With mind on progress bent,
Could not endure the way
Reformers mostly went.

Those rights she wished to gain,
Which SUSAN A. expects,
But still she would not lose
The softness of her sex.

If at a station she
For cars did wait in vain,
She would not stride about,
And "damn" the hapless train.

"With men I'll equal be,"
She said, "if women can;
But still I must become
A female gentleman.

Hereafter I shall try
Polite and kind to be;
And treat all gentlemen
As gentlemen treat me."

One morning, in a stage,
She rode to STEWART'S store--
A young man soon got in,
And sat down near the door.

Then, leaning towards the man,