The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-09-22

4Se~. Nsade. what's the sss Of taking !
:. tn. k,cA n ssvief Yss'h 1ary Dem.
800, .a.e dsy. and thes THAT vii become
Of roar politics -
erresseails, II wouldn't marry s.. PAU nun
ss.f, il knew be was Democrat
.Why, Nsr5e,r said Jssny, her oi:es
sres charging themselves considerably
..you re..iy look - II goa we're n earnest
What as. yosr reasons, may ash
.Beeauss should fear taas mas vnose
rriresrlcs woaId allow hIm 80 support soen
! system Of frasd, oppression, ana sfoos'
would make poor husband"
.sSsvsrshslsss, viii wager my pes cameo
pia axsin.s Jour rev riding has, that 70"
iii a., saiy receive "a Offer fran Demo-
Graf. within Two weeks, bos VII aeeePs
him.
al seesr. the bet, SD refnss she man 10
.dvssee.i sal! Made, bending over nef
york thar her eonpsnioB nishs nof see TOE
), a,h., shs. hurred % Der ehs4 snd prev;
$40 eor.idsr yous cameo A. MIN.
.We shall see, -anssered Jepaie. saiiE, -
.hs .n,n4,i "a sslsone Der husband, sho en-
tered jss: then. -, c
Judge Compton vas TO leave Maple 'en
10 few days, and the FINAL catss'rope came
a. last. II hapyensd IN this vise me pof.
ole gloom Of the dsing tslligh hao Ja'
melted axay in the siIssr beams Of me ~
inz m 300. ,ha. threw dancing thaooSs Oh
tres and flowers On the selyeiss iash' "neu
Mluss and The Judge returned rom rue
and "a, dosn up9n the ysse- wrsahea pairs.
yassi~'s eve, bad . sober, dresfng iook III
their elra. depths, and perhaps shs mystic
| beauty ~ the nigh, had cast IL speil over
.asm, for both we're shut. Al lsngfh she
looked 10, bus for an IL slant, sor her com
psnion's eyes were fxed upon Ter face with
az in.ens gaze, as il be would 'eaa hsr very
.osl, ani she looked down asqaekly, while
faint ash ersps over Der wa'ss crow.
"Nauis, lore you. Winyoa De ininsf
1. ua. noble, tbi. earnest, maely, dec
I.ra,;ou. and y.u,e felt it, sftsr ali the an
nsan,ng sa,rry to which she bad so long
IL, .ned, for a nome 1t she hesitaisd, then
something Of her old saucinsss came back,
.. sae recalled the conversation with cousin
Jsnaic, and, glancing mp, she SAID de-
mursly
"My dear Judge, know Of bat one OBJ
;cc ion."
"Nams it," exclaimed the Judge, ca
ssrly.
.uaiy this: made solemn promise,
long since. never to marry person Of your
political belief"
"Mauie, this /. no time for triaing. II
may be nothing 10 you, but IT'S more than
Ifs or death to me. am serious IN this
NATTER
80 nm l."
"And this is all for which you reject me I"
"AN."
al have been mistaken IN you, Maude ]
ina fned gu bad y heart" =,
Another m ornsat and she was alone. The
moon pceped between the waving sprays OF
the vine Just then, and saw something very
much like tear 10 Mauds's eye. as with
troubled face she entered the house and,
maIs her way 20 her cousins qaie. room,
accasting her thus:
Jennie, I've done it,"
"Doue What? How, and where? Tell
mH nil about !, {"
And as siands 10 word, told, what had
passed. Jcnuie's gay laugh rang out rs she
exclaimed .Gooi! | wish could have seen
bis nighness. when he found out tina. one
woman had read politics to some purpose.
What tear IN your eye, Pussl Don't
feel bad; we shall see what we shall see, and
II the Judge il not contcnted why-wby you
have vindicased your principles at last. y !
don't trsink Maude was comforted much.
Like the others Of his party, Judge Comp
toms knowledge Of Repub!icanism was con
fined to the application Of few choice
epithsts to it, and the general idea that It's
followers were the embodiment o fanatIcism
and violence, while Of lss real character and
workings, be was wilfully ignorant. lie left
Maple Glen the following day. and Maude
saw 20 more Of him. IL may have been an
aee,dent, but some weeks after be was actu
alv surprised by reading Republican paper.
What the resu IS were, can only be surmised
from tho short correspondence that took
place between our hero and heroine, some
months later. |, ran thus:
DFAa MsUpE: One Of the best Republi-
cans yau ever knew, wishes to see you.
Nav Gomez COMPTON.
HgAg JUpGE: Come.
MAupE.
There was merry wedding at Maple
Glen before Autumn had dotted her robes
Of scarlet and gold, and the fair face, that
the misty folds Of the bridal vel enyeloped,
was none other than Mhude.