The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-08-14
From the Detroit Tribune.
LOVE AND POLITICS.
BY NJ. T.. G.

"Aua 7iav whvg" exclaimed Mrs Smitl
looking up from her embroidery, with a lool
of mischcvious inquiry in her merry blacI
eyes.
al believe, my gallant cousin, that Pv'
par.ook Of the fruit ofthc treo Of knowlcdg,
even before her lieee lord and master, anC
what is to hinder her daughters from study
ing politics, or aueht else they may choose 2
ooh, if YOU are to commence an argument
Jennie yield in advance, for Won will bt
sure 10 have the last word. You know thai
when the angels threw down twelve baskets
! full oftaik, in the davs when the world was
young, tradition saws that the women took
immediate possession of eleven.
"Ah, YES and did you know that whoncv.
or man is outwitted in an argument bv some
sensible woman, (vou needn't laugh, such
things hare happcncd,) thcro is sure to
como out that vile SANDER about our talking
No DIVISIONS, sir, Question:
"Well, then, if YOU will persist in talking
the matter seriously. there are several reasons
why woman should not be politician A
worGns sphere is homo, and it is hers to
mako her home Paradise if she will while
1t Is incompatible with that delicacy which is
her greatest charm, to mingle with the noisy
crowd that fill the dusty political arena
Imagine an election day with female voters
How disgus,irg"
"Tho very ground expected YOU to take.
Let women say ANYTHING about politics, and
Immediately YOU men imagine we are possess.
ed with an insane idea Of rushing to the bal
lot-boX forthwith. No true woman desires
that, and You know it, or ought TO. but she
may keen herself informed concerning the
state of affairs, OF even appreciate good po-
!itical speech, without that"
"My dear cousin, what good will it do her
when she has done all that?'
"Wha good If her mind will not be i'm
proved by such Il course of reading as by silly
romances and sentimental poetry. | am mis-.
taken. But how much such knowledge wo'd
Your Hiehness allow us p
"Oh, have no objection to your knowing
who is President, or Governor Of your State, if
YOU wish it,"
"Thank YOU. How generous
seriously, Jenny, YOU know as well as |
that woman's sphere is not political one,
and she had best let such things alone"
"Ies, sir / think YOU made similar re.
mark not long since. Woman's sphere -
That means she is to stay at home and ad-
minister TO the wants of some incarnation of
Incidence. and self.compacencv,
for instance - and Jenny has
tened from the room in answer to call from
the nursery, while the jude turned for con
ISOLATION TO hi, cigar
HHy JJdge Compton Was An old bachelor.
was Il question often asked without n satisfac.
tory answer being received. but that he "aa
in confirmed state of single blessedncss was
beyond adoub, Nevertheless, io,tv SUN
me,s had ra>toi lightly on hi, head, for not
"A thread of silver cleaned in hi, blown hair,
and bis keen eyes had "A lay Of mischief lurk-
ing III them that b.lokcnel an unlailiug fount
Of good nature somewhere in his capacions
heart.
y gallant man was the Judge, Yet witha
somewhat Fastdious in his notions of female
An! dreaded strong minded wo.
man a, il he were the Arch Enemy in dis
guise. Al present, he was rusticating for a
few wees at the plea, mt country home of
OF one Of his relatives, where he was gladly
welcomed IS indeed he was everywhere.
The quiet of Maple Glen was broken short
ly after the above conversation, by the al.
vent Of MIS- Maudn Latmcr, "A ward of Mr..
Smith, aud who he'd Just finished at a fash
ionabIe boarding school. Though cousin
Jenny had much to say 10 our gallant hero
concerning her darling Maude, yet he paid
very little attention to it, not having in fact,
Iduch opinion Of the intellectual abilities of
"boqring school misses" as he was pleased
to term them. Still, rs his cousins guest he
was prepared 10 receive her with difference,
though it must DO confessed his anticipatons
were not Of the most pleasant nature. 1t was
late ono evening when Maude arrived, and he
only caught It glimpse OF "a slight figure in
sober, gray travelling dress, which figure was
rupturou,ly seized and embraced by jenny.
The next morning, AT the breakfast table
they were ccrmous!y introduced, and even
the Judge, critical eye was at fault as lac
scangd the lit @, slender form before him, the
clear, dark, and gray eyes and the brown
hair lyirg smoothly above the high, white
brow. No -ickly sautimeutalism was there,
bur an earnest, true soul had stamped its i'm
press on every feature. It would lac needless
to state aIl the incidents tha, marked the
progress Of the friendship that sprung up be-
tween the Judge and Maude Had they me,
in society, the result would have been differ
cnt, but being under the same roof, thrown
into constant companon,hip, and with minds
perfectly accorded, they could not but c
friends.
Maudc WAS well read in the best litrea-
turo Of the day, and her cultivated mind had
graspcd tie thoughts Of the master spirits of
Of the age, and made them all her own. -
the wei! furnished library Of Maple Glen was
the scene Of many pleasant morning hour.
spent in c,nvcisation or in listening, as one or
the other read, TO the strains OF the great
bard, "whoac footsteps echo down the corri-
dors Of time
Then there were long rides taken through
the winding woodland roads, and along the
rocky banks Of the picturesque ri er that
wound round Maple Glen, and sails on the
cry-tal lake ,who,som.d in green hills that
fol on It's clear waters. There were gorgcou.
sunsets T. b, admire together. when the dy.
ING duy drew around all his roval drapcrv OF
crimson. purple and COL and died in a blaze
Of glury-calm solemn moonlight evenings
whose rcricc' beauty filled the hcart too deeI
Tor words aud sometimes, yes often there
were tim., when they WATCHED the sun III
h:, bead cbuv, the eastern hills, and saw the