Lloyd George is her pet hero , now that Kitchener is gone . '' ' I stand behind Lloyd George every time , ' retorted Susan . '' ' I suppose that will hearten him up greatly , ' said Warren Mead , with one of his disagreeable ` haw-haws . ' `` Warren 's remark was spark to powder . Susan just ` sailed in ' as she puts it , and ` said her say . ' She said it remarkably well , too . There was no lack of ` ginger ' in her speech , anyhow . When Susan is warmed up she has no mean powers of oratory , and the way she trimmed those men down was funny and wonderful and effective all at once . She said it was the likes of her , millions of her , that did stand behind Lloyd George , and did hearten him up . That was the key-note of her speech . Dear old Susan ! She is a perfect dynamo of patriotism and loyalty and contempt for slackers of all kinds , and when she let it loose on that audience in her one grand outburst she electrified it . Susan always vows she is no suffragette , but she gave womanhood its due that night , and she literally made those men cringe . When she finished with them they were ready to eat out of her hand . She wound up by ordering them -- yes , ordering them -- to march up to the platform forthwith and subscribe for Victory Bonds . And after wild applause most of them did it , even Warren Mead . When the total amount subscribed came out in the Charlottetown dailies the next day we found that the Glen led every district on the Island -- and certainly Susan has the credit for it . She , herself , after she came home that night was quite ashamed and evidently feared that she had been guilty of unbecoming conduct : she confessed to mother that she had been ` rather unladylike . ' `` We were all -- except Susan -- out for a trial ride in father 's new automobile tonight . A very good one we had , too , though we did get ingloriously ditched at the end , owing to a certain grim old dame -- to wit , Miss Elizabeth Carr of the Upper Glen -- who would n't rein her horse out to let us pass , honk as we might .
Father was quite furious ; but in my heart I believe I sympathized XXXXX Miss Elizabeth .
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