WOMAN'S NERVE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 57, 18 March 1881, Page 4

WOMAN'S NERVE.

A tall lady with a -saturnine conn- j tonance came into the Chronicle ofnoe I > ecently, and demandea|PF one of the I reporters! tf* - ** Virginia offered a gaod ! lield for a series of a dozen lectures 1 on wom;»n suffra&e,. i " I don't think the Ct-iustockers . have thought much ahout, fruialu suf- '. t'rago," replied the reporter frankly I " Don't s&y femih," -said.. the till ! lady sharply, . , j " Why not ?" asked the leporter in . innocent surprise. ! " Because, sir, a term that is used j to describe sex iv auimals should not j be applied to woman." j The reporter admitted, in great hu- . initiation, that the point was well ■ taken, and Rooked up in some alarm ' at the severe countenance of the lady, ; whe was a head taller than himself, i and manifestly "abl-e to thrash him in the interest of progress, if so disposed . The stora countenance softened somewhat afc these signs of confessed infeiiority, however, aid the lady continued : '•'lMie qauw of wourjii is the cans' 3 of huuniui y.' The c-uise of humanity embraces all progress. Why, then, should the people of Virginia be iudifferent to women '?" "They're not!" cried tho small reporter hastily. "Far from it. Woman is the j boss in tbis camp. Everything she Iwahts sha gets, and not one in a hundred does a lick of work." '• Mere toys, 1 ' said tbe tall one with { deep scorn. . " Playthings fr an idle hour. You cover woman with silks and gauds, and sink her soul to insignifience by circumscribing her sphere and allowing her no mis:si.iu in life." "Well,"" admitted the small reporter, " that's about the way we look at it up hete, that's a fact. Women haven't got the nerve to bustle for themselves like men." " Ner-r-ve !" She uttered this word in a terrific tone — so terrific that the small reporter half rose from his chair " Nerve i What is thero requiring nerve that you do that I ani incapable of?" !• "No offence, -uridam, no offence. I meant nothing personal, I assure you." " Am T not stronger than you?' Ehe demanded, scorning tho apology. " Am I not gifted with as great a hrain ? Why do you despite my sex ? We can bear more pain, and aro therefore your superiors in com age." I The small reporter was gazing j fixedly at a dark corner of the room, J and made no answer. j " Nerve, indeed V continued the { tall laiy, " why, women havo mii- j nitely more nerve Irian- men. Only ! yesterday I saw a woman — " . i " That's the biggisi'.'at I ever saw j in the office," suid the small reporter, j staring intently at. the dark cornor. J The scream that ront tho air j brought iv all the printers and save- \ rai citizens from tho street. When ! they arrived the tall o .o was stand ! ing on a chair, wi'h one hand cover- j inn her eyes and tho oiher c.-mvul- j sively clutching at her skirts as t-he gatherod them close around her. The small roporler wisely took advantage of tho crowd to slip oufc ; and ho telegraphed fr m Gold Hill that he was going clown to Uarson to work up a hi< 6 item.-- Virginia City j Chronicle. " j