The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14

constituency. we Will call ON tne moSG
prominent; you will write to the
Others"
"Seventeen hundred letters-I never
could"
You can easily hire secretaries. In
half an hour we will set off on this in
dispensable journey"
For fifteen days the only man one
seemed to meet on the roads, the steam
boats, the cars, was the unhappy Ver-
DAWN, the candidate in spite of himself.
In the pelting rain, in the broiling sun,
everywhere went he. Every morning
his wife drew up the programme for his
days journey; every night he had to
bring home to her good and sufficient
evidence that he had been at each place
he claimed to have visited.
Grand outcome-the bronchitis, three
mild sunstrokes, an incurable rheum-
atism and confirmed gastric disease
contracted through drinking prosperity
TO France with 346 electors daily.
Emmie," he at last gasped, like one
about to faint, 81 feel that nay
strength"
"To-morrow," she said, relentlessly,
"you will canvass the forty-seven par
ishes on this list"
And on all sides nothing was heard
but EXPLANATIONS of "What an ambiti-
Gus chap that Verdavin is! Who ever
saw any ono like him!''
"Amedee," she said, next day, ssyour
address has not been circulated widely
enough. l have had 100000 extra cop
les struck off and distributed"
I" But, dear, printing comes ruinously
expensive. This morning only I have
paid one bill of sixteen thous-''
"You must also manage to have your
name mentioned in connection with gen.
erous deeds. l have ordered six organs
for as many churches in as many close
parishes.
"S-i-x ORGANS! !"
eyes, and twelve fire-engines for vii
lagos that are unprotected from the raw
ages of the destroying element and
where there is large floating vote.
Imagine how grateful the poor people
will be.
{" But, Emmie, l can not make ducks
and drakes-I mean church-organs and
parish fire-engines-of my fortune"
"And do you count it for nothing,
then, the glory of being a statesmanP
Besides, once in politics, you are sure of
getting your money back an hundred
fold
"What deuce of fellow that YER
dawn isl" said the outside world in awe
struck amazement and admiration;
hell spend every franc he has before
he'll let himself be beaten!'
One pleasant morning-it was Just a
week before the election-Madame
aroused at early dawn M. Verdavin,
who was still sleeping soundly, not hav-
ing indeed returned from an exhausting
journey to the back districts until 2
a. m.
"Amedee,' she cried, Grouse your
self; the honor of our name has been
vilely thrust under foot and trodden in
the dust, and you must avenge it." And
she handed the unhappy man news
paper in which he read the following:
1t is about time to have done with the bra
zen impotence of the charlatan who is ira
posing round our streets and highways. This
Verdavin, fellow of the baser sort, seeks
instincts. He demands Liberty" We all
know what that word means with him. be-
hind it he prepares an ambuscade for prop /
erty, the family, religion. This Verdayin
dealer in votes and haunter of low taverns is 4
nothing more nor less than scalawag whpeI
has not even the courage of his incendiary
opinions.
"But that is not ALL" said his wife,
and handed him another journal in
which he read:
Let the mask be torn off! Our intelligent
voters will not let themselves be imposed up-
on by Tartuffe of the cutters. NJ. Verdavfn,
double ender politician and perfect null
lily, pretends to array himself on the side of
that the friends of despotism usually do their
hellish work. This odious being, whom we
will not further pollute our type by naming,
has evidently been hired to complicate the
situation by his candidacy Let the electors
rise in their might and sweep from the field
this vain idiot.
Next morning Verdavin received a
sword-thrust in the left arm from the
Legitimist editor, and the day afterward
one to match in the right arm from the
Radical writer.
At last the day of election arrived.
Verdavin had conducted his canvass
with unsparing energy; his complicated
disorders had given him a corpse-like
appearance; he had spent three-quar-
tiers of his fortune; he carried both of
his arms in sings.
But at night the project made the Off
cial declaration:
Elected-Verdavin, 1852.
VII.
1t was week later when he entered
the Chamber. His wife, radiant and re-
joicing, was in one of the galleries. He
had chosen a seat in the center-Order
in Liberty, as it were.
He arrived in the middle of debate,
so as not to be unduly noticed.
Precisely at that instant vote had
been taken, and as he reached the CEN
ter of the Chamber he heard the Presi
dent declaring that, inasmuch as it was
literally honeycombed with fraudulent
practices, the Assembly thereby invali-
dated the election of M. Verdavin.
M. Verdavin tainted.
Nine. Verdavin has brought an action
for separation and the management of
her own estate. The bill alleges that
the aforesaid Amedee Verdavin is hope
leSsly possessed with the mania of po-
litical ambition.
And the public say of his wife: ''Poor