The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-11-06
LookING UNDER THE BED.

taka "a look under the btd before relF
,ng fBr tie night Mrs Evergreen, my
beloved wife, ndulges, nnduIgence il
can be called. Ia thus peculiar practice
do not object 70 IN the least SO long
= SIC docs not enforce the performances
upon myself, but when, a. is sometimes
the cas-. She forgets il until she puts
ont the light and enseonced herself un-
der the comforter, then il Is hard that
|. who am not troubled with nervous
apprehensiyeness should have 70 get
out in the cold and do il for her have
often remarked to Mrs Evergreen, when
| have seen her prying under the bed,
il was silly habit, and that the sooner
she gave it up the better To TINS gen
tie admonition my better-half inyariubly
rqoins:
ia. Eyergreenl what harm does 1t
dog It's kind Of satisfaction to know
that nobody's under there, and then !
don't think Of such q horrible thing az
ter I'm IN bed.
II think, my dear, you might Just as
Wen pursue = bui 49, fN''ht a'''
and look into the bureau drawers and
and the clothes basket
Evergreen, she will rejoin, don't
mention the idea, or | shall certainly
do So. Come to think Of it. man
could very easily get INTO the clothes
basket "
oCertainly he could, my dear, quite
as easily US falstaii. You should GER
4 tinly include the clo,nes-basket, and
by-tno-Dy, there's the chimney; "hy
not look up that as wen I
..Now, Evergreen, you're laughing al
me. But / cant leave on Tie AaDlt,
and mover Wln lts comfort iol me
90 know that there's notnlng wrong
about it, ana dou i see why you Should
deprive me ot it.
SO under the bed goes the candle,
and, no slgls OF humanity belA6 us-
covered, .lrs. Evergreen IS able 70 re-
pose in peace. Duo, AS alcaoy obsery-
ed, tins precauJioAa y act IS sometimes
forgotten, and mysciI oblged to llse,
hpnt tie lamp, ana report I've done
il rather more nequehuy oI iate lhah
Is agreeable, ana haye mumated as
mucn to Mrs il, She says:
Very well, Evergreen, III do It my
self.
But this procedure is almost as bad,
for she invariably less The cold IN on
me both III get,ng OUT ana 8etdng ~.
ii it we're not tor lncl easllS inns mem
tai idlosyncrasy on the pat u Alrs LN-
ergreen, by giving her some good lea-
son to apprehend danger sAould re-
late 20 her what am aDout " lay be-
fore the reader / tins narIauon,
therefore, l ask the public most paruc-
ularly to bear IN mind tnat Alis, Lvef-
green is of Il sensitive nature, rather
apprehensive and shghtly superstltlous,
and tia. what | have 10 say must un-
der no circumstances be repeated Ii
for two-and-twenty years ltnat IS the
period Of our welded hte, and happy
wears have they been III, | say, | ha'e
for tins long period lelraned tlom mn
parting the matter to the beloved shar-
or of my joys and partaker Of my SOL
rows, surely the pubic (Which, as we
know, always does keep secret) VIII
keep nine.
All young men, | suppose, have love
affairs before they eventually Tx then
affections on the one VINO IS to bless
their lot in life. / know that | had,
and do not regret it. Regret 1t? Tar
from it. Mrs. Evergreen IS not pres
ent, and therefore | nave no hesitation
IN saving that ii had my life to hive
over 5ain I'd ke to 90 through wlth
the same sentimental experience, par
ticularly if it was to be succeeded by
again leading to the hymeneal altar the
present Mrs. Evergreen.
/ was not bad-iooking when / was IN
my twentics think llnay 50. further,
and confidently say that Gus Ever
greer" was decided fayorite among
the girls Of Oakyiile, and Ireally believe
that could have had any of them 'lor
the asking" As i before remarked,
Mrs. Evergreen is not present, and |
indulge my thoughts somewhat more
freely than would otherwise be the case.
/ don't think that | cared particularly
Ter any Of the.Oakyille girls, however.
and ! might have kept my heart whole
to III day if it had not been for the
r ans ance which i am about to re-
late.
Fred Evans, who had been my chum
Il school, came to make me visit at
0akYille ior "a day or two, as he said,
when be came; but he made it week
or two easily enough after Id taken
him about a htile among the young
a les, Wnen that ime had expired
Fred aid Aereally must 90, us he didn't
know what his iatner ana mo, her would
think oi his long absence, bat It ended
in his relieving their anxiety by letter
and sending Tor hls trunks. | knew
how the matter was perfectly well, and
tlat Belle Bronson had betwitchod him
out ot ms nye senses. Fred used 20
put It on to Tie country ar and the
quiet which was benenuug his health,
etc., bat il was 10 use trying to deceive
me, and / told him 70. Then lie own-
cd up frankly, and | promised to help
him al ] could, if be required any
help in the prosecution q
his suit. never thought Belle a hirt,
or thai She would willingly distress auy