I felt took down, for I had been riz up, quite considerble, but I sez, reasonable:
"Yes, there are such wimmen, Josiah, but think of the sweet and saintly souls that have given all their lives, and hopes, and thoughts to the Meetin' House—think of the throngs to-day that crowd the aisles of the Sanctuary—there are five wimmen to one man, I believe, in all the meetin' houses to-day a-workin' in His name. True Daughters of the King, no matter what their creed may be—Catholic or Protestant.
"And while wimmen have done all this work for the Meetin' House, the Meetin' House ort to be honorable and do well by her."
"Wall, hain't he?" sez Josiah.
"No, she hain't," sez I.
"Wall, what petickuler fault do you find? What has he done lately to rile you up?"
Sez I, "She wuz in the wrong on't in not lettin' wimmen set on the Conference."
"Wall, I say he wuz right," sez Josiah. "He knew, and I knew, that wimmen wuzn't strong enough to set."
"Why," sez I, "it don't take so much strength to set as it duz to stand up. And after workin' as hard as wimmen have for the Meetin' House, she ort to have the priveledge of settin'. And I am goin' to write out jest what I think about it."
"Wall," sez Josiah, as he started for the barn with the hen feed, "don't be too severe with the Meetin' House."