Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-10-02


added his spouse.
~Of course exceptn' me. And that
proves Jest what / saidl" snorted the
old sailor. "YOu driv me to say II
Maria You would have your way,
like every other one Of them duFn suf-
ferBettes. / wish every one OF EN-
would stay TO home and take care Of
their children and their houses. No
body wouldn't expect no more Of 'emT'
He TANNED his cap on his head and
stamped out Of The room.
From the window where I was SIT
ting l saw the captain Struggling his
sturdy shoulders into his pea jacket 10
he went down the path to the front
gate that opened directly on to the
sandy beach road. Here, at a little
landing. was tied his dory. In a jiny
he had flung oars into the bottom, toss
ed the painter into the bow and with
q quick running Jump had pushed tho
boat into deep water and waa rapidly
rowing in the direction Of his old
schooner. the Indus. which was spend
ing the peaceful evening OF a most
eventful career In the quiet waters Of
Quincy HarbOr.
Well. Maria r voiced my curiosity.
"I'm going 10 put my finger In this
political pie" said Maria, with an air
Of finality. "Do you want to come
along with me. Miss Teihamf@
II shall be delighted" / cried eager
y. and II was the truth. for nothing
IL more entertaining than Quincy Har-
Dor when her political pot Is boiling.
THE FIRST place we go to- said Maria
a. we walked across the beach road to
ward the village, IA Susannah Beans;
there's Eve votes In her family"
Mrs. Bean was raking the dead stalks
In the frost killed vegetable garden.
She had built a great fire, and she
emerged from the pillar Of smoke and
met us near the front Of the house,
There was a bitter look on her long
c~Ountenance.
"Howdy. Mariai H0wdy, Miss Tel
hamf You seem to think q powerful
lot of Quincy HarbOV. spending 30
much time here. / declare, II twas
me ia git as far from Il as 1 couldr'
whats the matter, BusannahT' ask
ed Maria No w went into Mrs. Beans
eoNdly formal parlor. "Ain't we friends
enough to be invited into the sitting
room BY the hreT'
I'm feeling low sperFited today"
confessed MrA Bean mOodily. when
I'm real blue 1 always entertain folks
In the paricg@seems TO at into my
mood. you kDOwF
$50 I should suppose" remarked
Maria dryly after one glance around
the cherries apartment "Now. Su-
sannah. I guess this room will do as
weli as any other 70 discuss business
Where's all your men folks that you
have to clean up the gArdenY'
They've gone duck shooting oveR TO
Thimble point" burst out Susannah
Bean venomously. "the hun Ave Of
'em-Alfred and the four boys-IeaV.
ing me to do mems work."
NO matter how hard We women
folks try to b0 Independent OF 'em. we
Just have TO acknowledge that we
can't get along without mems help"
remarked Maria practically.
Mrs. Bean smiled scornfully.
"Get along without 'emI' she laugh
ed. "You must understand. Maria
Fish. that l could get along as nice as
pie even II my husband and four boys
all decided TO stay on Thimble point
the rest OF their days / feel pretty
independent Of the men. Maria" Su-
Bannah nodded her long head emphat-
ically, and the little blue cap which
she had perched on her grizzled hair
jOlted OVer one eye where II poised
rakishly.
Maria cOughed. Seems funny" she
said pleasantly. that q pascal Of In
dependent winner amt so independ-
ent but what they have to beg their
men folks to vote for the suffrage
candidate. Otherwise how can he be
elected, wimmen not having no votes
as ret though I do believe IL viii
come in timer
II want to known CALCULATED Susan
nah aggTesstysly. mot elect Ananias
Slime without the help Of the men
folksT'
"How you going to do itT' asked Ma
ria quietly. II should think the vim
men OF the party would have more
| pride than to ask men to do for them
what they're entitled to. but haven't
got Jet, though they win all in good
time" she went on rapidly. y" tel
you, SuSannAh Bean. the wimmen OF
this village will be the laughingstOck
OF the hull township Moreover, itl
bribery and corruption to buy and sell
votes ever II they're bought by-by
mOral-what do you call 'emT'
II want T known gasped the aston
ished Mn. Bean. II never looked at II
that way, and I don't 'belieNe any Of
the other suffrAgs ladies thought Of
thatP'
"FOlks are beginning to talk and
laugh about Il already" pursued Maria,
warming up to her subject. NOBODY
! wants AnAnias Slime on the school
board-be can hardly spell cat. HC
never had chick nor child What does
he know about ehildren?"
ssNothfnR" remarked Mr.. Ran 7fn.