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off the police-she was brought to trial
and given a month with the option of
fine. Her husband wanted to pay
the fine, but If she had escaped prison
that way she would have let the suf-
frage cause down. She went to jail.
arrival in her cell was to argue the
prison warden out of his idea that if
she was going to hunger-Strike he
wouldn't be able to take his annual
vacation. on which he was about to
start She refused to promise not to
hunger-Strike but managed to convince
him that his chief warder would be
able to handle the situation with tact
and aplomb. Then, having had row
with the chaplain, who took the line
that the best way to indicate to her
the error Of her ways was to curse her,
all suffragettes and her father she set
tied down to refuse food and drink
Freed Under "Cat and Mouse" Act.
BY the end of three days she was
suffering so much that she relaxed to
the point of drinking some water; after
that she felt fine and all the better
for her fast. She was tightening her
belt against a fast she intended to
prolong to the limit, which she estl-
mated at another six or seven Gays at
least when they let her out under the
celebrated "cat and mouse" act (wnlcn
meant that when she had regalneo
health they would grab her AGAIN. !.
But she did not return to jail. just
before she was due to go back some
one paid her fine. She suspected her
husband, but no questions were ever
asked on that point.
Two noteworthy results OF this ex-
plot NAV be recorded. First. her SUI
fragette comrades were so impressed
by what had befallen their secretary
that for months not single one ven.
tured on militancy Of any sort; ana
second, her mother, back from
America, was so enchanted by ner
daughters dash and endurance that
not long afterward she herself Went
off and performed militant act IN
London, and got herself sentenced 10
day in jail. -r,,.
That was all twenty years ago. Inc
LADY Rhondda of 1881 looks back on
the Lady Mackworth of pre-war years
much as your mature man looks back
on his school days. Much water mas
flowed under the bridge OF her lie
since then. She has lost her tather,
divorced her husband, launched
weekly review, gone into big business,
come within a hands breadth OF oeatn
when the Lusitania was torpeooeu III
1915. I asked her about the latter ao-
venture once when we were luhciliIie
together, and she told me the WHOLE
story. -. -
She had been on a business trip to
the United States and Canada with
her father. There we're 1000 people
aboard. including a lot OF chlldren-
quite an unusual number OF cnlloren'
the families of Canadians serving III
the war coming over to join tnelr meI-
folk. The idea of an attempt 10 Sink
us was never far from our mlnQS, you
know. We used to discuss our chances
smilingly No one was over serious.
An American girl at our table SAID 10
my father and me one day: anyway
l hope we get some sort OF thIAh gu
ing up the Channel
Learn About Shipwrecks.
IF remember that rather wildly. be-
cause when we were going down after
being torpedoed l said to the American
girl: L always thought shlpwrecK
was a well organized affair. 80 olu
l., said she, but I've learnt the oeVli
of lot in the last five minutes. AND
| 1uSL before we lGll uAVO bAAN
| LAUGHED and shook hands. and I said
Well you've had your thrill, all right,
and she said: I never want another
one"
In the confusion that followed the
explosion of the torpedo Lady Rhondda
had lost her father. She had got a
belt for him-remembering his absent
mindedness-from his cabin and gone
up to the boat deck.
1T was sunny. An American DOCTOR
and his sister in-law, the girl VINO
wanted the thrill, were there. We did
not talk much. I was waiting for my
father. Then, abruptly. rather a ter
rible thing happened. Near US ooat
was being lowered A stream OF steer
age passengers suddenly belched OUT
from below and fought their way into
the boat. They were white, terrified.
screaming jam of humanity. Here apd