As she left the room her husband opened the door, and her brothers rose and remained standing until it was closed after her.
"If all women were like her——" Frank said impulsively, but Ramsey stopped him.
"If half of them were like her," he said reverently, "I would be in favor of turning the government over to them, certain that the hand that rocks the cradle would never give this storm-tossed old world more shaking up than is good for it."
CHAPTER XI
THE ADVANCING COLUMN OF DEMOCRACY
As the two brothers turned into the cross street that led to the hall where the Industrial League had its headquarters and held its weekly meetings, Dr. Earl laid his hand on Frank's shoulder.
"Dear old fellow," he said affectionately, "would you mind telling me what on earth possesses you to come down here to-night? I'm not asking out of mere curiosity, nor do I believe that is the motive that brings you."
"Then if I say the pursuit of the good, the true and the beautiful, you will not believe me?" his brother answered lightly.