, 1877-01-07
uE PRESIDENTIAL 1MBROGLIO

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rnaoer ,,n+n t1;s fo,1 re.1;yed Tho do,t v
e4 ou'44 s1a1 -""1 1@s N, 49, 49, !"
owe the press, anc meyer appreciated bno u
vantages Of living in = country that elects Il
own rulers. NV husband is Democrat, aud m
father. Win lives with us IL a Rennh],can. O
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.ne III u Nosen'oer tooh oo"nt ,ns ihs1 WI
ter's cloak, and Couldn't Keep back the tears
That cloak cost SIS, but it was short, and c
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| 80 ~, - - : ...a 80. ' .'~'
a1A "ute1, out u1oueAt u tne euAe1Alss
the poor, our heavy church debt, and OF tn
many obligations William had to meet the 1st Q
January. and corcluded wouldn't saw wor
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auou. ~: n,snt oe =. uo"u5, W, "ou1o 8
calmly 1or|ard-up the church alsle-supporte'
by the smiles OF al approving conscience
When William came home TINT night he saii
~ - aao So ~ anu "aa
glo" upon MS ofoV ano nght "atnln us eye
hadn't seen there .or years. Tie biscuits sFer'
light as feather, aud said I: ssWilliam, wha
| IN ron think haf hotter In ahont n cloak thi
~ 'uA wl.s aae ~ .,o.t ~.
winters lou kno" taey uon.t wear sno1t cIoaks
suppose yon don't 1eel rs II you could a1tord I
new one!''
'ssee about +, :" safd William, scraping the las
drop OF pench-juice from hts preserVe-plate
That's .dreadfuLy vulgar habit, and Eve tolt
| William so over and over again, and do won
der that, being genuine, elegant Democrat, he
| will persist in 1t.
The next morning when passed through thu
| Eitting-room " Him sat shiverinE over cold
| register In his stockiDg-feet, his hair uncon0ed
but ne cried GU: from the top of his paper
democratic Victories oyerywhere! 1.-THE
| country gone en- 1nasse for Tilden!'' In
| tense excitement aud rejoicing!n We had
| waftles and maple 1nolasses for breakfast. and
made the coffee mJsef. William had made one
earnest dab at his head With the hair,brush, but
/ had evidently missed. Father called for toast,
down the left side Of his face. William read
aloud soothing morsels from the Democratic
paper, such as 81 Indiana gives Tlden TO- 900 ina
1ority!''
'sWhat do you think this morning about my
| having new cloak. William2"
''Of course you can have new cloak, If you
Oregon, Nevada, Aorida, and Louisiana, but
they are undoubtedly ours!'''
"Um!h said father.
I felt good deal 1f anxiety about famtlY
prayers William isn't a professor. Father
! leads the devotions, and I was afraid he would
be too supplicatorY; but be prayed mostly for
the heathen, Jews, and such like, but didn't re-
fer to the Democrats, and only once-just after
the heathen-alluded to our suffering country.
When William came up to dinner he said re-
turns OF Democratic majoritles were pouring In
fromnll quarters, and said l. "William. I've
OeGQ LQ1Qkl0E LuG mauLEr OfGFt anu 1 10 DeueVE
1t would be the best eronomyto buy fur cloak.
Everybody is wearing fur. It might cost more
at first, but it would be cheapest in the end !;
fur is so durable"
"How much will IT. cost?n'
Mrs Col. fuckers sealskin sacque was $500
last winter, but don't feel as i, in our eircum-
stances, We can afford that. Furs arc cheaper
than last fall, and think could get good,
desirable article, not so rich as some, but still
good enough for people in our circumstances,
for S15n''
uUm!n said father.
William had taken out blank check, and
was. .refiectino. when in wh;sled the President of
the Denocratic Club and said Florida and
South Carolina had gone 1or Tildeu, md WIZ
lam was wanted down to the club.room m to see
about the illumination. BE allied ont the check,
and Immediately Went down street and select,
ed the eloak.
That evening a shade of anxiety-a scarcely
perccLtiblc tinge of melanchoiy-had settled on
Williams countenance, wtIllc father's neuralgia
was better. William askcti il I had done any
thing shout nv cloak. and. il hadn't, he should
s,1ptes: Waitinp awhile. f,3rs n,irht 1e cheuner1