The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-03-21

each place he claimed to have visited
Grand outcome, the bronchitis, three
mild sunstrokes, an incurable rheuma-
tism and n confirmed gastric disease
contracted through drinking prosperity
TO France with 346 electors daily.
"Emmie" he at last gasped like one
about to faint. Il feel that my
strength
Tomorrow she said relentlcssly,
you will canvass the ~ parishes on
this list"
And on all sides nothing was heard
but EXPLANATIONS of What an ambi.
tlous chap that Vcrdavin Is! Who ever
saw any one like him?"
"Amedce," she cid next day, your
address has not been circulated widely
enough, have had 100000 extra cop
les struck Off and distributed"
but, dear, printing comes rulnously
expensive. This morning only have
paid ono bill of sixteen thous"-
you must also manage to have your
name mentioned in connection with
generous deeds. have ordered six or.
gans FOR as many churches In as many
close parishes"
six o-r-g-a-n-sw
Eyes, and Il fire engines for villages
that are unprotected from the rayages
OF the destroying element and where
there is large floating vote. Imagine
how gratlfied the poor people Will be-
"But Emmie. l cannot make ducks
and brakes 1 mean church organs and
parish fire englnes-of my fortune"
"And do You count 1t for nothing
then. the glory of being a statesman?
Besides, once in politics, you are sure
of getting your money back hundred
fold"
what II devil of fellow that Yer |
dawn Isl snld the outside world I'm |
awestruck amazement and admiration.
Hell spend every franc he has before
he'll let himself be beaten"
One pleasant moonlight was Just
week before the election - madame
aroused ut early dawnM. Verdavin, who
WAS still sleeping soundly, not having,
indeed. returned from nm exhausting
Journey TO the back districts until
Il. M.
"Amedee," she cried, rouse YOURSELF
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 ia about time to have done with the braEen
impndence Of tho ehaFlatan who Is trapeHing round
our streets aud highways. This Verdavin. a fel.
low Of the haser sort. seeks but seeks In vain, |
to conceal his demaeogio instincts lie demands |
Liberty" We all know what that word means |
with him. nehinf it he prepares an ambuscadc |
for property, the family religion. This Yerdayin.
dealer In votes aud haunter Of low taeerns IL |
nothing more nor less than scalawng who has |
not even the courage of his incendiary opinions.
"But this Is not ALL" said his wife |
and handed him another journal. IN |
which he read:
Let the mask be torn of Our intelligent voters
will not let themselves be imposed upon by
Tartuhe Of the cutters. Nerdayn a double ender
politician and perfect nullity prctcnds to array
himself on the side OF the cause OF order. IL Is
under such guise that tS friends Of despotim
uhually do their helah Ss@sL irsl- ~asssss ev'uy,
whom we will not further poute our type by |
naming, has evidently been hired 10 complcate |
the situation by his oandduey, Let the electors
rise in their might and sweep from the field this
vain idiot.
Next morning Verdavln received
sword thrust In the left arm from the
Legtimlst editor, and the day after
ward one 70 match In the right arm
from the Radical editor.
AT last the day Of the election arriv-
ed. Vcrdavln had conducted his can
vass with unsparing energy; his COM
plcG;ed disorders had given him a
corpsellke appearance; he had spent |
quarters of his fortune: he car
rIed both of his arms In slngs.
But at night the project made the |
official declarations:
Elccted-NerdavIn, 236T2 votes.
1t was week later when he entered
the chamber of deputies. His wife,
radiant and rejoicing, was In one of
the galleries. He had chosen a seat In
the center-order In liberty, us 1t We're.
lie arrived In the middle of a debate, |
Precisely at that instant vote had |
been taken, and, as he reached the cen |
ter of the hall, he heard the president |
declaring that, inasmuch as II was lit |
orally honeycombed with fraudulent |
practices, the assembly thereby inval- |
dated the election of NJ. Nerdayln.
NJ Verdavln tainted
Nine. Vordavn has brought an ac- |
ton for separation and the manage |
ment of her own estate Tho bill al |
leges that the aforesaid Amedee Yer |
DAWN is hopelessly possessed with the |
mania OF political ambition.
And the public say OF his wife: Poor |
little woman, 1t is a wonder she didn't |
bring her action sooner. That con-
founded idiot must have spent three
quarters of her fortune with his sense
less ldens OF ambition. Translated
From thedfreneh For Argonaut.
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