Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-03-07
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take lock Under the bod before relifibe
at right. Mrs. Evergreen, my belogel
4Wifs. iRdalgas. il indulgencoi TINA "a
called, in this peculiar practice, ! d.
not object to itdin the least SO long al
she does not enforce the performance
!, upon myself, but when, as Is sometimes
the case, she forgets It until she has puI
out the light and ensconsed herself m
der the comforter, thensit is hard that +
who am not troubled with nervous ap.
4 prehensiveness, should have to get on
inthe cold and do it for her. / have Of
ten remarked to Mrs. Evergreen, when
have seen her prSiDgs under The bed
that it was a silly habit, and that tht
sooner she gave il up the better. Tothil
gentle admOnitiOn my betterhalf invari'
1 bly, rejoins:: ::-aao ~ D.as 9dT
4 La, Evergreen what harm does il
do2a It's, q kind Of satisfaction to know
that ,nobody'ss undey-,here, and then
doA'tthink Of such a horrible thing az
ter 7 am ia bed.' oi ai'ai sli 4an s13
NsTthink, my dear, you might just a,
we'll parsueayouF Investigations further
and look into thelbdreaU drawers and the
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piEvergFreaeD,3 ra she viii rsjoi6, 'dOn't
mention the idea, or T. shall certainly do
so. .5niGoine toithiDk of ii, alman could
Very easily getlintol the clothes. basket q
ss1sCertaiGly be could, my dear, quite as
Gasilylas Falstsff. You should certainly
include the clothes, basket, and bysths1
by, there'sthe chimney; why not look
up that as well2' sa9 go ss.s5 T
| a-tNow, Evergreen, you're laughing At
me. But / can 'tileage lOfE the habit, and
Tns7Cr "wiil. 11It'sla comfort ITO me to
know that there's nothing wrong about
Il, and l d9nf see why y3ou-ashSoDuulldd DE-
prive me Of IT, s..g glis,rgl, /.
!, SO under the bed goes the candle, and
no signs Of humanity being discovered,
Mrs. Evergreen isable to repose 10, peace,
But, ,gas already observed, thisprecaution-
ary act Is sometimes forgotten, ,laud am
myself obliged to rise, light the lamp,
and report. I've done it rather more
frequently of late than is agreeable, and
have intimatedas much to Mrs.nlE1 She
says: ss2iiol bni& He'd 7sR
Very, vel, Evergreen TIL dUit N.Y.
self - & = - o.'li','iiis
But this procedure Is aImostSs bad,
for she invariably lets the coldin on me
botf in getting Gut and getting In IF
It we're bOt for Increasing this mental
idiosynCfasy on the part Of MrsI Ever
green, BY giving her some good reason
to apprehend danger, should relate to
her what I am about to lay before the
reader, lin this narration therefore |
ask the public most particularly toB bear
in mind that Mrs. Evergreen is of .
qeasitive nature, rather apprehensive and
slightly superstitious, and that what
have to say must under no circumstances
if for tworand. twenty years (that1is' the
period Of our welded life, and happy
have they been) If, | say, / have for
this long period refrained from imparting
the matter to the beloved sharer Of my
joys and partaker Of my sorrows, surely
the public (Which as We know always
does keep secret) viii keep mine. aa
All young men, suppose. have love-
atfaira before they eventually fix their
affections on the one who is to bless their
lot in life. I know that / mad and j
don't regret il. Regret it 2--far from it.
Mrs. Evergreen is not present. and there-
fore I have no hesitation in saying, that
If L had my life to live over again, ia
like to go,through with the same senIi-
mental experience, particularly iflitWaS
10 bs succeedsd BY again leadingeto the
hymenial alter ths, present Mis-. Ever
green.0a sAt Iol saasdJ i8f icBoga ssasel
III was not rbad-looking when l was in
ny twenties. I think ITmay goafurther,
Ind confidently, say that Gus Evergreen
was decided favorite among the girls Of
Oakville, and Ireally believe that ! could
nave had any Of. them 'sfor the asking,'-l
As L before remarked, Mrs. Evergreen
. not present, and I indulge my thoughts
Omewhat moro freely than would other
wise be the case. + don't think that
area particularly for any Of the Oakville
,irIs., however, and / might have kept
uy heart whole to this day, ifithad not
zen Tor the circumstance which I am !
bout TO relate aia Il ss,Ss ,'1 s1,liaF li'
Fred Evans, who had been my chum |
4 school, came to make me visit at Oak
lille for "a day or two. as he said, when
% came, but he 'maesita a week ortwo
asily enough sfter I'd taken him about
little among the syodng ladies.'as When
bat sims.had expired Frodsaid he must
eSilv 60. as he didn't know what bis
lthef and mother would think of, his
opg Absence; but il ended in his re-
ewing their anxiety BY d letter and send.
dR for bis trunks z II knew how the