The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-10

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some fireworks worth Seeing. n
who announced her intention in Il
meanw lille Of celebrating Independent \
day by attending meeting Of ne
women in the loft Of q neighbori
barn. where certain modern Patri \
Henrys in petticoats We're to be ga,
cred together to assure each other tn:
failing to secure liberty, they we
ready to welcome death.
Poor Jack: He was blind. indes
He did not see that this ''senseles \
ness" as he was mentally calling
was nine-tenths of 1t put on to ten
him. Driven to desperation, he ev
offered himself as her escort to th 4
meeting. She was quite able TO tai y
care of herself. She wonld 90 aloyse a
And she went. And she found It all
intensely stupid. almost as stupid 81
Jack had been In taking her at b.
word when she declined his escort. 81
found that instead Of listening to Il
ringing cries OF liberty or death 81
was hearing only the squeaking Of Il
fiddles over at the club. where, Il
fireworks over. dancing had begun
She caught herself wondering which
the girls Jack was dancing with. WI
1t that dreadful Katharine Blake, WI
had tried SO hard 20 get up flirtatio
with him last year? Or pretty Florri
Blackwell. for she was pretty n a,
inanimate,. wax deli fashion? Or thu
fascinating Mtiie Mabel Mortimer, VIII,
seemed to captivate every man sh
met?
Then she was called upon to read th
paper that she had prepared that aft
ernoon when she would so much rattle
have gone sailing with Jack. 1t Was /.
commonplace little paper. but becaHs
she was In bitter mood she read It wit
q bitterness that won her audience
That was the right spirit. said the mex
speaker. Men should be made to cor
slider we'll the voice Of their complain
They should be no more able to clos
their ears to 1t than to the nightly r.
verberations of the thunder that no
seemed to shake the very earth. r.
storm which had threatened all Dr.
had broken now.
Little Of this was heard. The terrib
voice Of the storm without drown
the voice Of the mere woman With
IF 1t had been heard It. is doubt
whether It would have been heede
for these new women were alter
very like the old women-they we
terribly frightened. Finally there cur
q fash that seemed to burn into tn,
very souls andrShrivel them to cfndk
followed by a clap that made the
think that the globe itself, was spI
ting; smell Of smoke. Of burni
wood. Of sulphur. In another mimi
they knew that the barn WINS on Are.
A wild rush for the ladders ar
crooked stairs followed Fortunate
Dorothy's new womanhood did not d :
sert her ut a pinch. She kept enOuk
Of her wits nbout her to know. that 81
must not Join In the stampede. 81
must keep perfectly still until JAG
came for her. She knew It would r
Jack that would come for her. -.Sh
had not long 10 wait, though afterwar
she would have told you It was 8
eternity. before she heard Jacks yok
shouting. Dorothy! DorOthy! Wheia
are your Don't be frightened II
Jack. I'm coming -. YOU"
!, AS she answered his call she leE,er
bered that he had never before calk
her "Doapthy." never before had TAKE
It for granted that she thought OF hi
rs Jack" and she knew that 80 lol
as they both: should live Il would o
ways be Dorothy" and Jack" b
tween them in future
Later on. when she stood with hi
watching the village fire company, pu
ting out the flames. she realized th.
Independence day was over. But 81
did not regret it. She had been to
close to death to clamOr for liberty
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