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"And now," asked Zenith, "how do you think the affair came out?"
"I confess," I answered, "that I shall have to give it up."
"Well," she continued, "the problem was solved, as so many others in our
career have been, when the needed lesson had been learned, without our
being subjected to the extremely dire results which seemed so imminent;
and I am happy to be able to tell you that relief came through the efforts
of one of my own sex. Just before the last ounce was added to the weight
of foolishness and error which was to turn the world completely over, a
girl made her appearance with sense enough to call a halt. She happened to
be editing one of the fiery journals of her class, when it struck her one
day that they were carrying the thing too far. She had the courage to say
so, and got roundly abused for it. She persisted, obtained adherents and
helpers, and soon a decided reaction set in. Like a house of cards, which
a breath will destroy, the unstable structure the children had built fell
to the ground, never to be restored.
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