So long
as they both should livo II would nj
ways he Dorothy" and "Jack" hc
tween them In future
Later on, when she stood with him
watching the vllag" Or" company put
ting out the flames she realized that
Independence day was over BUT she
did not regret II She had been too
close n death to clamor for liberty
Chicago News