The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-09-12
WILL HE MARRY HER?
A Love Story With Political Bias.
st. Louis Republic.

in November, James Howard will
marry Mary Johns On; il Mckinley is
elected he will--Mel', he has pro-
missed that he will not.
Howard is Democra His father,
and his fathers faith back to the
time of Thomas jefferson were Demo
Gratis, and voted for al the Demo
cratic candidates from Jefferson on
down the line in the good old State of
Virginia. Those Of them who were
living fought for the Southern Con-
federacy, when young Howard moved
out West, and settled near Santa Fe,
y. NJ, he took all of his Democratic
training with him. He supported
Bryan ardently in 1897, and was a
delegate to the Kansas City conven-
ton last July.
j. B. johnson, the father Of the
rirl in the case, is Republican. He
,ces no good in Bryan or any other
democrat, and declares, with Roose-
yelt, that all Democrats are-or words
10 that effect. He is wealthy ranch
owner, and is as stubborn as any Of
his New England ancestors ever were.
His daughter is the beauty Of the
ncighborhood- she and Howard
have been in love for some months.
Old Man johnson was very friendly
to Howard until recently. Then the
old man and the young man got into
an argument over politics. The father
declared that Bryan was a demagogue
and a copperhead and an alarmist, and
that his election would be the
ruin of the country; the lover
insisted that Mckinley was
wholly in the bands of Hanna and
the trusts, and that his re election
would mean death-blow to the Dec
laration Of Independence. and the
conversion Of the United States into a
practical monarchy. The more they
argued, the more angry they become,
and presently the old man ordered the
young man from the house.
Howard went-and Mary went with
him for quarter Of mile down the
road. Mary wept and told James she
knew her father had spoiled it all and
that they could never be married.
James gritted his teeth and declared
that the old man was a.. At any
rate, he was mistaken, and he would
be-. At least, he would never
deny his faith.
Then James kissed Mary and Mary
started back to her fathers house.
The old man was waiting for her on
the porch. He was still angry. He
shouted to her as she got to the gate,
and ordered her to come 70 him inn
mediately. She came, with swollen
eyes and heaa bowed down.
''Let me tell you, miss" he sput-
tered, this thing Of you walking down
the road with darned Democrat has
got to stop. / don't want 20 see him
around here any more, and I don't
want to catch you with him anywhere.
He's traitor-a-a--a Democrat, by
gosh; and won't have anything to do
with him, and yon shan't, seither. If
ever .catch. him here, or you with
him. I'll-I,ll-',
And the old man sputtered himself
into the house..
Mary was in despair. She loves her
father with ali the love that a daugh-
ter has for her rough sire out there on
the big ranch, ,owhere there are few
other companions. He was old, she
knew, and perhaps he had but few
more years to live. And he had al
ways beer good to her.
But it means 50 much for her to give
James up! fs.
There was not much chan1e Of her
father relenting, she knew; but after
a long while, which she spent there on
the front porch, looking out over the
darkened plains with burning eyes,
and now and then sobbing, she decided
that she would obey her father-fors q
time anyhow.
And she did. It hard task;
the days without James were long, and
hot, and dreary. She went tbous her
household duties with a heavy heart.
and frequently her father saW traces
Of tears in her eyes. he tried to
argue with her; she Wonld givs him mo
answer, but Dc soon % possible would
steal away 20 her room, throw herself
across her bed, and give way 70. q Tor.
rent Of tears. asi ..,1 81
The old man hecame perplexed.
Nary had always been obedient, but
he could not help seeing that he was
running . riak or Deing dia0beyed %