The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1917-10-04
HIS DREi'E cAu'4'E': TRUfl
BY EsgE LEE.
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Alice was beffaning to realize q
long-cherished Gls3m OF an old-fash-
ioned flower gania. When the last
brown beds of hpse earth had been
smoothed and tSsSstiny border plants
had been transpiaised by her rheumatic
old negro garde1s she surveyed the
result with a sal lied smile.
AT precisely tkeeame moment, Da-
vid Markham, seq - at his desk in the
towns biggest MS, was saying to
himself that ne seaid rot live without
Alice. Two WeH S before Alice had
told him that IL euld be easily pos
sible, as well as esirabie, for her to
live without fiff'T Their quarrel, re-
sulting from Davk = demand that she
refrain from puiaEiy iRdorsIng equal
suffrage, was prob sbly responsible for
Alice's undivided ttention to her gar
den-nal1ing. SO
The county con Sntion was to take
place the next da and Alice was to
appear before IL a. ypne OF a committee
of three women 5ho would request
the conventions 4 Horseluent of equal
suffrage. David, 1 pueh younger than
the other metnberSsof the "old guard"
was local leadGG but MS efforts to
prevent giving a faaring to the WON.
ans committee haS been fruitless.
The morning s@ Jon of the county
convention. was gFen up to reports
from township cha fmen and to other
routine work. Aftr the midday din
ner at the WatkiEs house, each man
went back to thsE afternoon session
sanguine Of carryfsg the day accord
ing to his desires ESot man of them
suspected that tha suffrage commit.
tee had coiIaborafkd with Mrs. Wat
kins in arranging Che menu for that
satisfying dinner, IS they did not rea.
lie that an unseen wire connected
their optimistic ffSne Of mind with
the appearance ofsAhe Woman's COM
mittee immediatesr after the after
noon session opene#
First, Mrs. Worftlngton spoke. Be-
Ing the middle agetsnOther of-four sue
cessful sons, there gas some weight to
her argument.
Second came Mr# Ellis. She was
handsome matron Avho had been o
trained nurse befoak her marriage.
Third, Alice Hansen spoke, and chiv-
airy was her theTnfF David Markham
frightened his lips II If TO prevent re-
leasing the bittereI lords within. At
iirsf he eazd b ,.S. .ssss re- : M, 0 az
even surreptillous siance showed him
that he had never sRen her look more
bewitchfng. And her speech was
brief.
Concluding, she said: SIS chivalry
built upon such an unstable tour '1ation
that it falls totterinE TO earth merely
because woman walks into q booth
and puts a piece of paper into box
as means of approving or disapprov-
ing Of certain public servants? We
women well know thht it is not"
It was significant that just at this
point she dropped her lace handker-
chief, and of the fcurl men who darted
for 1t, David WIS the successful cap
tor who restored il = her.
II have planted g,}rden of flowers"
she resumed. II shall have to use
much care to keep thefsoiI IN good con-
dition and to keep away harmful in
sects. That care win require proper
tools. All over the world women are
planting gardens-home gardens,
school gardens, kitchen gardens, civic
gardens-gardens that grow human
flowers. They need the ballot as a
tool to keep conditions such hat their
human flowers may grow strong. Is it
chivalrous to withhold that tool? We
women do not ask to usurp the place
of men; we ask you to help Us step
from the pedestal where your we'll
meant but misguided chivalry has so
long kept US, and we ask you TO un-
derstand that Whit we want Is to
walk and work side by side with you.
Knowing the underlying principle of
justice in the heart OF the American
man, we know that what We asi1 will
be given u.s."
After the completion Of the speeches
the carefully planned psychological
moment came and went with the con-
vention's unanimous Endorsement of
equal suffrage. David's AYE" was
given in an unnatural voice, and ne had
a trembling feeling In bis legs as he
rose with the other nien while the
ladies passed from the room,
As Alice passed through the door
she turned her head, pressed her lace
handkerchief to her lips and flashed
upon David a forgiyins glance that
made him entirely oblivious Of what
transpired for the next few minutes.
He gave himself up to 3 brief but &C.
static dream of days to come when he
would be welcome visitor to the sum-
mer house in her flower garden and
subsequently his dream came true.
Copyright. 1917. by the Mc-lurs Nerspa
per SyI dicate