For truly a woman's curosity, however parlyzed by just
indignation, can stand only just so much strain. "The what?"
"The wad. The animal from which is obtained the valuable fur that tailors
make so much use of."
Sez I, "Do you mean waddin' eight cents a sheet?"
"Eight cents a pelt--yes, the skins are plentiful and cheap, owing to the
hardy habits of the animal."
Sez I, "Cease instantly. I will hear no more."
Truly, I had heard much of the flattery and little talk statesmen will use
to wimmen, and I'd hearn of their lies, etc.; but truly I felt that the
half had not been told. And then I thought out-loud and sez:
"I've hearn how laws of eternal right and justice are sot one side in
Washington, D.C., as bein' too triflin' to attend to, while the Legislators
pondered over and passed laws regardin' hen's eggs and bird's nests. But
this is goin' too fur--too fur. But," sez I firmly, "I shall do Serepta's
errents, and do 'em to the best of my ability, and you can't draw off my
attention from her wrongs and sufferin's by talkin' about wads."
"I would love to obleege Serepta," sez he, "because she belongs to such a
lovely sect. Wimmen are the loveliest, most angelic creatures that ever
walked the earth; they are perfect, flawless, like snow and roses."
Sez I firmly, "They hain't no such thing; they are disagreeable creeters a
good deal of the time. They hain't no better than men, but they ort to have
their rights all the same.
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