The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-06
Persuasive Peggy"


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Continued From Our last issue)
CHAPTER NXX
Trowhrldge rushed into the liv.
Ing room 10 kiss his wife Hood-hy.
swinging her off her feet To hia
arms with a laugh. when~~there,
under HIS nose, atlrdng at him from
iGs yellog background. he regi--
Votes ecr Women" lie quickly
sst ass. aowg. uakissaa. WHOLLY uQ'
iAWNe of To- oop uglcH.
Coco bsavsns. essosy' Why're
!you gearing rhu tong"
ces0<s bent bur hsstd usatfvsr to
vhM yellow button ioWnso 40 Il Sttb
oalve pleasure.
We're gettias % socss,ty. an6
hsye Whole besfol o. 6ut'ous
bore Aoo some flWos
Coed Lord Haven't yos snosgh
20 interest you without smashing
windows and burning up houscsf
"ohl" assured Peggy. quickly. Il
sha'nt do anything bad"
well. I didn't exactly mean that
you'd got yourself In Jail. Only.
why do you want 4 be associated
with the movement al ailf"
II don't know" said Peggy.
puckcring her brows. Il just do.
somehow"
A family humorous smilc ieapt
TO her husbands eyes.
well. pet. send for some anti.
suffrage literature. and SEQ II you
cant be that. AZ handily."
NO" said Peggy gravely. II
couldn't be an anti"
why mott Lots OF women are. "
Wees. nut-but couldn't get
excited over trying Co keep things
a. they are. We know already how
Il il for women not TO vote and
and I'd like 10 see how Il a bo
II they did vote"
Come. Peggy. let's take off this
button and forget about n society.
I'm only be bone OF contention
between us. II you're for woman
suffrage and I'm against Il. well
naturally arEue-th.n well get into
a scrap about i,-then-'
Peggy's eyes rose quickly.
but you needn't be against II.
darling. Men belong TO tho woman
suffrage party. You can be for H."
Then you mean L so ahead with
this society,"" said he. sharply.
And | can like Il or lump Il. But
why. good Lord. Why should you
be interestedT''
Trowbridgc meditated in silence
for short while.
$50 It's Just you and Edna shout.
Ing so far. and the society depends
on tho success OF the meeting to-
morrow suppose you1l have n
speaker and all tho fireworks
They wrote that they'd send n
good speaker" answered Peggy.
"snd she'll furnish tho fireworks.
| hope" She dimpled. then caught
a shrewd calculating expression In
her husbands eyes. What re you
planning 10 dor" she cried. brist.
ling Now. I'd Trowbridse. II you
do something to spoil our meeting.
nj"
''Therei It's begun already. An.
other week OF that yellow button
and you'd be greeting mo with n
slat on the ribs instead Of q witely
kiss"
You'll deserve n siat II you try
10 break up our meeting" cried
Peggy.
With an impatient exclamation.
Peggy's husband rose and left the
house.
A little while later. over the tela-
phone. Edna winners announced
that Ed had stopped TO see Tom
and then they had gone to see fchy
Sam. and that she knew they were
planning TO break up the meeting.
oh" cried Peggy despalringly.
At this awful news that Ed had
enlisted fchy Sam agains, the
Cause. Gradually her eyes began
TO CLEAN with a new hope. Sam
Ichy was much more influential OF
the two. and. when disagreement
arose between them {, was always
ichy Sam who bent his will 10 Sam
Ichy's. Sam fchy would be for her
In this. as he was in everything
else
Eyes asparkic. cheeks flushed
with this new excitement. Peggy
now made ready TO go sec Sam
Ichy.