Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-07-12
A Tale of 0dd-FelIows6ip;
Or W onlan's Curiosity.


en- room done up clean and nice. 1t "
m resolved unanimously that Mrs. X
CO should be employed to do this job.
ne After. The meeting adjourned, Il
= = guardian, who knew the inquisiti'
charaeterof Mrs K, procured
iy. billy-goat, and placed himln a clos
J. that was kept as reservoir for Il
) secret things. lie then informed tt
y lady Of the wishes Of the lodge, an
&c requested her toecome early the mex
: morning. as he would then be at lei:
u ure to show her what was and wha
: was not to be done,
5 Morning came, and with it Mad
ame K, with her broom, brush
; es, pals, tubs, ete., prepared AM
armed for the job, and found th'
guardian waiting for her.
:: Now, Madame,' said he,' 4 vii
tell You what we want done, and hov
we came to employ you. 'fhe broth
ers said it was difficult 10 get any
body to do the job and not be med
ding with the, secrets in that little
closet; we have lost the key, and can
not iipd it to lock the door,. | as
sured them that you could be de-
pended, on
Depended on!' said she, q guess |
can, Ny poor dead and gone hus
band, who belonged to the Free Ma
Sens or the Anti -AIasons, l don't
know which, used to tell me all the
secretseof the concern, and when he
showed me the marks the gridiron
made when he was initiated, and told
me how they fixed poor Morgan, |
nevor told n living soul to this day.
If nobody troubles your closet to
find out your secrets till / do. they'll
lay there till they rot-they will : {.
4 thought so,' said the guardian,
'and now | want you to commence in,
that corner, and give the whole room
a decent cleaning, and l have pledged
my word and honor for your fidelity
to your promise. Now don't go into
that closet! and then left the lady
to herself.
No sooner had she heard the sound
of his feet on the last step Of the
stairs than she exclaimed: Don't go
into that closet! Why, what on earth
can there be in that closet? I'll war
rant there is. pig, gridiron, or some
nonsense just like the Anti-NIasOns,
for all the world, III be bound I viii
Just take one peep, and nobody will
be any the wiser, as | can keep tito
myself
Suiting the action to the word, she
lightly to the forbidden closet,
turned the button, which was no soon
erdone than bah! wentthe billy-goat,
with spring to regain his liberty,
which came near upsetting her LADY,
ship. Both started for the door, but
it vas filled with implements Of house
cleaning,and all were swept clear from
their position down to the bottom of
the stairs.
The noise and confusion occasaoned
by such unceremonious coming down
stairs, drew half the town to witness
Mrs. Ks effort to get from: :un-
der the goat and pile of pals, tubs,
brooms- and brushes in the street.
Who should be first on the spot
but the rascally door-keeper, who, at
ter releasing the goat which was a
cripple for life, and uplifting the other
rubbish that bound the good woman
to the earth, anxiodsly inquiredif she
had been tdking the degrees?
Taking the degrees?' exclaimed
the lady, ii: you cali tumhing from
the top to the bottom of the stairs,
with the devil after We, taking things
by degrees, | have them, and if we
fiighten folks as bad as we have me,
and hurt them to boot, III warrant
they'll make as much noise as | did
4. hope you did not open the closet
madam said the. door-keeper.
!. .sOpen the closet? Eve ate the ap-
ple she was forbidden! If you want
a woman to do anything, tell her not
to do it, and she'll do it sartin. | could
not stand the temptation. The Sc
cret was there-I, wanted to know 1t;
opened the door, and out popped
the tarnal itterright into my lace
thought the devil had me, and |
broke for the stairs with the devil
butting me at every jump iea