The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-16

little tango. Hang the strike. Aunt
Perdita will never know"
But Catherine refused. AS a COM
promise, it was agreed that Newton
should meet her after she had deliv-
cred her cargo of suffragists and go
for spin with her. He could take
the wheel, asfshe was tired of being
chauffeur.
Catherine was charming that after
noon Her hair was like the sunlight.
Her eyes were like the sky, and never
before had her manner been so de-
lightfully appealing, so frank, so
childlike and yet so bewitchingly
feminine
IT have a feeling" Newton said, as
they started over the smooth ocean
side road, that I am going to make
clean breast of this afternoon. 1
don't believe I can keep It from you
much longer. 1 have only known you
tours days, Catherine, but =
Votes, chained in the back seat, be :
gan to grOwl and Catherine laughed
delightfully."-.
81 am not afraid of the dog as
sured Newton. He is no more of a
man hater than you are. Why, just
this morning, when you were not look
ing, he made great friends with me.
That big bow-wow manner of his is
just bluff"
Newton stopped the car and, I'M
fastening the dogs leash, brought him
to the front seat. See" he said, The
is as gentle as a kitten. Now that
we understand each other, let's speed
up"
Catherine gave in to Newton'S
pleadings to go to the Pagoda for a
little afternoon dancing, and it was
nearly six when they started back for
the suffragists. eff we cut across
country we can get there at only
little after half past" Newton said.
L know a road through the woods
here, just wide enough for the car"
A heavy rain had fallen the night
before and halfway through the
thick pine woods the car stopped sud
denly. The wheels buzzed around in
the mud, every second sinking deeper
into the mire. For few anxious
minutes, the two worked together.
Catherine tried to mend matters by
carrying dry earth from a little dis
tance, but all to no avail. Newton
walked back a quarter of mile for
plank that he thought might help and,
after anxious effort with this, he gave
it up in vain.
There is only one more thing to
do" said Catherine. land that is to
use the lap robe. 1t is made of the
suffrage flags, too-yellow and violet.
But here goes. We have got to get
out of here without calling for help"
Down into the mud in front of the
wheels went the resplendent robe OF
wheel started the car. There was a
moments whirring. Then the wheels
turned and, pressing the rug into the
mire, the ear ran out of its slough
of despond.
The next day after breakfast, New
ton met Catherine in the foyer of the
hotel. She wore hat and gloves and
had a bag in her hand. I'm going
home" she said. "Aurt Perdita says
1 won't do. 1 wanted to tell you
good-by."
Newton had taken her two hands in
his, and she went on.
1T wasn't so much that L ruined
the rug, though that was bad enough,
and it wasn't because we were nearly
an hour late last night. 1t was be-
cause we ruined Votes disposition.
He's got SO that he doesn't growl at
men, and Aunt Perdita says it is all
my fault. She says that she is going
to run tie car herself, that I am doing
the cause moro harm than good. But
it was just a lark, anyway. So L am
off for home and mother. Mothers
an anti" s,-as.,f
Then I'm going with you,'' de-
clared Newton. I'm going to per-
suade your mother to let you become
an anti-suffrage chauffeur. Copy
right, 1915, by the Mcclure News
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