The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-11-04
THE WAY SHE TURNED HIM.

writer i'll an exchange tells n good story
about Western politician, which was as fol-
lows:
The most bigoted and unreasonable party man
ever met with was Jack D., now prosperous
and influential attorney in 5. County, in this
State.
At the hour of which am writing. he was
red-hot Democrat, and his chief pleasure seemed
to consist in making the fact as notorious as
possible to the world. His friends and aequant-
ances, who knew him well, and whom he had
repeatedly 'victimized,' with one consent pro-
nounced Jack ADORE, and his politics a nuisance;
but, with stranger, the thing was essentially
different. Seized by the button, at the moment
of introduction, Jack would astonish him by
rapid rehearsal of the articles of his political
creed, branch ont into an interminable rhapsody
on the manifest destiny of the great, progressive
party, and if the victim unusually passive,
wind up with an eloquent eulogy on the great
81 did" as the living embodiment Of his pecu-
liar opinions, and, in consequence, the greatest
man of the age. Such was Jack D.. at the time
of our story, acknowledged on every side, as a
firm and incorruptible Democrat. But, alas I!
let us, however, not anticipate-but to our story.
One unlucky day, Jack met, at the house of a
friend, a young lady of great personal beauty
and accomplishments; attracted by her lowell
ness, and eaptiyated by her intelligence, he be-
came assiduous in his attentions, forgot for a
while his principle" and, without inquiring
what might be the political preferences of his
lady love, imprudently proposed, was accepted,
and they were married.
The wedding was over, the guests had depart
ed, and the happy pair had retired to their cham
Der, and were snugly enscOnced in bed when
Jack, in the course of a quiet conversation with
his wife, unwittingly alluded to his favorite sub
lect, by casually speaking Of himself as being a
Democrat.
what" exclaimed she, turning sharply and
suddenly towards him, ''are you a Democrat r.
..Yes, madam" replied archaeological with
the idea of having patient listener to his long
restrained oratnry. ''Yes, madam, am Dem
ocrat, real Jeffersonian Democrat, attached to
the principles of the great progressive party !;
out and outer, double-died and twisted in the
WOOL
'Just double and twist yourself ont of this
bed, then" interrupted his wife 81 am n Re
publican, am and will never sleep with any
man protesting the abominable doctrines you
do"
Jack was speechless, from absolute amaze
ment. That the very wife of his bosom should
prove traitor was horrible-she must be Jest
ing. He remOnstrated-in vain-tried persua-
son-'twas Observation-Disclosures no go. She
was in sober earnest, and the only alternative
left him was prompt remuneration of his here
sy n separate bed in another room. Jack did
not hesitate. To allure the great and establish
ed doctrines of his party, TO renOunce his allie
glance TO that faith that had become identified
with his very being, to surrender those glorious
principles which had grown with his growth,
and strengthened with his strength-to the mere
within and caprice of a woman, was utterly III
diculous and absurd, and he threw himself from
the bed, and prepared to quit the room.
As he was leaving the room, his wife screamed
out to him 81 say my dear, when you reeant
your heresy, and repent your past errors, just
knock at my door, and perhaps will let You in. !"
The door violently slammed, and Jack
proceeded wrathfully in quest of another apart
ment.
In the morning, she met him as if nothing had
happened; but when Jack ventured TO allude to
the rupture of the night previous, there was a
laughing devil in her eye, which bespoke her
power, and eNtinguishcd hope. A second time
he repaired to his lonely couch, and a second
time he called upon his pride to support him in
the struggle which he now found was getting
desperate. He vented curses, not loud, but
deep on the waywar'ness and caprice of the Sex
in general, and of his own wife in particular
wondered how long she would hold Out-wheth-
er she suffered as acutely as he did-and tried
hard to deude himself into the belief that she
loved him too much to prolong the estrangement,
and would come to him with neutrality-suspicious.
that very night, and sue for reconciliation. But
then came the recollection of that inflexible
countenanee, of that unbending will, and of
that laughing and IMPLYING eye-and he felt
convinced that he was hoping against hope, and
despairingly he turned to the wall for Oblivion
from the wretchedness of his own thoughts.
The second day was repetition of the first
no allusion was made to the forbidden subject,
| on either side. There look of quiet hap
piness and cheerfulness about his wife, that puz-
zled Jack sorely, and he felt that all idea of
| forcing her to surrender, must he abandoned.
| third night, he was alone with his thoughts.
| His reflections more serious and composed
than on the night previous. What they were,
of course were known only to himself, but they
seemed to result in something decided, for about
| midnight, three distinct taps were made at his
wife's door. No answer-and the signal was re-
peated in n louder tone still, all was silent,
and third time the door shook with violent at
| tacks from the outside.
''Who's there :" cried the voice of his wife, as
| if just aroused from deep sleep.
Its me, my dear, and perhaps little the best
Republican goa erer did see.'
The revolution in such opinions radical
and permanent. He removed TO another County,
| became popular offered himself a candidate
on the Republican ticket for the Legislature,
aad was elected, and for several sessions repre-
sented his adopted County as a firm and decided
Republican.