Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-03-11
A WEDDING,

"a "CuuilS WAS over, the guests nad de-
parted and the happy pair had retired to
their chamber, and were snugly ensconsed
in bed, when Jack, in the course Of quiet
conversation with his wife, unwittingly al
alluded to his favoritc, subject, by casually
speaking Of himself as being q democrat?"
"Whot?" exclaimed she, turning sharply
and suddenly towards him, ''arc you dem
ocrat?"
"Yes, madam replied Jack, delighted
with the idea of having patient listener to
his long rest, aimed oratory. "Yes, madam,
am democrat, attached to the great pro-
gressivc party, a regular out and outer,
doubly dyed and twisted in The WOOL"
''Just double andtwist yourself out Of this
bed then" interrupted his wife; 81 am
wing, an, and will never sleep with any
man protesting the abominable doctrines
you do!''
Jack was specchless from absolute amaze
menij that the very wife of his bosom should
prove traitor, was horrible! she must be
jesting. He remonstratcd-in vain; tried
persuasion-'twas 10 go. She was in So
Der earnest, and the only alternative left
himwas aprompt remuneration OF his hercsy,
or to a scperate bed in another room. Jack
did not hesitate. To adjurc the great and
established doctrines Of his party, TO re-
nounce his allegiance to the faith that had
become identified with his very being, to
surrender those glorious principles which
had grown with his growth and strengthen
ed with his strength, to the mere whim and
caprice OF woman, was utterly ridiculous
and absurd, and he threw himself from the
bed and prepared to leave the room.
As he was leaving the door his wife
screamed ont 10 him
Il say, my dear, when YOU rccant your
heresy and repent your past errors, just
knock at my door, and perhaps l will let
you in."
The door violently slammed, and Jacl,
proceeded wrathiully in quest of another
apartment.
A sonse Of insulted dignity, and the firm
conviction that he was martyr in the right
cause strenthened his pride, and he re-
solved to hold out until he forced his wife in
TO copltulatioi.
III the morning she met him as if fnothing
had happened, but when Jacl, ventured TO
return to the rupture of the night previous,
there was al@ughing devil in her eye, which
bespoke her power, and eXtinguished hope.
a second time he called upon his pride to
support him in the struggle, which be now
found was getting desperate. He ycntured
curses cloud but not deep" on the way-
wardness and caprice of he sex in general,
and at his own wife in particuar--wonder-
ing how much longer would she hold out
whether she suffered as acutely as he did,
and tried hard to delude himself into the be-
lief that she loved him TOO much 10 prolong
the estrangement, and would come next
morning-perhaps that very night, and sue
for reconciliation. But thcn came the re-
collection Of that intlcxiJle countenance, of
that unbending will, and Of That Implying
eye--and he felt convinced that lie was hop
ing against hope, and dcspoiringly he turn
Cd to the wall for oblivion from the wretch
cdness of his own thoughts.
The second day was 4 repetition of the
first, no allusion was made TO the forbidden
subject on either side. There was look
Of quiet happiness and cherfulness about the
wife, that puzzled Jack sorcly, and he felt
that all idea Of forcing her into surrender
must be abandoned.
A third night he was alone with his
thoughts. His reflection were more serious
and composed than on The night previous
What they were, Of course We're on y TO
himself, but they seemed to result in some
thing decided, for about midnight, three dis
tnct raps were made at his wife's door
No answer, and the signal was repeated in
a louder tone, still all was silent, and athird
time the door shook with violent attacks
from the outside.
"Who's thcre?" cried the voice of his
wife, as ifjust aroused from deep sleep.
ITS me, my dear, and perhaps little the
best wing you ever did see,"
The revolution in his opinions was radi-
cal and permanent. He removed to another
county, became popular, and offered him
self as a candidate on the whg ticket for the
Legislature, and was elected and for several
sessions represented his adopted county, as
q firm and a decided whig.