The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-26
The Evening Story
HI EMANCIPATION.
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since her wedding day and she was
almost as happy. For the first time
in her married life she had ceased to
thing of home and Burton until n
actually saw both. For Burton sat
on the steps waiting for her glumly.
The sight of him recalled her and
it was as If she came a long way. she
babe Mrs. Collier good night hastily
and Went toward him. He got up
without a word and entered the house.
She followed. And then she saw that
he had already been in and lit h
lamp.
"Well,' he growled, where o
been?"
He was a little sandy mar and En-
incline was a slim, tall, dark woman.
She seemed to look down on him from
a great distance. Excitement still
flushed her cheeks, lit her eyes. She
was a glorifed Emmeline.
own up" snapped Burton. Here
I've been home a full quarter of an
hour. waiting for you. l had a pref
ty time finding the key. And the
house dark as a pocket. You might
have left the lamp burning"
Emmeline took off her gloves and
smoothed them.
Where did you so? To LODGE"
Yes, l went to lodge"
You didn't say where you were 60
ing when you went out"
What if I didn't: Where have you
been?"
Emmeline drew the pins from her
hat.
i've been to the woman's club
What were you doing there?"
She took off her hat n poked up
her hair. Excitement was dying in
hnr and she f61S Q c~unnnadiro locsi-
tude. Her voice was almost languid.
II Joined it,"
Holy crow"
This was as near to an oath as Bur-
ton Boyd ever anne, but it had ter
rihle significance for Emmeline. He
glared at her.
You Joined that pack of cackling.
old hens? Do you know What I've a
good mind to do? I've a mind to
leave YOU"
Emnleline was not nearly SO scared
as she was angry: She had been with
women who had shown themselves
the peers of any man she had ever
known. Their charm. their intellect,
their convincing ability seemed to
form a Gordon about her poor, igno-
rant. old-fashioned self. She was a
B~runnhilde girdled by the magic fire
of their endeavor, for the first time a
thing apart, separate from her hus-
band.
Now. look here, Burton" she said.
II didn't threaten to leave you when
You Joined the Masons. did II"
But that's different"
NO. it isn't. What's fair for one
member of the Arm is fair for the
other She was uneonsciously quot
ing Mrs. Collier, All the ringing
phrases she had heard m%arsnallad
themselves through her awkward
brain. The silent. the yielding, the
meek Emmeline had given place {,
a woman who not only knew she had
a tongue, hut felt she had the rignt
To use it. Burton Boyd stared at her
aghast as she Went on, rapidly.
We're a firm, YOU and 1. Burton.
Hitherto I've let you run everything.
I've heen q silent partner-a " ,rE-
lug partner. I'm not a girl any ny.
e.. I'm a middle-aged and
I've got a mind Of my own. 1 wan.
a few rig Is and privileges the same
as YOU have. You got to lodge regu :.
lar: you're away from home every
evening enjoying yourself. I've heard
tonight that you're in the habit of
dropping in at the moving picture
show. Every summer you go on a
weeks fishing trip and every winter
You go somewhere on lodge business.
I've never said a word. I've sat here
at home and kept the fire and looked
after things. I'm Just as much tied
TO this house as if you'd driven a
staple in that post and tied me to It
With a rope. Folks call me queer be-
cause 1 stir u of the house