The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-07-04

some fireworks worth seeing ara
who announced her intention n he
meanwhile Of celebrating Independence
day by attending a meeting Of new
women IN the loft Of a neighbofing
barn. where certain modern Patrlck
Henrys in petticoats We're to be gath
cred together to assure each other thar
failing to secure liberty, they were
ready to welcome death.
Poor Jack. He was blind. indeed.
He did not see that this "senseless-
ness" as he was mentally calling 1t.
was nine-tenths OF It put on to tease
him. Driven to desperation. he even
offered himself as her escort 10 this
meeting. She was quite able TO take
care Of herself She would go alone.
And she went And she found It ali
intensely stupid. almost as stupid as
Jack had been in taking her at her
word when she declined his escort. She
found that instead Of listening to the
ringing cries OF liberty or death she
was hearing only the squeakiDg Of the
flddles over at the club. where the
fireworks over. dancing had begun.
She caught herself wondering which OF
the girls Jack was dancing with Was
it that dreadful Katharine Blake, who
had tried 50 bard to get up Irritation
with him last year2 Or pretty Florrie
blackwell, for she was pretty in an
inanlmate. wax doll fashion, Or that
fascinating little Mabel Mortimer, who
seemed to captiyate every man she
metz
Then she wA called upon to read the
paper that she had prepared that aft
ernoon when she would so much rather
have gone sailing with Jack. 1t was a
commonplace little paper. but because
she was Ia bitter mood she read it with
bitterness that won her audience
That was the right spirit, said the next
speaker. Men should be made to con.
slider well the voice Of their complaint
They should be no more able to close
their ears 30 1t than to the nightly re-
yerberations Of the thunder that now
seemed to shake the very earth The
storm which had threatened all dag
had broken now.
Little Of this was heard. TA terrible
voice Of the storm without &owned
( the voice Of the mere woman Nithln.
If It had been heard it IS doubtful
whether il would have been needed,
for these new women were after all
very Hike the old women--they were
terribly frightened Finally there came
4 flash that seemed to burn into their
very souls aud shrlvel them to cinders,
followed By clap that made them
think that the globe itself was split.
ting; smell OF smoke. Of burning
wood, Of sulphur. In another .sSnute
they knew that the barn wason fire
A wild rush for the ladders and
crooked stairs followed Fortunately
Dorothy's new womanhood did not de
sert her at a pinch. She kept enough
Of her wits about her to know that she
must not join in the stampede. She
must keep perfectly still until Jack
came for her. She knew It would be
Jack that would come for her She
had not long to wait, though afterward
she would have told you it was an
eternity, before she heard Jacks voice
shouting, Dorothy! Dorothy! Where
are you? Don't be frightened It's
Jack. I'm coming to you"
AS sh6 Unanswered his call she remem-
bered that he had never before called
her Dorothy never before had taken
it for granted that she thought of him
as 4Jack," and she knew that so long
as they both should live it would al
ways be dorothy" and "Jack' be
tween them in future,
Later on. when She stood with him
watching the village FIRE company put
ting out the flames. she realized that
Independence day was over But she
did not regret it. She had been toe
close to death to clamor for liberty
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