The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-10-27
LOVE AND POLITICS.
BY II. Z. c.

ed with the most dignifed contempt, as he
threw himself lastly back on the lounge,
and unfoIded fresh newspaper.
''And pray why ?" exclaimed Mrs. Smith
looking up from her embroidery, with a
mischeiVous inquiry in her merry, black
eyes.
81 believe, my gallant cousin, that Eve
partook of the fruit of the tree Of knowledge
even before her liege lord and master, aud
what is to hinder her daughters from study
ing politics or aught else they may cheose?"
ss0h, if you are to commence an. argu-
ment, Jenny, 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 woman took immediate possession of
eleven
"Ah, yes, and did you know that when
ever man is outwitted in an argument by
some sensible woman, (you needn't laugh,
such things have happened,) there is sure
TO come out that vile SANDER about our
talking. No evasion, sir!-Question !''
well, then, if you will persist in talking
the matter seriously, there are several rea-
sons why woman should not be a politi-
clan. A woman's sphere is home, and it is
hers to make that home a Paradise, if she
will, while it is incompatible with that deli
cacy which is her greatest charm, to mingle
with the noisy crowd that fill the dusty po-
itical arena. Imagine an election day with
female voters How disgusting P'
1.-The very ground expected you to take.
Let woman say anything about politics. and
Immediately you men imagine We are pos
sessed with an insane idea of rushing to the
ballot hox forthwith. No true woman de-
sires 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 WREN she has done all that 2"
what good II her mind will not be
as much improved by such course of rea-
ding as by silly romances and sentimental
poetry, l am mistaken, But how much OF
such knowledge would your Highness allow
us 90
ooh, have no objection to your know
ing who is President. or Governor of your
State, if you wish it ~
"Thank you ? How generous %
"Seriously, jenny you know as well as I,
that woman sphere is not a political one
and she had best let such things alone"
Yes, sir, think you made similar re-
mark not long since. Woman's sphere !
That means that she is to stay at home and
administer to the wants of some incarnation
of masculine Incidence and self complacen-
cy, hke-yourself, for instance - and Jen-
ny FASTENED from the room in answer to g
call from the nursery, while the Judge
turned for consolation to his cigar.
Why Judge Compton was an old bache-
lor, was question often asked without a
satisfactory answer being received, but that
he was in confirmed state of single bles-
sedness, was beyond a doubt. Neverthe-
less, forty summers had rested lightly on
his head, for not 8 thread of silver CLEANED
in his brown hair, and his keen eyes had 8
ray of mischief lurking in them, that beto-
kened ali unfaillng fount of good nature
somewhere in lis cspacious heart.
A gallant man was the Judge, yet witha
somewhat fastidious in his notions of female
propriety, and dreaded strong minded wo
man as if she were the archenemy in dis
guise. At present he was rusticating for
fe W weeks at the pleasant country home o
one of his relatives, where he was gladly
welcomed, as indeed he was everywhere.
The quiet of Maple Glen was broker
shortly after the above conversation, by the
advent of Miss Maude Lstimer, ward o
Mr.. Smith. and who had just finished" a
a fashionable boarding school. Though
cousin Jennie had much to say to our gal
LIANT hero concerning her darling Maude
vet he paid very little attention to it, no
! having, in fact, much opinion of the intel
lectual abilities of boarding school misses,
as he was pleased to term Them. Sill a!
- he tn "a
ceive her with Difference though 1t must b
most pleasant nature. 1t was late one even
ing when Maude arrived, and he only caugh
a glimpse of slight fgue in sober, gray
travelling dress. which figure was raptur
ously seized and embraced by Jennie.
The next morning. at the breakfast table
they were tremendously introduced, ant
the Judges critical eye was at fault b.
scanned the little slender form before him
the clsar. dark. grey eyes, and the brown
hair living smoothly above the high, whit
brow. No sickly sentimentalism was Their
but an earnest, true soul had stamped it
impress on every feature. II would b
needless to state all the incidents that mark
ed the progress of the friendship that sprung
fup between the Judge and Maude. Hat
al oOSicSl thO iNSoAs "SOtA A1|
been different but being under the sam
roof, thrown into constant companionshiI
and with minds that perfectly accorded the.
could not but be friends.
Maude was well read in the best literatur
I of the day, and her cultivated mind has
grasped the grand thoughts of the masts
spirits of the age, and made them all he
own. The well furnished library of Mapl
Glen was the scene of many pleasant morn
ing hours spent in conversation OF in list
ening, as one or the other read. to the strain
of the great old bards whose footsteps ech,
down the corridors of time
Then there were long rides taken through
the winding woodland roads. and along th
rocky bank of the picturesque river tina
wound round Maple Glen. and sails on tn
crystal lake embosomed in green hills tbs
fed its clear waters. There were gorgeou
sunsets to be admired together, when III
+ dying day drew around all his royal drape
{ ~ of crimson, purple and gold. and died i
blaze of giory-calm solemn moonlieb
evenings, whose perfect beauty filed til
heart too deep for words, and sometimes
yes, often, there were times when the
| uatcrad tba sun lift his head shava ri