The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-29


leading residents Of each parish In the con-
s,ituency. We will call on the most prom
inens; you will write TO the Others"
"Seycnteeu hundred ietters-l never
conld.v
a You can easily hire secretaries. In half
an hour we will set of on this indispensa-
bic journey
For aftcen days the only man one seemed
| TO meet on the roads, the steamboats,, the
cars. was the unhappy Verdaviu, the candi-
| dale Ia spite OF himself. In the pelting ram
| IN the broiling sun everywhere went ne.
Every morning his wife drew up the pro-
grsmmc for his days journey; every night
| he had 10 bring home TO her good ana SUM-
cjent evidence that Le had been ut each
Mace he claimed TO have visited"
Grand ou,come-tlie bronchitis, three
mild sunstrokss, an incurable rheumatism.
and confirmed gastric disease contracted
through drinking prosperity to France Win
$40 electors daily.
"Emmie,v he at last qaspcd, like one
about to FAINT, II feel that my strength---'
o-morrow," she said, relentiess'y'
"you will canvass the forty-seyen parishes
on this list"
! And on all sides nothing was beard but
EXPLANATIONS OF .sWhat an ambitious chap
tnat yerdavin isl Who ever saw any one
like him ?'
"Amedee,v she said next day, "your ad.
dress has not been circulated widely enough.
| have had 100000 extra copies struck on
and distributed"
"But, dear, printing comes ruinously ex.
pensiyc. This morning, only, / have paid
one bill OF sixteen thous--"
| sYou must also manage TO have your
name mentioned IN connection with gene
rous deeds. | have ordered six organs Tor
as many churches in as many close pa
FISHES"
"S-i-x o-rg-a-n-s!"
| "Yes, and twelve tre-engines for villages
that are unprotected from the rayages OF
the destroying element, and where there Is
urge floating vote. Imagine how grati6ed
the poor people will be-"
"But, Emmic, cannot make the ducks
and drakcs-I mean cnurch-orSans ana
parish Gre.eDgines-of my fortune"
"And do you count it for nothing, then,
the glory OF being "a statesman Besides,
once in politics, you are sure Of getting
your money back an bundredfold."
"What devil Of fellow that Verdavin
is ~ said the outside world in awe-struck
amazemcut and admiration; "he'Il spend
every franc he has before he'll let himself
be bca,en!"
One pleasant morning--it was Just week
before the election Madame aroused at
early dawn NJ. Verdavin, who was still
sleeping soundly, not having, indeed, re-
turned from an exhausting journey to the
back districts until 2 A. M.
| "Amedee," she cried, Grouse yourself;
the honor Of our name has been Wiley
thrust under foot and trodden in the dust,
and you must avenge it -; and she handed
the unhappy man newspaper. in which he
read the following:
IL is about time TO have done with the
brazen impudence OF the charlatan VINO Is
traDcsipg round our streets and highways.
| This Verdavn, a fellow OF the baser sort,
seeks-but seeks IN vain--tO conceal bis
demagogic instincts. He demands Glib
erty." We all know WI hat that word means
with him; behind il he prepares an ambus-
cade for property, the family, religion. This
Verdavin, dealer in votes and haunter OF
| low tayerns, is nothing more nor less than
scalawag who has not even the coursge OF
his incendiary opinions.
.sBut this is not ALL" said his wife. and
handed him another journal, in which be
read:
Let the mask be torn of! Our intelligent
voters will not let themselves be imposed
upon by Tartuffe of the cutters. II.
Vcrdayin. a dou ble-ender politician and
perfect nulHty, pretends to array himself on
the side of the cause OF Order. 1t is under
such euisc that the friends OF despotism
usually do their helish work. This odious
being, whom we will not further pOllute our
type by naming, has evidently been hired
to complcate the situation by his candidacy.
Let the electors rise in their might and
sweep from the field this vain idiot.
Next morning Verdavin received sword
thrust in the left arm from the Legitimist
editor, and the day afterwards one to
match in the right arm from the Radical
writer.
At last the day Of election arrived. Yer
DAWN had conducted his canvass with uE-
spairiug energy; his complicated disorders
had given him corpse-like appearance; he
had spent three quarters Of bis fortune; be
carried both of his arms in sings.
But at night the project made the official
declaration
Elected Verdavin, 23,672.
VIZ
1t was week later when he entered the
Chamber. His wife, radiant and rejoicing,
was in one OF the galleries. lie nau CHOSEN
q seat in the centre-Ofd in Liberty, as il
were.
He arrived in the middle Of debate, so
as not TO be unduly noticed.
Precisely at that instant vote bad been
taken, and as he reached the centre OF the
Chamber be heard the President declaring
that, inasmuch as it was literally honey
combed with fraudulent practices, the As
sembly thereby invalidated the election Of
M. Verdavin
VI. Verdavin tainted.
VIII.
Nine. Verdnvin has brought an action for
separation and the management OF her own
estate. The bill alleges that the aforesaid
Amedee Verdavin is hOpelessly possessed
with the mania OF political ambition.
And the public say OF his wife: +" Poor
little woman, it is wonder she didn't
bring her action sooner. That confounded
idiot must have spent three-quarters OF her