The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-03-16
How thew go 10 Bed.

The yonne qirl trips gsiiy to her
chamber. and with cautious timidity Pc
c1liar 20 her sex, fret locks the door and
proceeds 10 arrange the window curtains,
So that by no possible chance q passer by,
or a belsted nocturnal wanderer, from the
pavement can catch glance Of her bud
ing deauty when dsshdbiHe. Tie task
completed, she turns the gas to its full,
and institutes a general search through.
out the apartment, that she may bo sure
Il does not contain "horrible burglar"
or desperate ruffian in big whiskers and
crisp black hair. Carefully with her deli
cate little finger, she lifts her bed balance,
peers into places where even Tom Thumb
could not squeeze his diminutiye corpora.
tion and takes cursOry peep into the
half emptiod trunk, and not forgetting to
glance nervously under the sofa, the
space between which and the floor Is not
sufficient to contain the ghost of Calvin
Edison, much less an ordinay rObber.
Having uscertained that she Is really
alone, she leisurely proceeds to divest her
fair form of the silk and linen convention
nlities of society. First she relieves her
glossy hair Of the pins and combs which
enthrall it, and does il more compactly.
Then OF comes the little collar, aud the
light vspnry cloud she calls her under.
sleeves, which all the day have been
clasped around her white, plump arms, by
u rair of India rubber straps. Next the
housekeeping silk dress is uniastencd
in front. Then sundrv waist strings and
buttons are unloosened, and loo wha a
collapse, like loves big balloon. She
stands like Saturn. the centre of rings
There they nre upon the carpet, partly
rnvernd hy IL. i.-.-.. -..s'si, dAfugs, with
no more expression 10 them than there Is
IN the bare floor beneath the carpet.
Sits she now upon the edge Of the
SNOWY bed and begins the unlacinp of
CATERS, and the disrobiug Of those fair
swelling limbs of the stockings. The
prttly little foot is carefully pcrched up
on the knee, down drops the gaitcr, o.
domes the stocking, pushes it down
5own over the heel, ard the cotton rests
ccsidc the prunella. So with the other
loot, only involving a slight change of
position. There is a smile that peers ou,
from the bushes f her sweet face, now,
as standing there before the glass, she
places upon her head the night.cop, and,
WIN quick twist OF her fingers, ties the
bewitchinE bow. Thenlcih, npht.co
Is thrown ever the frilchemse, con.
cealing the hcaying bosom and the shou.
ders in the linen folds. Then counter.
pane and sheets thrown bck, the gas is
turned dowr--very. very low--and the
little form presses the yielding cuuch,and
The angel goes off to the world of dreams.
Now in the room directly above her is
great brute of brother He comes into
Il, shuts the door with slam, turns the
hey with a snap, growls at chair which
happens 10 be in tho way, pulls off his
boots and throws them in the corner,
jerks his cocks from his feet, drop, his
pantaloons on the A1or. and lets them Law
there gets cut of his coat and vest by a
quick, vindiGtive sort Of twist of the
arms and body unpins and unbuttons
his collar, throws Il at, rather than on the
table travels to the window in his shirt
extremity To let down the curtain, Ss ifI
he didn't care a cuss whether the entire I
population OF the street beheld his ana.
lomy or not then puts out the light and
bounces into bed like great calf Jump
ing into pile of hay curls himself up,
his knees nearly touching his nose, lies
so moment or two, turns on his back,
stretches his limbs out, swears ut the
tucking in Of the bedclutbes, grunts, gets
over on the other side, aud is--asleep.
Then comes the snoring aud snoring. /
Isn't there difference ia style