Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-10-19
LOVE AND POLITICS.


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80 LOVE AND POLITICS
-r. .r.a From the Detroit Tribune. '.. '9
"Anything but female politician!' said
Judge Compton, and his masculine lips curled
with dignitied contempt, as he threw him.
self lazily back on the lounge, and unfolded
fresh newspaper. e.r = g. ss2 s3s ~ 1850.
" And pray why exclaimed Mrs. Smith,
looking up from her embroidery, with a look
of mischieyous inquiry in her merry black
eyes. .E.r
"I believe, my gallant cousin, that Eve
partook of the fruit OF the tree of knowledge
even before her lege lord and master, and
what is it to hinder her daughters f ON study
ing politics, or aught else they choose?"
"Oh, if yeu are going to commence an ar
gumcnt, Jennie, yield in advance, for you
will be sure to have the last word. You
know that when the angels threw down
twelve baskets full of talk, in the days when
the world was young, tradition says that the
women took immediate possession ofeleven.'
"Ah, yes, and did you know that whenev-
er a man is outwitted in an argument by
some sensible woman, (yolrncetl not laugh,
such things have happencd,) that vile slam
der Is sure 10 COlllc out aDOut OUT ClklilS-
No evasions, sir. Question y
swell, then, if you will persist in taking
the matter seriously, there are several reas-
ons why woman should not be politician
A woman's sphere is home, and it is hers to
make that home a Paradise, while it is in
compatible with that delicacy which is her
greatest charm to mingle with the noisy
crowd that fill the dirty political arena. Imag-
inc an election day with female voters How
disgusting
Let woman say anything about politics, and
Immediately you men imagine we are pos
sessed with al insane idea Of rushing to the
ballot box forthwith. No true woman de-
sircs that, and you know it, or ought to, but
she may keep herself informed concerning
the state Of affairs, Or even appreciate good
political speech, without that ?'
MY dear cousin, what good will it do her
when she has done all that ?" T"<.
"What good If her mind will not be as
much improved by such course of reading
as by silly romances and sentimental poetry,
I am mistaken. But how much knowledge
would your Highness allow us ?" ~ @te
"Oh, have no objection to your knowing
whe is President, or Governor of your State,
if you wish it,"
"Thank you How generous
"Seriously, Jennie, you know as well as
II, that woman's sphere is not political one,
and she had best let such things alone"
F1 "Yes, sir, think you made similar re-
mark not long since. Woman's sphere =
That means she is to stay at home and adj
minister to the wants of some incarnation of
masculine Incidence, and selfcomplacency,
likc-yourself for instance" and Jennie
fastened from the room in answer to call
from the nursery, while the Judge turned
for consolation to his cigar. #
Why Judge Compton was an old bachelor,
was often asked without satisfactory an
swer being received, but that he was in a
confirmed state Of single blessedness, was
beyond doubt Nevertheless, forty sum
mers had rested lightly on his head, for not
a thread Of silver cleaned in his long brown
hair, and his keen eyes had a ray ofmischief
lurking in them, that betokened and unfail-
ing fount of good nature somewhere in his
capacious heart. a5 III ~ b fsssi &
A gallant man was the Judge, yet withal,
somewhat fastidious in his notions of female
propriety, and dreading . strong-minded wo-
man as if she were the Arch Enemy in dis
guise. At present he was rusticating for a
few weeks at a pleasant country home Of one
of his relatives, where he was gladly weIcom-
ed, as he was everywhere. "a
e The quite of aple Glen was broken short
ly after the above conversation, by the advent
Of Miss Maude Latimer, ward Of Mr.. Smith
and who had just +" finished y at q fashiona-
BILE boarding school, Though Cousin Jennie
had much to say to our gallant hero concern
ing her darling 'Maude, yet he paid but little
attention tolit, not having, in fact, much
opinion of the intellectual abilities of " board
ing school misses" as he was pleased to call
them Still as his cousins guest, he wa,
prepared to reiceve her with difference, tho
it must be confessed lat his anticipations
were not Of the most pleasant nature. It was
late one evening, when Maude arrived, and he
only caugf. a glimpse Of slight figure in a
sober gray travelling dress, which was raptur-
ousiy seized and embraced by Jennie
The next morning at the breakfast table
thev were tremendously introduced, and even
the Judges critical eye was at fault, as he
scanned the little, slender form before him,
the clear, dark grey eyes, and the brown
hair lying smoothly above the high, white
brow. No sickly scntimcntalism was there
hut an earnest, true soul had stamped its
impress on every feature. q 1t would be need
less to state all the incidents that marked the
course Of the friendship that sprang up be-
tween the Judge and Maude. Had they met
in society, the result would have been very
different, but being under, the same roof,
thrown into constant companionship,A and
with minds that perfectly accorded they
could not but be friends. s;s-sa4saa sstzs4a sae
Maude was well red in the best literature
of the day, and her cultivated mind had
/ graspcd the grand sthoughtsA Of the EmasteI
spirits of the age and made them a.. hfI
own. The well furnished library of Maple
Glen was the scene Of many pleasant morn
ing hours spent il, conversation or in listen,
ing, as one or the other read, to the strains
of great old bartls whose footsteps echo down
the corridors Of Tins.
Then there were long rides, taken through,
sthe winding woodland roads, and along the
rocky banks Of the picturesque river that
wound around the Maple Glen, and sails on
the crystal lake. cmbosoined in green fields,
that fed its clear. wateri., There were, gor-
gcous sunsets 10 Be a1miri together when
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