The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-03-30


price Of that pecooler kind of weskit you
wear, incloodin in trimmins?"
"Yay"
1 pawsed mint. aSd then, thinkin I'd
be fasheshus with him and see how that
would go, slapt him on the shoulder.
burst into hearty laf. and told him that as
yayer he had no livin ekal.
He jumpt up as if bilin water had BIN
squirted into his cars, groned. rolled his
| eyes lords the sealin, and sed: You're a
man of sinp' He then walked out of the
room.
Jest then the female in the meal bag stuck
her he'd into the room. and statid that re-
freshments awaited the weary traveller, and
sed if it was yittles she meant, the weary
traveller was agreeable, and I follered her
into the next room.
sot down to the table and the female in
the meal bag pored out some tea. She sed
nothin, and for FIVE minits the only live
:hing in that room was old wooden clock,
which tickt in a subdued and bashful man
ner in the corner. This dethly stiffness
made me oneasy, and determined to talk
to the female or burst So sez I: Mar
riage is agin your rule, I bleeve, marm?"
''Yay."
"The sexes live strickly apart, speCt.
"Yay."
It's kinder singler," ses I, putin on
my best look and speakin in winnin voice,
''that SO fare a Made as thou never got
hitched to some likely feller." IN. B
Size was upwards of forty and homely as a
stump fence, but thawt I'd tickil her.
81 don't like menF' she sed very short
''Wall, dunno" ses I, they re a ray
ther important part of the pOpulashun. I
don't scarcely see how we could git along
without EN-
'Us- poor wimin folks would git along a
CRATE deal better if there were no men!''
You'll excuse me marin, but 1 don't
think that air would work. ItwOuldu't be
regler."
81 am afraid of men," she sed.
''Thats unnecessary. norm. You amt
in no danger. Don't you fret yourself on
that pint"
Here we're shot out from the sinful
world. Here all is pease. Here we air
brothers and sisters. We don't marry,
and kOnsekwendy we have no domestic
difficulties. Husbaus don't aboose their
wives-wives don't worry their husbans.
There's no children here TO WORT u.s.
Nothin to worrit us here. There's no wick
ed matrimony here. would thou like to be
a Shaker?''
''No, it aint my style," ses 1.
l had now histed in as big load of
SCevisions as could carry comfortably. and
leaning back in my cheer, commenced pick
in my teeth with a fork. The female went
out leaving me alone with the clock
hadn't sot there long when the Elder pok-
ed his he'd in at the door. You're man
of sin'' he sed, and groaned and went away.
Direckly ther cum in two young Shaker
eSses, as putty and slick lOOkin gals as !
ever met. It is troo they was-dssgs's s
71ss40rr sn1ny, sls1ss- from sight
by long white caps, sich as I spose female
Costs wear; but their eyes sparkled like
dimons, their cheeks was like roses, and
they was cbarmin epuf to make man thro
stuns at his granmother, if they axed him
to. Theyeomenst clearin away the dishes,
casting shy glauces at me all the time.
got excited. 1 forgot Betsey Jane in my
rapter, and ses 1, my pretty dears, how
are yop?''
''We are well, y they solemly sed.
Where's the old mani" sed I. 10 my
.softest voice.
''Of whom dOst thou speak-BrOtBer
Uriab?'
.I mean the gay and festive old cuss who
calls me man of sin. Shouldn't wonder
if his name was Uriah."
"He has RETIRED" they sed.
| "WaIl. my purity dears," sez I, let's hav
sum fun. Let's play Puss in the corner
What say?"
''Air you Shaker, sir?'' they asked.
"Wall, my purity dears, haven't arsyed
my proud form in weskit yit; but if they
, was all like you perhaps I'd jine 'em. As
it is, I'm Shaker pro-temPorary."
They was full of fun. 1 seed that at fust
: only they was little skeery. tawt ZEN
puss in the corner and sich like plais, anc
. we had nice time, keepin quiet of course
80 the old man shouldn't hear. When We
broke up, sez I: my purity dears, ear g
you have no objections, hav you, to inner
sent kiss at paFtin?"
"Yay," they sed, and I yay'd.
) I went up stairs to bed. I spose I'd beer
, snoozin half a hour when L was woke up b.
a nois at the door. I sot up in bed, leanir
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