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Compton’s Bride and the Battle Over Political Roles
In Maple Glen the Judge Compton courts Maude Latimer, a cultured boarding-school student. He proposes, but Maude refuses citing a vow never to marry a Democrat. Cousin Jennie teases him for courting politics, while Maude asserts her republican principles clash with his.
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