The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-06-09
A WEDDING.

their chamber. ana were SnuG,r chscOnccu
in bed, when Jack, in the course of quiet
conversation with his wife. unwit,ingly al
ludcd to his f,vori,c subject hy casually
speaking Of himself as being Il democrat.
"What - exclaimed She; turning sharp
ly and suddenly toward him, "arc YOU a
dcmocrat.'
"lcs, madam" replied Jack. delighted
with the idea of having patient listener to
his long restrained uratorv--"I Yes. madam,
am dcmncrt, real Jrnvr<oni,n tlc.no
crat, attached to the great progressive par
tv, Il regular out and outer, douhly dyed
and twisted in ;l,c wool"
",lust double and twist vourscI' out of
this bed, them" Interrupted his wife Il
am II whic. am, ani vii! never sleep with
any man protesting the doctrine You do"
"Jack was sprcch"ss from absolute
amazcmen. That the very wife Of his hos
ON should prove Il TRAITOR, WAS horrible !,
size must l'e jr>ln". lie r"monsira'cd-
--entrcaty TWAS II" 90. She WIS in so.
Der earnest, anl the alternative lcf, him
was :. prompt renuncia,ion Of his hercsv or
to Il S"pcratc bed in another room. Jack
didn't hesitate. Allure the great ar.l cs-
tab'iahcd Doctrines ofh;> party, to icnoUncc
his Allegiance To the faith that had become
in'!cn,iiicI will! his very being, to su'rcn-
der those glorious principles whic! Lad
grown with his growth anil strengthened
with his strength, to the mere wlim and
caprcc Of wunan, was utterly iiiicnlous
an'l absurd, and hc threw himself from tho
bed an'l prepared to leave the room.
As he WIS leaving the door his wife
screamed out 70 him.
IL say, my dear, when You repent your
hcicsy and your past errors, jus, knock at
my door, auL perhaps Iii let YOU i'm
Tile door was violently s!anhcd, and Jack
proceeded wra,hfuy in GncS, Of another
apartment.
y sense Of inSultcl dignity. AMI the finn
conviction ;hat he WAS n martyr in the
"riSlrt cause" strengthened his pride. and
he resolved to hold out until he forced his
wife to reorganization.
In the morning she met Lin as if moth
ing had happened but whenever Jack
vcnturcl to rc,urn to the rupture of the
night previous, there WAS IL "auyhiny devI'
in her eve, which bespoke her power and
cxtincnishcd hope. \ second time lie re-
paired to his lonely couch, and second
time he called upon lis pride to support
him i'll the Struggle, which lie now found
WAS getting desperate. lie vcnturcd curses
cloud but not long" on the wavwartucss
and caprice Of the sex in general and at
his own wife in Notwithstanding how
much longer she would hold whether
she suffered rs acu,cly rs he dill, and tried
hard to dcuic himself into the belief that
she loved linn too much 10 prolong the cs
arrangement, and would come to him
i'll the neutrality-suspicious. that every night
and sue for r"concir;ion. But then came
the recollection of that inilcxihe cuunte
nance, of that unbcllng will, and Of that
laughing, un'itying eyc-anl he felt con
v"ccd that he was hoping againt hope
and dcspairing he turned to the wall for
oblivion from The wretchcdncsS Of his own
thoughts. The second day was a rcpcti-
ton of The frs! no allusion WAS mad. to
the forbidden subject on either side. There
was a look Of quiet happiness and cheer
lulncss about the wife ;hat puzzled jack
sorc!y, and llc felt that all idea Of (orcin.
her into surrender must he abandoned.
A third nj yht he was alone with his il"ugts.
His reflections were more serious and com
passioned than the night previous. Villa;
they were, was known only to himself, but
they seemed to result in something decided,
for, about midnight, three distinct raps
were made at his wifc's door. No answer,
and the signal was repeated i'll II louder
tone. Will NIO.cnt attacks from The outside.
"Who's therc?" cried the voice of his wife,
as if just aroused from deep sleep. "Il's
me, my dear, and perhaps; :; little the best
whig you ever did sec.' The revolu-
ton in his opinion was radical and perma-
ncnt IIo removed to another country,
became POPULAR and offered himself as Il
candidate on the whig ticket for the legis.
lature, and was elected, and for several scs
sions represented his adopted country as n
firm and decided wllig.
Steroyrophs of Battle. DIR. Holmes in
his scientific contribution to tho last Allan.