The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-26

own thoughts. And her w
| had come TO he very WearHlhs. .
hie dark eyes Had a girlish "lstiui-
ness In them as they gazeo altel IN
women hurrying along on some Sc
~, ah.nrhine business. One walked
,.i,h her husband. Another trunaied
. neranahulator. Another was chat-
.;rg vol,,blv With a grown-ur daush-
Ter Emmeline knew that there vas
a moving picture theater doMh'nNn
which was much f~requented. she haa
,a,.er heen in it, hut she had an ldea
.ba, most of these women We're goNns
there.
4 big woman wearing a smart new
hat came by. Emmellne causht e
Owe and nodded. The woman went on
.. few steps. then turned and came
ouicklv to the veranda. She leaned
her arms on the railing and looked
over them at Emmeline.
How. are YOU this evening, Mrs.
Boydc" she asked.
VERY we'll. thank You. Mrs. COL
iier."
lyon, better put on your things and
en- down to the Womans c'unrooHs
With me tonight and Join. We're 60.
ing to take in a lot of new members.
Emmeline gasped. 1t was the near
ecr 2DnTOHcn 10 an ltC ~
oouId make. Come on" urged Mrs.
Collier. DO. We have snlendll
times tosether-iust There's
a mig supper coming off the twentieth,
and If YOU ioin tonight you'll he Just
in time for it."
Emmeline's face was almost as RED
as her knit shawl. She A heard OF
the Woman's club. She felt that Mrs.
Collier had paid her a great compli-
ment in asking her to join. n she
had a sudden. uprising. violent desire
to accept. But h had an idea that
clubs for women We're somehow 'm-
rroper. She knew. too. that Burton
would strongly disapprove of it. He
new on the part of woman
folk Gov liberty. And he had saturat-
ed Fmmeline with his sentiments un-
IN she persuaded herself that they
were her own.
All her married life Emmeline had
s-riven to please her husband in all
things. She was the daughter OF an
o~ld-fashioned mother. who believed
woran's empire was her home. her
one law that which her husband pre-
scrihed for her. Emmeline had
thought to be purely a womanly wom-
an. since in hat way only might she
keen her husbands love and respect.
Borton Boyd had conferred a favor
on her by marrying her. h felt. and
she must no. cease TO show her graft
tude and appreciation. She had cook
ed for him. mended for him. lived for
him without protest or demand. And
ne treated her accordinslv. Always
she had been disturbed by a feeling
that she was his inferior. that his po-
sition nj his sex permitted him to
look down upon her. And Of late she
had been more than disturbed. she
had been tortured. by the conscious
ness that she had ceased TO be to him
Of any more interest than the chair
he sat in or the plate he ate his
dinner from.
Come. now" pleaded Mrs. Collier. |
Mrs. Collier was the whip for the
woman's club and a good deal Of her
success depended on the way she
could smile and say that one word
"rome." The word seemed to attach
itself to Emmeline and draw her for
chilly. She looked at Mrs. Golfers
smile and fgeted.
Burton Won't like IT," she laughed,
uneasily.
ITS none of Rurton's business. my
dear. Did he ask YOU when ne want.
ed to join the Masons? What's fair
for one member Of the arm is fair for
the other" She glanced at her
watch. IT daresay he's attending
lodge tonight. You'll be back home
before he is. Don't o want to
john"
"Ye-es."
"Then-come!"
Mrs. Collier vas using her final and
most compelling come" and EN-
incline rose out Of her chair. She did
not know what made her do it. She
seemed carried along by some force
she could not Withstand. would not
have withstood if she could. She
toward the door.
Don't fix up" commanded Mrs.
Collier. you look we'll enough. Just
put on o u hal and-come!"
Emmeline put on her hat. She |
found her gloves and a purse. She
was palpitating from the effect Of the |
unusual. She locked the front door
and hid the key in the pot Of gerani- |
inns. And she went forth to new des-
with the smiling and triumph
Mrs. Collier.
It was late when she returned-
very late for her. The club had not !
.disbanded until fully 10 o'clock and
that there had been a good deal
Of, chattering. Mrs. Collier saw the
new member home. They came up
the street talking vi%vaciously. No one
could remain long in Mrs. Golfers
presence without talking. Emmeline |
wa more excited than She had been