The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-01-03
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It is the habit of some persons TO taks
look under the bed before retiring fol
the NIGHT. Mrs. Evergreen, my belovee
wife, INDUCES, if indulgenceit it can be cal Il.
ed, in this peculiar practice. 40 no. ..
object to it in the least SO long as she does !
not enforce the performance upon myself
bnt when. as is sometimes the case, she
foroets it until she has put out the hgh'
and ensconced herself under the comfor
fer then it is hard that |, who am moi
tronhled with nervous apprehensiveness
sbould have to get out in the cold and &c
t. for her. I have often remarked to
Mrs Eyergreen, when 1 have seen hel
prying under the bed, that it was . slily
habit. and that the sooner she gave IL uP
the better. To this gentle admonitlon
INV better.half invariably rejoins;
ala. Evergreen. what harm does 1t 40.
T+,s kind Of satisfaction to know that
nobodv,s under there, and then don't
think Of such horrible thing after I'm
in bed" -. .-ht ;,,o. 90
ra,I nursue your Investigations further,
wen WEI lpo5 poEsHs into the bureau drawers and in
the clothes basket" ;.
"Eyergreen,o she will rejoin, don
mention the idea, or | shall certainly 40
so. Come to think of it, q man could
very easily get into the clothes-basket |!
. aCertainly he could, my dear, quite as
easily as Falstaffs You should certainly
include the clothes-basket, and by-the-by,
there's the chimney why not look up
that as well?"
@Now, Evergreen, you are iaugnhg az
me. But can't leave Off the habit, ana
! never will. It's 8 comfort for'me TO
know that there's nothing wrong about
# and / don't see why you should de-
,prive me Of it, :,
So under the bed goes the candle, and
M s;gns of humanity being discovered,
Mrs. Evergreen is able to repose in peace.
But, as already observed, thisprecaution-
arv act Is sometimes forgotten, and am
sometimes obliged to rise, light the lamp
and report, I've done it rather more ire,
ouently of late than is agreeable, and
have .intimated as much to Mrs b. She
= says !, ,.;,, do - r, r.
sselg1 -. .
: But this procedure is almost equally as
had for she invariably let's the cold IN on
me, both in getting out and getting IN; IN;
IF f were not for Increasing this mental
idiosyneracy on the part OF Mrs. Nv Ever, r
green, by giving her some good reason 70 70
apprehend danger. should relate to- her
what l am about to lay before the reader.
In this narration, therefore, l ask the
nublic most particularly to bear in mind
Tint Mrs. Evergreen is of a sensitive ma
ture, rather apprehensive and slightly
sunerstitious, and that what l have to
saw must, under no circumstances, be told
ncain. II for two-and-twenty years
Chat is the period of our welded life, and
happy years have they been)-if, | say,
have for this long period refrained from
in,parting the matter to the beloved
sharcr of my joys and .partaker OF my
sorrows. surely the public (Which, as we
know, always does keep secret,) will
keep mine. ,-.-:5.
An young men, suppose, have love
affairs before they eventually fix their az
fection on the ono who is to bless their
-lot.in life. 1 know that had, and don't
regret it. Regret it! far from it. Mrs.
Eyerereen is not present, and therefore
have no hesitation in sayingthat II | had
nv life to live over again Id like to go
through with the same sentimental expe-
r;ence. particularly if it was to be sue
ceeded by again leading to the hymencal
altar the present Mrs. Evergreen.
was not bad looking when Iwas in
,,,,, +,ront;es.- think / may 60 further
and confidently say that "Gus. Ever
oreeno was, a decided favorite among the
girlso Oakville, and really believe that
E could have had any Of them "for the
asking" AS before remarked, Mrs.
Evergreen is not present, and l indulge
nv thoughts somewhat more freely than
,vonld otherwise be the case. don't
think that I cared particularly for any
IF the oakville girls, however, and l
In;oht have kept my heart whole to this
doS If e had not been for the circum-
stance which am about to relate.
Fred. Evans, who had been my chum,
Of school. came to make me visit at
Oakville afor day or two," as ne SAID
whom he came; but he made tia week OF
two easily enough after I'd taken him
about little among the "young ladies' :
When that time had expired Fred said ne
: really must go, as he didn't know what
b;s fstber and mother would think of his
ione absence; but it ended in his reliev-
;Oe, their anxiety by letter and sending
+os his trunk. / knew how the matter
wa was perfectly we'll, and that Belle Bron'
son had bcwitched HIM out of bis five
sen senses. Fred used to put it on to the
acountry air and the quiet which h was wa.
bene6tting his health, ETC." But it wai
NO uss irving to deceive me, and l told
b;m 40 Then he owned up frankly, ano
! promised to help him all I could, if he
required any help in the prosecution tito! Q. o