. The rebel's daughter; a story of love, politics, and war . y store,ready to dicker with the highest bidder for their votes, guzzlingbeer or tippling whiskey. Let us put in a good days workbefore the l)attle opens, and we will have smooth sailing in theconvention to-morrow. Victors face had brightened on seeing the professor. Pos-sessing unbounded confidence in the wisdom and keen intelli-gence of his friend, he was eager to hear his opinion on thesubject uppermost in his mind. The professors remarkspuzzled him, and he was not sure of apprehending their fullimport; but the matter in hand was
. The rebel's daughter; a story of love, politics, and war . y store,ready to dicker with the highest bidder for their votes, guzzlingbeer or tippling whiskey. Let us put in a good days workbefore the l)attle opens, and we will have smooth sailing in theconvention to-morrow. Victors face had brightened on seeing the professor. Pos-sessing unbounded confidence in the wisdom and keen intelli-gence of his friend, he was eager to hear his opinion on thesubject uppermost in his mind. The professors remarkspuzzled him, and he was not sure of apprehending their fullimport; but the matter in hand was too pressing to talk aboutanything else. There! he said, holding out the paper tohis visitor, pointing with his thumb to the offensive items. What do you say to that? The professor took the paper and leisurely read the para-graphs pointed out. Victor keenly watched the play of hisfeatures. There was at first a slight contraction of the eye-brows ; but after a while a broad grin spread over his face,giving it a sardonic exi>ression of triumph. (rJood! he. he s;u(1. lioldiiiy out the \\)ev to his visitor, ANhat do j-oii say to tlitit r DEMOCBACY IN CONVENTION. 345 exclaimed, dashiuij; the paper away. So they are sf|uealingalready, are tliey ? Theyll squeal Avorse than that before weare throiio-h with them. Kick them out, indeed I If anykicking is to be done, we intend to have a hand in it, —or afoot, rather — hey, Victor? He concluded his remark witha ringing laugh, puzzling Victor whether to ascribe it to theintended pun, or to the imaginary discomtiture of the ad-versaries. Do you think, as I do, that I ought to cowhide thisvillainous liar? Does he not deserve a thrashing? ? • For his good will, yes, the professor replied sol) a person low enough to administer it could be it is out of the question for you to dirty your hands withsuch a job. And why should you or I, or any one on ourside of the question, think of punishing even an enemy forworking into
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