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I wonder how we would have met if I had never gone into politics . I wonder if he would have liked me then , really ? '' Modern Journalism The `` Progressive Workers '' has been especially busy in arranging for the joint debate between their own and the Republican candidates , and they were in full force and early at the meeting . When eight o'clock came and Gertrude Van Deusen had not appeared , they felt no anxiety , but as the moments passed and she did not come , they began to be surprised and then alarmed . `` Gertrude is always prompt , '' said Mrs. Bateman , as they waited in the ante-room . `` I can not imagine what is keeping her . Telephone over to her house , Anna , and see if she has left , wo n't you ?