The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-01-03
CHAPTER tii.-continued.

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'Oh," she said, "mother's written
awO or three books, and lots OF mHgu-
zine articles, about women-women's
rights and suffrage, and all that.
She's been-well, sort Of Il leader ever
since she graduated from college,
back in-just think !--lSI0, when most
girls used to have accomplishments
French, music. and washing extra
you know"
She said it all with n quite adora-
BILE seriousness, and his gravity match
ed hers when he replied: II would
like to meet her very much. Femin-
iSm's a subject I'm blankly ignorant
about"
II don't believe" she said thought
fully, that I'd call it fcminism in
talking TO mother about It, IL | were
you. Mothers a s~urragist, but
there cane another wave of faint
color along with her smilc--"but -
well, she's awfully respectable, YOU
Hnow."
She didn't seem to mind his laugh
snS buL Ut thul, thOuSu sue uiuh |
Join him.
what about the other interesting
snember Of the family" he asked
presently. 'your sister? Which IS she,
q suffragist or n feminist?"
II suppose" she said. you'd call
r-ortia u feminist. Anyway. she
hasn't time TO talk about 1t much. You
Der. she's a business M She's n
house decorator. She tells you what
Kind of furniture to buy. and then
sells IL to you. Portals terribly clever
end awfully independent"
.An right" he said. ''That brings
IL down to you. What are your"
She sighed. "Im sort OF n black
sheep. l guess. I'm Just In the univer,
ssty. But I'm to be n lawyer"
Whereupon he cried out so explo'
sively that she fairly jumped. Then he
s~pologized and said the notion of her
In court trying n cnse-he was n law.
yer hlmself-seemed rather startling
She sighed again. "And now
suppose" she said, you'll advise ms
not to be-"
mot II bit" he said. ITS the fin.
est profession In the world"
But he said 1t on the top OF his
saind. Down below, 1t was still en-
gagged with the picture OF her In q
dismal courtroom, blazing up at Il
sury the way she had blazed up al
tsnt conductor.
II suppose" she hazarded, that It's
ewfuily dull and tiresome, though
until you get way up to the top"
That reused him. "It's awfully dull
when you do get to the top. or whats
called the top-being n client are
tnker with the routine law business
81 q few big corporations and rich
estates going through your Office like
grist through n mill. That's supposed
10 be the big reward, Of course"
He was out Of his chair now, tramp.
eng up and down the room. "The thing
20 bear In mind. II you're going to
travel that road, Is that a case l.
W9rth while In a precise and unaltera.
volyed In 1t. II you question thai
axiom ut all seriously. you're lost
TEst's what happened to me-"
He pulled up with n jerk. looked al
Der and laughed. 'If my sister Ere
serica were here" he explained, "she
would war; you that now was the time
Soc you 20 ask me II I'd been to SET
Afan6e Adams or something like that
She sn.ied 10 a sort OF contented
amusement. Then the smile trans
srmted itself into a look OF thoughtful
gravity, and there was n long silence
which, though 1t puzzled him, he made
no move to break.
At last she pulled in a long breath
turned straight to him, and said: e!
wish you'd tell me what happened
% you"
And, under the compelling sincerity
st her, for the next two hours and 1
sAlf, or thereabouts, he did-told /
as he had never told II before.
lie told her how he had started n
abe foot OF the ladder In m of IN,
DIG successful firms OF what he calle'
sciient caretakers." He told of hi
discovery of a real legai problem an,
sf the passionate enthusiasm wit
which he had attacked II, the thrill
0sg weeks OF labor he had put upon II
And then he told her how the hen,
q the firm, an old friend Of his IA
sher's. had called him In and said IN
wUrk he had done was very remark
sbse. but, unfortunately, not proftabl
% the arm, the whole mount involve
- the case having been some twent
dsaars. In other words, he was ireC
He told her how he'd got In wit
81 aitruistic bunch the City Home
sgociat'rn And from the a b