The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-04-19
TALE OF A MAsaUERADE.
A Mischievous widow.

affair If there were not some lddlcrous scenes /
attached to It, or connected. with it. Last |
evening that of the Musical Society was no
exception to the general rule, and any |
number of funny incidents tFauspired.
No person failed to notice a conspicuous
costume present, gentleman dressed as a !
Spanish cavalier very neat and tasty
dress, set off upon well-bnilt and ath-
letie frame. The gentleman, whom we
shall call x, paid particular-indeed, most
devoted attention to pink domino, en-
shrouding sylph-like form, acting as her
escort at all times, and paying no attention
worth noticing, to anybody else. In pro-
menading OF in resting they Were.ia earn
est conversation, aud the ladies, who could
not fail to notice them, thought he must
be duck Of fellow to pay so much at
tention, while the gentlemen thought she
must be divine little angel to listen so de-
votediy to all his soft things. Perhaps
both Of them were just what they had the
credit of being.
The cavalier was a legal gentleman of
our city, and the pink DONNA was-no
matter who, just now.
TIE gentleman is married, and has
small family. He loves his wife, but peo-
pie do whisper that sometimes he loves
other peoples just as much. The eava-
/ Iier proposed sometime since to go to the
ball, but his wife insisted that her health
was not very good, aud as there would be
something of crowd present, she would
not go-to her masquerades were tedious
affairs at best. ThatX was delighted with
the determination there is no doubt. He
did not say so, however, but the day his
wife decided not to go he met in company
a young and pretty widow, and in the heat
Of the excitement he asked her to accom-
pany him to the masquerade. The widow
was possessed of a bosom full of fun, and
she consented to 60. x. fitted her out
/ with a costume and pink domino, and as
everybody saw who noticed it, very pretty
and very expensive. Now, in, concluding
to go, the widow had some object in view,
evidently, for yesterday, so runs the story,
she saw X. go away from home, when she
sought the presence of his wife, and told
her the whole story, and, in conclusion,
she said
Now you've heard the whole thing
That good for nothing husband of yours
hes been paying too many attentions to me
of late, and do not like it. If you are
a woman of spirit you viii play trick on
him for this, and if you do not, why, I'H-
Tn-just go with him to the masquerade,
and I'll lirL with him all the evening just
as hard as 1 know now.''
1t is presumed the wife was not woman
of spirit, for last evening abou. o'clock a
carriage drove up to the widows house,
and Spanish cavalier very gentlemanly,
very devotedly, and very loye-like, assisted
a domino into it, and drove to Music Hall.
? At the hall the couple paid little atten-
ton to the funny scenes about them. Ii
they laughed at all it was at their own wit.
Prying eyes tried hard to find out who
they were. They sauntered about until
tired They took refreshments and occa'
sionally a glass of wine. They made no
. attempts to peep beneath each others mas
ques, for they knew each other we'll. Al
all times the cavalier seemed whispering
the softest things to the domino, and {
close observer might have seen that occa
= sionally the words were very soft, for they
made the fair domino start and trembl
Just little, but she seemed to have goot
control of herself, but there is no doub
" that could her face have been seen, ther
would have been traces of bushes.
It was not a very late hour when tn
cavalier and the domino had disappeare
from the scene When the Mosques wer
#. removed at twelve o'clock, anxious one
were looking to see who the couple were
but they were gone, and all were disappoint
ed Let us follow them to the home Of th
d. widow, where they drove in haste, Il
cavalier very happy. very talkative, an
d. amost beside himself with joy-the dom
no very quiet and very reserved. The
1d were shown into the drawing room, whel
Is the domino throws herself upon a. louug
The cavalier steps forward to turn up Il
2 gas little, but pleasant voice says 9
81 will do it for you, Mr.. X, aud the room
:. ablaze with light. The voice was that
the young widow, and the blaze Of ligl
=. showed the lawyer leaning upon chai
p perfectly agast with astonisbment, lookin
from the widow to the domino, yet unab
70 utter word.
Al, "Why, what is the matter. Mr.. K!
~ asked The widow. you look astonished.
expected you, aud have been waiting f
YOU some time. Your wife told me 81
would come here"
..My wife !" gasped the cavalier
T. Eyes, your wife. Why, what IS +