[Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work by Edith Van Dyne]@TWC D-Link bookAunt Jane’s Nieces at Work CHAPTER I 12/15
Why don't you take a hand in the game and win it ?" "Oh, Uncle John!" The proposition was certainly disconcerting at first. "Yes, yes!" laughed the Major, derisively.
"Put on some blue stockings, read the history of woman's suffrage, cultivate a liking for depraved eggs, and then face Kenneth's enraged constituents!" "I shouldn't mind, daddy, if it would help Kenneth any," declared Patsy, stoutly. "Go on, Uncle John," said Beth, encouragingly. "Women in politics," observed their uncle, "have often been a tremendous power.
You won't need to humiliate yourselves, my dears.
All you'll need to do is to exercise your wits and work earnestly for the cause.
There are a hundred ways to do that." "Mention a few," proposed the Major. "I will when I get to Elmhurst and look over the ground," answered Uncle John. "You're going on, then ?" "Yes." "I'll go with you," said Patsy promptly. "So will I," said Beth.
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