Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-10
The Daily Story
CASE OF woMANs R1eHFs-BY MARTHA " MONROE.
Copyrtghtea. ASSOCIATED Literary Bufeau.

nut one thing L now-Tm not going
to transfer respo visibility that have
accepted from others to you or any
other man."
Margaret"
She walked out of his presence. con-
scious of having done her duty in her
official position, though the duty was
painful one.
That evening Mr.. Blair thought he
would call On his fiancee. but before
doing so he had better think out some
method by which he could set himself
right with her But the more he con-
sidered the problem the greater SEEM
ed the difficulties in the way. A sub
sidiary matter occurred to him. If he
yielded the point with her and consent
ed to listen patiently to all she had to
say about the case he would be expect
ed thereafter to continue to do so and
to adopt measures she would enforce
upon him that might lead to still great
er trouble.
And this led to another subsidiary
matter, though of far greater impor-
lance. Would Miss Elwood when she
became Mrs. Blair adopt the same
method OF enforcing her opinions on
subjects which she was not as COM
petent to pronounce upon as himself?
That there would arise matters in
which she would be far more compe-
tent to lead than he he did not doubt,
and if he did not yield to her n such
he would be in error. They, might be-
Eck Af IN
Guided in the wife's prerogatives and
those included in the husbands. This
was only n suggestion that popped
into his head and was discarded at
once. His law firms name was Blair
& Carlisle, Mr.. Carlisle being the
junior partner When their views
clashed in the handling of a law case
Carlisle gave way. The marriage
firms name would not be Blair & FL
wood or Elwood & Blair. 1t would be
Mr.. and Mrs. Blair.
The lawyer did not call upon his
! fiancee that evening because he did
not know what he could say to her to
| improve the situation. There must be
an outcome somewhere. Many couples,
| each composed of an intellectually
! strong man and an equally intellec-
| tual wNman, had lived contentedly to-
| gether and they must have found
| some way of doing 1t. He thought
that If he could pass the matrimonial
gate the problem would work itself
out Independently of him or his wife.
| This led him back a step. He was
nearly forty years old, and his fiancee
had turned thirty. Wouldn't it have
been better if he had married when he
was young?
! Mr.. Blair, not being able to solve
the problem of what he should say
to Miss Elwood. kept putting off going
to see her. Then he saw in a news
paper the name of Sommers & Som
mers attached to a legal notice in a
case of the city against the Mercy hos
pital and knew that his fiancee had
given 1t to another firm. He WINGED.
He was to marry a woman who it had
been demonstrated couldn't get on
/ with him in a matter Of business
How would they live tremendously as
man and wife?
The call Mr. Blair was always in
tending to make was never made.
Months elapsed and the couple remain
ed apart. Then one day he saw no.
tice that the case of the city against
the Mercy hospital had been decided
against the hospital with costs, the
whole amounting to double the original
claim. The next day Miss Elwood
called at Mr.. Blair's office.
81 wish you to appeal the hospital
case," she said.
''In your way or miner"
Yours"
HAS it been handled thus far by
your plans or those Of your attor-
neys?"
Mine"
"They charged good fee, sup
poser"
"a thousand dollars"
Expensive, wasn't it"
81 should think so. Father will
pay it,"
Every well: leave the papers in the
case. I'll look into II, and when
make up my mind with regard TO II
will let you know. VIII you be al
home this evening"
Eyes"
She arose and departed. She had
called on business, and business hat
been attended to- In the evening
when Mr. Blair saw her, there was ar
affair of another kind to settle, an af
"a fair that had been settled already II
the main by an expensive experience
II don't give up my ideas of wo
mans sphere" said Miss Elwood.
"Nor l mine." was the reply. "
shall always permit you to have you
I. way in everything"
mot at such a cost as in the pres
ent case"
} Mr. Blair obtained a reversal OF tn
: decision in the hospital case. and |
was not carried further by the city
5 do you still believe In woman
t rights since you were marritti?" Mrs
? Blair was asked recently.
5 "Yes. when she is right" was tn
I laconic reply.