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His black summer suit was a perfect fit, his boots were shining, the knot of his narrow black neck tie was a little towards one side, but that was the only evidence that he was careless about his personal appearance. "I want my boys to be neat," he had said once apologetically to Mrs. Devoe, when requesting her to give away his old school suit preparatory to buying another.
Hunter, and Miss Ainsley were still sleeping, as also was Dr. Devoe. "Houghton," called Mr. Willoughby, "won't you enroll me as one of your cooks or waiters?" "No," replied George, "I must leave you and Captain Bodine in charge of camp." "Too many cooks spile de brof," said Aun' Sheba, rising from Mara's side where she had been watching for the last hour.
She shrieked and half rose in her wild impulse to fly. Then apparently forgetting Clancy she piteously begged Dr. Devoe to give her something that would certainly bring oblivion for a few hours at least. He good-naturedly complied. When the opiate began to take effect she was placed on the mattress beside Mrs. Hunter, and was soon in stupor.
The outstanding feature of the plan adopted by the State Equal Suffrage Association under the leadership of Mrs. DeVoe, was the absence of all spectacular methods and the emphasis placed upon personal intensive work on the part of the wives, mothers and sisters of the men who were to decide the issue at the polls. Big demonstrations, parades and large meetings of all kinds were avoided.
It carried a striking cartoon on the front page and was full of suffrage news and arguments, even the advertisements being written in suffrage terms. State and county fairs and Chautauquas were utilized by securing a Woman's Day, with Mrs. DeVoe as president of the day.
We've got our work cut out this fall, and I hope we'll all pull together." He smiled across at Paul, evidently unaware of having neglected that young gentleman in his conversation. "Good-night. Four o'clock to-morrow is the hour." "I never met any one that could ask more questions than he can," exclaimed Neil when Devoe was safely out of hearing. "But I suppose that's the way to learn, eh?"
"No you won't; not the way Mills and Devoe are teaching it. You see, the idea is to knife the backs through; there isn't any plunging to speak of and not much hurdling. The forwards open up a hole, and almost before the ball's well in play one of the backs is squirming through. Quarter gives you the ball at a hand-pass, always; there's no long passing done; except, of course, for a kick.
"George," shouted Dr. Devoe. The young man responded promptly. "Keep this crowd away the vulgar wretches!" A woman of refinement and wealth, who with her husband had clung to their adjacent home until the last shock occurred, was in the throes of childbirth. No one could stand a moment before the young man's words and aspect, and in a few moments he secured all the privacy possible.
He was glad that Paul was not to be disappointed, but it was hard to think that he was to have no part in the supreme battle for which he had worked conscientiously all the fall, and the thought of which had more than once given him courage to go on when further effort seemed impossible. "Stone, Tucker, Browning, Stowell, Witter, Carey, Devoe, Foster, Gale " "Good for you, Paul," whispered Neil.
Clancy offered to assist George in meeting the immediate need of shelter from the sun, and Dr. Devoe gave the morning to the care of his many patients. Mr. Willoughby said that he must first go to his home for clothing and to look after matters, but that he would soon return. Bodine was asked to mount guard and prevent, as far as possible, the fugitives from encroaching on the needed space.
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