The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1918-01-17
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Alice was beginning TO Gcalize
long cherished dream Of an oid-fash-
Toned flower garden. When the last
brown beds Of loose earth had beer
SIn0oShed and the tiGy border plants
had been transpiGntGd by her Rheumatic
old negro gardener, she surveyed the
, result with satisfied smile.
AZ precisely the sanle rlomcnt, Da-
vid Markham. seated ct his Gcslz in the
towns biggest bank, was saying to
himself that he could Tot live without
Alice. Two weeks before Alice had
told him that it would he easily pos
siblc, as We'll 2s Desirable for her to
live without him. THAR quarrel, re-
sailing from D1Vii's demand that She
refrain from publicly li.2orsing equal
suffrage, was probably responsible fer
Alicc'S undivided attention to her gar
dcu-lu;tiiiHg.
The county convention was TO take
place the next day, and Alice was to
appear before it aS one Of q committee
of three W0mc2 who WCuid request
The conTcntiOn'g Endorsement OF equal
suffrage. Na+i., though Younger than
tie other members &c the Old guard"
WAS u local leader, but his e;To1ts t.
prevent giving q hearing 10 the Won
ans committee had been fruitlCSs.
Iho morning session Of dc county
convention was given UP to reports
frcm township chailTncn and to other
routine work. After the midday dill
nor II the Watkins house, each MA?
sent back to the afternoon session
/ s@H%uine OF carrying the day accord
/ Ing TO his desires. Not Il man 81 them
] suspected that the Suffrage commit,
/ Tee had collahoratcd with Mrs. Wat
! hiNs in arranging The menu for that
, satisfying dinner, 50 they did not rca.
lie that an unseen wire connected
. th>ir optimistic frame of mind witt
! ;hc appearance of the WOinun'S COM
nIittcc immediately after the utter
! aeon session opened.
| FIRST, Irs. WCrtlGnGtOr spoke. Be-
! ins the niGdlc-HC2d mother of four sue
! cr.S.ui sons, there was some weight IL
! ..rr argument.
/ Second came Mrs. Ellis. Sac was q
handsome natron WHO had been 6
! trained nurse before her marriage.
Third, Alice Hanson spoke. ant!~ciliv-
ally WAS her theme. David Markham.
frightened His lips as if to prevent &c
leasing the bitter words within. 1t
FIRST lie heard not Il word she SAID, but
even t #;rreptiti0us glance showed him
ih&t he had never seen ECr LOOT, more
bcWitchins. And her speech We
brief
Concluding, She said: ''Is cAivalTy
+ built upon such an unstable foundation
that It falls lettering to earth merely
| because 4 Woplan walks into q booth
| and puts piece Of paper into box
rs q means of approving or disapproV-
| ing OF certain public servants? We
women well know that it is not
It was significant that just at this
0oint she dropped her lace hanGker-
chief, and Of the four men who Garted
Ccr it, David vas the successful cap
( Tor who restored it 10 her.
II have planted garden OF flowers"
she resumed. u shall have to use
much care to keep the soil n good con-
ditiOn and to keep away harmful in
Sects. That care Will require proper
rtools. I'll ever the world women are
| planting garGCDs-k0mc gardens,
school gardens, kitchen gardens, civic
neutrality-suspicious. that grow human
| flowers. They reed the ballot IS
tool to keep conditions such that their
human flowers may grow strong. Is it
! @hivalrOuS TO withhold that tool? We
women do not ask to uSUrp the place
| Of men; we ask va TO help US step
| iFGm The pedestal where your we'll
| meant but misguided chivaIry has SO
long kept us, and We ask you to IN
GeTstanG tlat WHIT we want is to
! walk and work side by side with you
Knowing the underlying principle Of
Justice il the heart of the American
man, we know that what we ask viii
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" vas
given in al unnatural voice. and he had
t. trembling feeling in his legs as he
rose with the other men while the
ladies passed from the room.
AS Alice passed through the door
she turned her head. pressed her lace
handkerchief 10 her lips and flashed
upon David a forgiving glance. that
made him entirely oblivious Of what
TRANSFERRED for the next few minutes.
IIc gave himself Up to q brief but &C.
static dream Of days to come when nc
would be Il welcome visitor To the SUM
Eor house i'll her flower garden and
subsequently his dream came true.
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa
per Gyndicatc.]
A Tart Waitress.