Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-14
How they 20 to Bed.

The difference between mnn and
woln..u III disposition. finds M palmer il.
!us,rltinn than that afforded at the mo-
lncnt when either of them rriires TO he'd.
Th. Young girl trips gaily up to her
! chaIloer, and with the linl:dity peculiar
|" h,r sex. first locks the door alid arran.
Yes liIc Window curtains, 50 that nv II"
"'s>ibic chance a l':.sScr.by or helatsd
ao:,arnaI wandcrer from the pavement
,,ln catch glimpse Of her budding beau
! " Wien en- c!istubiNe. This task r.In.
p;etrd, she turus un IA" gas to It's full,
.nd Institutes y general search ;hrnug houl
he apa:rmsI', that she may bn sure that
j, due, not coll;an horrible bur-
giar," ora desperate ruIliar'," in big
~h>kers and crisp black hair. Carefully,
"ilh her delicate little fingers, :he lifts the
be'i valance, peers into p!ac.s " here even
Tom Thumb couldn't squeeze his dirnnu.
tive corporation, &nd takes a curso"y
peep irlo the half cnpiied trunk. not for.
geilin:s +" glance nerrously under the
sofa. the space between which and The
door is not sufficient 10 contain the ghost
Of Calvin Elsun, much less All ordinary
rohber
Having ascerLainci tha: she is reals
alons. she lnisurcly proceeds 10 divcSt her
fair form OF 1.-The silk ana linen conyen
tionaitics Of society" First, she relieves
her glossy hair from its thraldom Of piny
and combs. and does il NJ" more com.
paclly. Then otr comes lh. little cpiar,
and the light vapory cloud Of lace she
calls her undrrs'eevrs which all the day
have been ciasped around her white, plump
arms BY couple of ludia rubber straps,
Next. he love of spring silk" dress is
unfastcned in front. Then sundry waist
strings and buttoned straps are lonscd.
and 10! what collapse like that Of loves
big balloon. She stands, like Saturn, in
the center of rings. There they lie upon
the soft carpet partly covered by the linen
undertakings a,,I nverGSings, with no more
expression in them than there is in the
bar. tlunr beneath the carpet. sits she
now upon thu edge OF the snowy bed. and
begins the unlacinS of CATERS, and til"
ii>rob;ug of thos~ fir swelling limbs ri
thu stockings. The pretty little t''"t is
carefully pe'chcd upon the knee-down
drops the gaitcr. Of! comes ,hs elastic, and
her thumb inserted at the top Of the
stocking. pushes it down--down over The
heel, ana The cotton rests beside the pru,
n.IIa. So with tho other foot only in"olv-
Ing !. Sly III: c!.arGc OF position.
1h?ra is smile that peeps ou, from De.
hind tn. bushes of her sweet face now.
u. standing hrt;,rn the glass; sll.. ;lacrS
upnn her lead the night cap, and With
quick twist OF her fingers ;ics the be
w;tc!,iag bow I'Iir,l ;l,e nist.Snwn is
ttruwu over iir. triilr:l cl.cmi>r, cpmr.ai
ing t!ls hrxviltg bos,In and 'ln: hl,nuldprs
IN the linen folds Then the counirrpalie
and s!ler,s are thrown back. rIn' gas s
turned down--vcry, very low--@I'd tho
li,l" form presses the yielding coach.
aud The angel goes oil, into the world of
dreams.
Now, III the room directly above her is
the great brute OF u brother. He comes
into it, shuts the door with slam, turns
the key with snap, sr"w's at chair
which happens to be in his way, pulls oil
his boots and throws them into the corner,
Jerks his socks from his feet, drops his
pantaloons Oh the floor and let's them lie
there; gets Off his coat and vest by a
quick, vindic,ive sort of twist of his arms
and body, unpins and unhullonS his col.
lar, throws it careless!y with tn" tie at
rath"v than on the table; travels to the
window in his shirt extrcmi'y-to let
down the curtain, as il he didn't care
cuss whether the entire population Of the !:
street brheld his anatomy or not; then
puts gu; the light and bounccs into bed
like a great calf jumping into a pile of
hay-curis himself up. his knees nearly
touching his nose, lies So "a moment or
two, turns ON his back, s,retcllcs his limbs
out, sscars at the luckiug in Of The bed
cioiles, grnnt., gets over ON the o'l~r
side, and is asleep. Then comes in the
snoring and snoring.
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