do, neither did she keep a cow, but
bought milk and bread to feed the children. Wasn't it her duty to
leave the home and see where these products were produced, and if they
were sanitary? And, knowing the problem outside the home would so
materially affect the health, and perhaps lives, of her children, she
felt it her distinctive duty to keep house in a larger sense. When the
children became old enough to attend school, Emily again took up her
old interest in schools. She began to realize how much more just it
would be if an equal number of women were on the school board."

"But what did the husband think of all this?" inquired Aunt Sarah,
dubiously.

"Oh, Tom studied the case, too, at first just to tease Emily, but he
soon became as enthusiastic as Emily. He said, 'The first time you are
privileged to vote, Emily, I will hire an automobile to take you to
the polls in style.' But poor Emily was left alone with her children
last winter. Tom died of typhoid fever. Contracted it from the bad
drainage. They lived in a town not yet safeguarded with sewerage. Now
Emily is a taxpayer as well as a mother, and she has no say as far as
the town and schools are concerned. There are many cases like that,
where widows and unmarried women own property, and they are in no way
represented. And think of the thousands and thousands of women who
have no home to stay in and no babies to look after."

"Mercy, Mary! Do stop to take breath. I never thought when I started
this subject I would have an enthusiastic suffragist with whom to
deal."

"I am glad you started the subject, Aunt Sarah, because there is so
much to be said for the cause. I saw you glance at the clock and I see
it is time to prepare supper. But some day I'm going to stop that old
clock and bring down some of my books on 'Woman's Suffrage' and you'll
he surprised to hear what they have done in States where equal
privileges were theirs. I am sure 'twill not be many years before
every State in the Union will give women the right of suffrage."

* * * * *

After Mary retired that evening Aunt Sarah had a talk with her John,
whom she knew needed help on the farm. As a result of the conference,
Mary wrote to Ralph the following day, asking him to spend his
vacation on the farm as a "farm hand." Needless to say, the offer was
gladly accepted by Ralph, if for no other reason than to be near the
girl he loved.

Ralph came the following week--"