The record. (Greenville, Ky.) 1899-1???, 1918-01-03
| HIS dream CAME TRUE
By Ell SIZE LEE.

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Alice was beginning to realize
Iong-cherished dream Of Oh old-iaSh-
iuned flower garden. When the last
brown beds of loose earth had Beer
smOothcd and the tiny border plants
had been transplanted by her rheumatic
old negro gardener. She surveyed the
result with IL satisfied smile.
At precisely the SAME moment, Da-
vid Markham, seated ct his desk in the
towns biggest bank, WAS saying to
himself that he could not live without
Alice. Two weeks before Alice had
told him that it would he easily pos
sible, rs we'll as desirable, for her I"
live without him. Their quarrel, re
sulting from Daviti's demand that sh"
refrain from publicly ii:dorsinG equal
suffrage, was probably responsible Tor
Al;cc's undivided attention to her gar
dCn-In&kin@.
The county convention Was TO tiiiit'
place the next day, and Alice VAS |"
appcar before it. as one Of Il committee
of three womcn who would rcHH>S
the conventions Endorsement OF equal
suffrage. David, though younger ii!n
the other members Of the 'Old guard.
vas q local leader, but his efforts IL
prevent giving a hearing to the Woln,
ms committee had been fruitlesS.
The morning session Of the counts
convention WAS given up TO reports
from township chairmen and to Other
routine work. After the midday din,
uer at the Watkins house, each ma?
went back to the afternoon Scssioj'
Sansuinc of carrying the day accord
Ing to his desires. Not man of tlcm
suspected that the suffrage commit
tee had collaborated with Mrs. Wat
i,ins in arranging the menu for tnat
satisfying dinner, so they did not rca'
IiZe that an unseen wire connected
+ their optimistic frame of mind Will
the appearance of the woman's COM
jttce Immediately after the after
~ session opened.
r.t, Mrs. Worthington spoke. Be
&c n?idGlc-agcd mother Of four sue
-un&, there was some weight to
- tnt.
con- .isne Mrs. Ellis. She was q
...l>o!.ic mutron who had been 6
..i,"d nurse before her marriage.
:'n.rd, Alice Hanson spoke, and CHI ~.
. vas .-f. thcnc. David Markiia'-
,..Han. -. Ii. Urs - Il 10 prevent T.
wen e.
mat .2t- ..au nave" seen Der look more
hewitt ing And a.T srgagn vas
brief.
Concluding, she said: "Is chivalry
built upon such an unstable foundation
that it falls tottering to earth merely
because q woman walks into a booth
/! and puts q piece Of paper into a box
as means OF approving or disapproV-
ing Of certain public servants? We
women we'll know that it is not"
1t was significant that just at this
point She dropped her lace handller-
chief, and of the four men who darted
for it, David was the successful cap
tor who restored it to her.
81 have planted garden of flowcrs.'
she resumed. Il shall have to use
much care to keep the soil in good con
dition and to keep away harmful in
SectS. That care will require proper
tools. All over the world women are
planting gardcns-home gardens
school gardens, kitchen gardens, ciyi(
neutrality-suspicious. that grow human
flowers. They need the ballot as {
jOCl to keep conditions such that thCil
human flowers may grow strong. Is il
chivalrOus to withhold that tool? We
women do not ask TO uSurp the place
Of men; we ask } VI to help us steI
from the pedestal where your we'll
: ! meant but misguided chivalry has Sc
long kept US, and we ask you to TN
! derStand that what we want is tt
walk and work side by side with you
KNOWING; the undc? lying principle OF
Justice IL t!:@ hear q lie American
man, We N!.uV +. VII: We ask vii
? be given u.s.
! After the completion Of the speeche:
the carefully planned psychological
; moment came and went with the con
ventionS unanimous Endorsement O.
, equal suffrage. Davtd's AYE" wa:
given in an unnatural voice, and he hat
a trembling feeling in his legs as III
rose with the other men while tn;
: ladies passed from the room.
-, AS Alice passed through the doo
= she turned her head. pressed her lace
! handkerchief TO her lips and flashed
:. upon David forgiving glance tha
! made him entirely Oblivious OF villa
I transpired for the next few minutes
= He gave himself up to Il brief but &c
| i,f.,t of
+ would be a welcome visitor to the sum
mer house in her flower garden ant
! subsequently his dream came true.
/. Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicatc)
A TART Waitress.