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Therewith Dolly rose and went to the platfor bow To Mostyn she was a marvel of beauty, ani back her flowing hair

"I'an "You don't know the facts in this case The able-bodied s for this occasion, si the side I was on win so e it They decided, in their sneaking, menlike way, that I won because the women usually voted on my side, so they askedtoo busy doing my work to suspect trickery, I consented; and then what did they do? Why, they promptly threw the defense of this--I started to say silly question on my shoulders, but I won't call it silly, because, do you know, as I sat there listening to Warren Wilks reel off all that harangue it occurred toexactly the sa woan to roll

Now, listen--you wo just no are you ever going to get at the straight of this thing if you hug and kiss the men every time they tell you that you are narroeen the eyes and haven't a thimbleful of brains? Do you knohat is at the bottoreen-eyed jealousy, as rank as stagnant water in a swaet up-to-date Up-to-date wo andfire for their lords andto stand shoe- off a calf while their husbands are swapping tales at the cross-roads store"

A laugh started and swept over the room There was considerable applause, both fro I wouldn't do for narry man that ever wore shoe-leather!" calance in her direction called for an open opinion

Dolly sht spirit, Mrs Timmons," she said "So , consumptive wives if they would draw the line at the cow-lot" Then she resuot inated away back in the history of the world We get it fro the Indians in the early days there was a certain big chief They called hi-in-the-face because his nose looked like a toad upside down trying to crawl between his thick lips He and the other braves loafed about the a Now, Frog-in-the-face, savage as he as a quite up-to-date htily, and the men would elect hih sense to shoot straight or catch fish on the bank of a river, so he wa papoose strapped to her back hoe corn in the hot sun This was the regular red-an to think for herself She called so-in-the-face and his braves were off hunting, and she had the boldness to tell them that she believed they could shoot as well as the men She said she could, because she had tried it on the sly With that they got out some old worn-out bows and arrows and went into the woods to try their luck Well, do you know, those squaws killed so many bears and deer and ducks and turkeys that, loaded doith a baby each, they had hard work getting the meat ho-in-the- face and his sharp-shooters had got hold of so-tobacco, and they didn't do any hunting that day at all, but ca po they had had about another tribe infringing on their rights away off soht out the roast et so and praise, for they had done well and knew it But, bless you! what happened? The ed theot, and after supper they all an to fret and fu and passed a pipe fro-in- the-face laid down the law Squaere having tooit wouldn't be long before they would want to take part in the councils of war, and then ould becorind the corn and till the soil and do all the rest of the dirty work? So they passed a ne The first squaw that ever touched a bow and arrow in the future would be severely punished"