Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-10

and all these l~ong-haired men and
sh~ort-haired women can beef all you
want to, but we're going to take these
fellows, and If they amt patriotic,
we're going to make them DO patri-
otic. And--Lord knows I never
thought I'd have to say this to my
own wife-hut If you &c defending
these fellows. then the same thing
applies to you! Next thing, I suppose
you'll be yapping about free speech.
Free speech! THERE'S too much free
speech and free gas and free beer and
free love and all the rest of your
damned mouthy freedom, and if I had
my way I'd make you folks live up
to the established rules of decency
yer il I had to take you"
will" She was not timorous now.
I pro-German If l fail to throb
to Honest Jim B%lausser, too? Let's
have my whole duty asa wife!" ,
He vas srumbling, 1.-The whole
things right in line with the criticism
you've always been making. Might
have known you'd oppose any decent
constructive work for the town or for
You're right. All I've done has
OoCu AL IlIc. i uOH O0lONE 10
Gopher Prairie. That isn't meant as
n it may be a condemnation of me.
All right! 1 don't care! 1 don't be-
long here, and I'm going. I'm no
asking permission any more. In,
simply going"
He grunted. do you mind tellins
me, II 1t isn't too much trouble, how
long you're going for?"
Il don't know. Perhaps for a year
Perhaps for a lifetime"
Il e e Well, of course, I'll be
tickled to death to sell out my prac-
tice and so anywhere you say. Would
you like to have me 60 with you to
Paris and study art.~maybe, and wear
velveteen pants and q woman's bon
net. and live on sphagetti?"
No, l think we al ave you that
trouble. You don't quite understand
I am going-r really m-and alone!
I've got to find out what my work
Work? Work? Sure! That's the
whole trouble with you! You haven't
got enough work to do. II you had
five kids and no hired girl. and had
to help with the chores and separate
the cream, like these farmers wives
then you wouldn't be 50 discomfort
ed"
II know. That's what most men
and women-like you would saw,
That's how they would explain ali I
am and all I want. And shouldn't
argue with them. These business men,
from their crushing labors of sitting
In an office seven hours a day, would
calmly recommend that khave a o
en- children. AS It happens, I've done
that sort Of thing. There've been
a good many times when we hadn',
a maid. and I did all the housework,
and cared for Hugh, and went to Red
Gross, and did it all very efficiently
I'm a good cook and a good sweeper
and you don't dare say I'm mott"
"N.no, you're-'
But was I more happy when I wa.
drudging? I was not. was just be.
dragEled and unhappy. It's work
but not my work. I could run an of.
flee or a library, or nurse and teach
children. But solitary dish-washine
isn't enough to satisfy me-or MANI
other women. We're going to chuci
it. We're going to wash 'em BY ma.
chinery, and come out and play WITH
you men in the offices and clubs and
politics you've cleverly kept for your.
selves! Oh, we're hopeless, we dis.
satisfied women! Then why do 70,
want to have US about the place. t,
fret you? So its for your sake thai
I'm going!"
"of course q little thing like Hust
makes no diKerence!"
Yes. all the difference. That's VIII,
I'm going to take him with me-
Suppose /. refuse 2"
You WON'T"
Foriornly, 'sUh-. Carrie. wb.
the devil is It you want, anyway"
xOh. conversation! No. It's mucf
mofe than that. think it's 9. great
les Of life-a refusal to be conten,
with even the haaithiests mud
Don't you know that nobody eve,
solved a problem by running ava,
Perhaps. Only i choose to MAJ,
my own definition OF running away.
4 don't CALI Do you realize nov
big q world there il beyond M,
Gopher Prairie where you'd keen m,
all my life? II may be that some das
I'll come back, but not till I can brins
something more than have now
And even II I am .cowardly and r,r
awayAallfight, call It cowardly, cal
me anything you want toll I've beer
ruled too long by fear OF being called
things. I'm going away to be auie,
and think. 1'1n--Jtm goinglaI hav,
a right to my own lifa.D VAR
go hsye I 70 nins!s
Fl have q srieht 10 my life--srS
you're 1t, you're nv life! You've
made yourself 90. I'm dGmnsd II ri
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