The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-05
Daily Short Story
A FAIR SUFFRAGET.

IT. tfrlUe Dad atesrftF INTO peach
without tr-t rrwo1 ing fr, rk.r then
hps. Its beyond me- she burst out
imrafisufiF
What iuquir.d Rob. nor brother
he state Federation has written
20 or sluraE' society Cor more
FUNDS. And az the usef.r- N,-fsr.
Gay somebody made a motion that % e
earn the money ourspltt- And now
all % W. girls have 90 dix down and
gst the money some Uay without any
outside help. ] never earned cent
in my life
You might collect soap coupons
they are rsdesmable Tor cash
D. Beatrice looked her contempt 1t
Ism .augElrg matter. Bob
Gefting money never o.. WHY DO
lou sirls bclon- 10 a suffrage society
when you don Q know how 90 do any.
thngi II you ever gct "a ballot the
state is going TO remove all tho Law s.
which compel men 10 support NO
men
we Girls have heard that until We
are tired. That is 'Nagu. the reason
why Ne are dC.ns this We viii show
. people that We can earn money. and
up $50 apiece
I Bob whistlcd How 81"
Never mind. By our wits. per
'Humph," Bob put on his Panama
and went 10 work
Beatrice finished her toast and
went out 20 the shady front porch to
. look over the morning papers.
i To Was then that she saw on fln
first page OF the star that prI.r
Of So Vas offered 20 the person vlo
could Identify certain Mr. Blank
. lie ~ described as being 3 feet 10
inchvs high. weisht $50 pounds darN
brown hair. gray eyes. clean shaver
and about 800 years OF axe.
on another page were more com
p.cte directions Tor the finding OF tho
mysterious Mr. Blank Certain AOrd IS
must be used .n addressing him B'-
low there was rough sketch ~ .u,
back gt the mans head Wi.h the
hat be was 20 wear that day.
Beatrice sCrutinizcd the picture
searcairIly. There was nothing her,
TO help Identify him. either. except
that
Down IN her heart something stirred
/ consciously, and flush dyed her
What was there about the blurred
newspaper cut OF the back OF man PSI
head that made her thIuk 90 tho tim,
q whole year before when IA. yIs.'.
cd the Dalzells az Long Bsach7 Was
/ u because. IN general way. 10 r..
minded her o. some m" whom she
+ had known tharC' As she looked
/ long and steadily at the picture she
I thought OF the long happy days ard
evenings az the summer shore. ard
David bilZ'll Jauet~ brother. Who
. had been her almost constant corn
[ DaniOu
/ II had been 10 David that she had
aired her FIRST views on suffrage. haN
] ing become convert Co an. cause
q shortly before her visit lie had out
war !ly syuIatiilnd with her. even
D whom She had gone sim further ard
declared that she would never marry
/ Its only silly. weak .ChOOl girls who
/ mink Of love and marriage nova.
days. she had said Real women
} are finding out-ihat they are needed
F Tor better and higher things ! am
. going 20 devote my lie 10 the enamel
I patton OF my sex"
She mad come back home with q
strange dull ache in her heart thal
/ was only partly soothed by tho o.,
/ membrance Of The look In David
/ eyes when she said "Goodby
The newspaper fen az her feet 81,
started The day dream was over.
And now for way 10 earn that
money Sh, bin her lin Thor, was
not way boz the world Sd, could
/ think Of She better get her Eat and
] rafasol and talk II over with one OF
+ the uirls
The morning was warm. and. hoi
walk taking her through IN, park
she kept to Jhc shady GOODNESS oi tht
" bAUdtus. There was magic in the ain
today. 90 least so o. seemed 20 Rrq
. tr.co. Sc stopped beside ,ur utu,
lake and watched some children with
their nurrCmaids sailing Htti. boats
She spoke 70 thom. praisinc thoir
+ skill and pretty toys Instantly. ,Lc,
were friends. with tho uncouyeurio ions
cordially Of childhood ono itl,
plump grille seized ono of her hand,