"I may perhaps be allowed to state," she remarked calmly, "that any office which I hold at present was not self-sought, but was given me as the result of the general vote. To the members themselves, therefore, I appeal, if they consider they've anything against me."
"Maude's perfectly right!" interposed Gladys Merriman, rising hastily. "This Magazine business has been a 'one man show' all along. Nobody else has had even a look-in. It's been 'Gipsy Latimer' from beginning to end."
"Oh! Oh! Who's had a story in every number?" cried a voice from the back.
"The editress oughtn't to be allowed to monopolize the chief parts!" called out Alice O'Connor.
"How can you say so!"
"Go it, Alice! Pitch it strong! I'm with you!"
"Order! Order!" commanded Dilys. "This question must be discussed from both sides. We'll take one at a time, please."
"Maude! Let Maude speak, then!" shouted a band of sympathizers from the opposition.
Maude, who had waxed warm, was only too ready to speak, and seized upon the opportunity.