But little by little men are
forgettin' their ancestral traits, and men and wimmen are gradually comin'
out of their dark caverns into the sunshine (for women too have inherited
queer traits and disagreeable ones, but that is another story).
Well, as I said, Royal wuz mad and told Polly that he guessed that the day
of the Parade he would take Maud Vincent out in the country in his motor,
to gather May-flowers. Polly told him she hoped they would have a good
time, and then, after he had gone, drivin' his car lickety-split, harem
skarum, owin' to his madness I spoze, Polly went upstairs and cried, for I
hearn her, her room wuz next to ourn.
And I deeply respected her for her principles, for he had asked her first
to go May-flowering with him the day of the Suffrage meeting. But she
refused, havin' in her mind, I spoze, the girls that couldn't hunt flowers,
but had to handle weeds and thistles with bare hands (metaforically) and
wanted to help them and all workin' wimmen to happier and more prosperous
lives.
IV
"STRIVIN' WITH THE EMISSARY"
But I am hitchin' the horse behind the wagon and to resoom backwards. The
Reunion wuz put off a week and the Suffrage Meetin' wuz two days away, so I
told Lorinda I didn't believe I would have a better time to carry Serepta
Pester's errents to Washington, D.C. Josiah said he guessed he would stay
and help wait on Hiram Cagwin, and I approved on't, for Lorinda wuz gittin'
wore out.
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