"If I were a man, he wouldn't dare to act as he does.

But because I'm a girl, I can almost see him hoping that something will happen to me--" If that, indeed, was Uncle Stanley's hope, he didn't have to wait much longer.
The armistice was signed, you will remember, in the first week of November, 1918.

Two months later Mary showed Judge Cutler the financial statement for the preceding year.
"Another year like this," said the judge, "and, barring strikes and accidents, Spencer & Son will be on its feet again, stronger than ever! My dear girl," he said, rising and holding out his hand, "I must congratulate you!" Mary arose, too, her hand outstretched, but something in her manner caught the judge's attention.
"What's the matter, Mary ?" he asked.

"Don't you feel well ?" "Men--women," she said, unsteadily smiling and giving him her hand, "they ought to be--now--natural partners--not--not--" With a sigh she lurched forward and fell--a tired little creature--into his arms..