The Dolores star., 1909-04-23

What would not give to hear people
say. ~ passed: You see that pretty
little woman In brown? She's the wife
Of our Representatives"
~Emmis. you are only jesting!"
This. then. IL the address you are
TO issue to the electors" and she read
~ follows:
Fellow Cittssns: Al . time whsn the
we'll -being-nay. the very existence-de-
mands the harmonious union Of all patri-
otic men. I feel II my duty TO desire an
opportunity Of combating on the parlia-
mentary neld Of battle for the regener-
alton Of Our beloved country. What de-
sire-what you mu8t all desirs-is order
u tlhsstv, with liberty In order.
There were nearly three columns Of
this,
The next morning there began for
the unhappy verdavin life the hor-
rors Of which II would be dtficult to
retrace. He. the friend Of repose, the
enemy Of emotion!
For instance. one day madame said:
"Amedee. I have drawn up q list Of
the leading residents Of each parish
in the constituency. We will call on
the most 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 on on this In
dispensable Journey"
For Is days the only man one
seemed to meet on the roads, the
steamboats,. the cars. was the unhappy
verdavin. the candidate in spite Of
himSelf. In the pelting rain. In the
broiling sun, everywhere went he.
Every morning his wife drew up the
program for his days Journey: every
night he had to bring home to her
good and suhicient evidence that he
had been at each place he claimed to
have visited.
Grand outcome-the bronchitis,
three mild sunstrokes. an incurable
rheumatism, and q 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 tEat my
strength"
Tomorrow" she said. relentlessly
you will canvass the A parishes or
his list"
And on all sides nothing was heard
but exclamations Of what an am
bitious chap that verdavin IL! Who
ever saw anyone like him?" y
"Amsdee," she said. next day, 'youi
address has not been circulated wide
" enough. have had . hundred
| thousand extra copies struck on and
distributed"
But, dear. printing comes ruinous.
ly expensive. This morning only !
have paid one bill OF sixteen thous-''
You must also manage to have
your name mentioned in connection
with generous deeds. have ordered
six organs for a. many churches In a.
many close parishes"
six organs!!"
Yes. and IL fire engines for villages
that are unprotected from the ravages
of the destroying element. and where
there Is large floating VOTE. Imagine
how gratiiied the poor people will be-
But, Emmie. I cannot make ducks
and drakes-I mean church-organs anG
parish fire engines-of my fortune"
And do you count II for nothing
then. the glory OF being q statesman?
Besides. once in politics. you are sure
Of getting your money back an hun.
dred-fold."
what a devil Of ., fellow that Yer.
DAWN Isl" said the outside world In
l ~ - rlv~
ton; he'll 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 Mons. verdavin
who was still sleeping soundly, no
having indeed returned from an ex
haustins journey to the back dis
| tricts until !. m.
| "Amedee," she cried, "rouse your
self: the honor Of our name has beer
yilely thrust under foot and trodder
| In the dust, and you must avenge it,
And she handed the unhappy man g
newspaper In which he read the fol
lowing:
1
braxen impudence of the charlatan who
70 trapesing round our streets and high
| ways. This verdavin. . fellow Of tn,
baser sort. seeks-but seeks in yain-tc
conceal his demagosic instincts. He de
/ mands Liberty" We all know what thai
| word means with him: behind II he pre-
pares an ambuscade for property. ths
family. religion This verdavin, dealer ir
| votes and haunter Of low taverns. Il
nothing more nor less than . scalawas
who has not even the courage of hi.
incendiary opinions.
But this II not ali" said his wife
and handed MIN another Journal, ir
which he read:
Let the mask b torn on! Our inteliisen
voters will not LET themselves be impose<
upon by . Tartune of the cutters. Yer
DAWN, double-ender politician and
perfect nuliity. pr.tsnds to array himself
on the side OF thu cAssse Of order. It Il
L ur1rh ~srtan that th~ &~s~~A~. =.