Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-08-06
WEAVERVILLE CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY. AUGUST 6, 1859.

"TM WING. AN l"-Tbe wedding was over,
the guests had departed, and the happy pair had
retired to their chamber, 9hd were snugly en-
sconced in bed, when Jack, in the course of a
ae foqgsfotGn I've Tdp with sniS his S wi a"
of himself as being a democrat.<
"What" exclaimed she, turninyharply and
suddenly toward him, "are you dInocrat :"
"Yes, madam" replied Jack, dehghtsd with
the idea of having patient listenef' - his long
restrained oratory--" Yes, madam. sfn demo
crat, real Jefiersonan democrat, attached to
the great progressive party, regular out and
outer, doubly dyed and twisted in tlHf wool"
"JUst double aud twist yourself ,out of this
bed, them" interrupted his wife am whig,
! am; and will never sleep with any nan profess
ing the doctrine you do"
Jack was speechless from absolute aInazement.
That the very wife of his bosom sho@ prove a
traitor, was horrible she must be jesting. lie
remonstra ted-but in vain tried persuasion
twas useless entreaty-'twas no go. She was
in sober earnest, aud The alternative left him was
u prompt renunciation Of his heresy a separate
bed in another room. Jack didn't hesitate. As
he was closing the door, his wife screamed after
him.
| say, my dear, when you repent your hercsy
and your past errors, just knock at my door, and
perhaps III let you ill.,"
The door was violently slammed, and Jack
proceeded wrath(ully in quest of another apart
menr.
In the morning ehc met him as if nothing had
happened but whenever Jack ventured to refer
tt the previous night, there was q laughing
devil in her eye, which bespoke her power and
extinguished hone. a second time he repaired
to his lonely couch, aud second time he called
upon his pride to support him in the struggle,
which he now found was getting desperate. lie
venturcd curses loud but not long" on the way
wardncss and caprice of the sex in general, and
at his own wife in particularly wondering how
much longer she would hold out-whether she
Suffered as acutcly as he did, and tried hard to
dclude himself into the belief that she loved him
too much to prolong the estrangement, aud would
come to him in the neutrality-suspicious. that very
night and sue for reconciliation. But then came
the recollection of that inleXiblc countenance,
unpityng eye-and he felt convinced that he was
hoping against hope, and despairng, he turned
to the wall for oblivion from the wretchedness OF
his own thoughts. The second day was repeti-
ton of the first no alluson was made to the
forbidden subject on either side. There was a
look of quiet happiness aud cheerfulness about
the wife that puzzled Jack sOrely, and he felt
that all idea OF forcing her into surrender must
be abandoned. A third night he was alone with
his thoughts. His reflections were more serious
aad impassioned than the night previous. What
they were, known only to himself but they
81 med to result in something decided, for about
midnight, three distinct raps were made at his
wite's door. No answer, and the signal was re-
peated in louder tone still all was silent, and
third time the door shook with violent attacks
from the outside. Who's thcre ~ cried the
voice of his wife, as if just aroused from deep
sleep. " It's me, my dear, and perhaps little
the best whg you ever did see" The revolution
ia his opinion was radical aud permanent