Colonel Coffin knows of one woman who despises her methods and desires her complete repression.

A short time after the election of the colonel to the Legislature a lady called to see him at his law-office.

When she had closed the door, she sat down and said, "Colonel, my name is Mooney.

I am unmarried--a single woman.

I called to see you in reference to pushing a bill through the Legislature for the benefit of maiden ladies such as myself.