WOMEN: Governesses

A dreary, rainy inauguration day augured ill for the widowed Governess. She had not been long in office before cocaine-dusted political rivals tampered records, made her son illegitimate. Soon, by further dirty work, the same son stood white-faced in a prisoner's dock to receive a murderer's death sentence. The Governess arose, screamed, "And I shall pardon him! It is my right!" Shouts from outside penetrated the wrecked, nerve-shaken courtroom. "Extra! Extra! Governess Fenway impeached!" . . . Her Honor, the Governor, released last week, is a good cinema.

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