The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-11

girl laid one pretty foot lightly on her knee
and began to unlace the tiny boot which en-
cased it; in few moments Beth little feet
were bare in their childmh bsssty, and pressed
down opethaAot bricks of the hearth, while
a&hEefGk n&besuremeptwAss made as to the
rAtive hrfth of thSaMg toe and the next
a. to it, fqfin this ipzportaat difference de
r8htls the Honen1boS Question, as TO which
/ u the Two shall rd1e in fpturc married life
| Of the meAs1rer; ithAving been necreed by
| GiSAerious and immutable signs that should
| the greater toe be the longer, the forthcom-
| ing lord of the lady will be her master as
! well, while if the second has the pre-emi-
nence, a similar fate is IN store tor herself,
and her oplynaster viii be her own ;sweet,
will.
HIn the present instance both of The soft
nink toes were Of such sameness of length
that destiny decresdgt the married life of Miss
Charity Prestsn should be Z scene of equal
| rights
1.-THE young lady sat still and amused her
sell, by doing q Little prospecting in the way
| of gazing down into the Goals glowing before
her, and then taking. her bible from its stand,
| she read the lesson . ppointeds for the eve
hing, then knelt and said her simple prayers.
A puff OF. yagrant breath, from ? pair of rosy
bps; and Qua went the sehnile leaving the
/ room lighted only by the rich freight. Then
| unbolting the door that Mandy, who slept in
i her young mistress room, might gain access,
when it should please her to leave the de-
| lights of the, Kitchen, the 'yeurg girf torned
back the soft blankets and snowy sheets of
her bed, made the impress of her rounded
Figure in its downy depth, laid her innocent
head upon the tastefully trimmed pillow, and
went to her happy dreams.''-l .te 1870 i.a g..
l. YOUNG MAN.
..e From the Indianapolis Herald. Z :
1 A few days since we published an extract
from story il" The Land ne Lore" written
by Miss Fanny Downing. 1t was entitled,
"How a Young Lady Goes to Bed and al
| though not an entire stranger to lady s
boidoir, we cannot assure the most enlight-
ened of our sex of the fidelity or truthful
ness of Miss Fanny's sketch. Doubtless it
afforded great qualification to the majority
of male readers it did to US, We know, and
as slight return we intend to disclose to
her sex the manner in which a young man
goes to bed, and shall cite as an example
one of our own acquaintances. For con
venience we adopt the same style in which
the other was written, and use the past tense
Dismissing his fuddled companion of the
evening at the street door, Master George
} flights of stairs leading to his own room, as
nOiselessly as the weakness of his legs would
admit, and without other assistance than thai
: ,of his own unsteady fingers grasping along
the walls. Upon reaching the room the Goa
was removed and flung at the back of tht
| nearest chair; the vest was handled more
; carefully, as the pocket contained his watch
: but the paataloons came off with jerk
r After filling and lighting his pipe he pro
ceeded with the preliminaries. Some recen
purchases were taken from coat pocket ant
part placed upon the mantel and the balanc,
t | slowed away in trunk to be used as cir
cumstances might require. With much tug
a | cling, growing and swearing the boots wer
v removed, and the last one being unusuall
s troublesome received an impetus from thu
: foot that sent it flying to the furthermos
5 corner. Removing then pair of socks tina
+ | should have been in the washerwaman 5 tub
e an earnest and 'protracted Inspection OF tn
feet ensued, the young man lndulging i
Il speeulationS as to whether or no those bias
: ed eorns would prevent his appearing j
;, "them new boots at that ''little gathering
d tomorrow night. The delicate paper cola
e (size immateriai) was hastily torn fl.and be
IL ing soiled on both sides from turning, wa
y disdainfidly tossed toward the Fireplace an
4 the neck tie flung on the foot of the bed.
it The usual slow process of removing tn
d shirt was ignored on this occasion; sever,
is impatient jerks and then with a sudde
5, stretch of the arms, off went buttons, ri
is went muslin, and the angular shoulders eros
- in unrestricted freedom The s'snowy
D. night-shirt was then drawn over the hea
ir and its delicate cotton tape binding an
is graceful folds of brown cotton flannel left
lie accommodate themselves to circumstance
n "A puff of fragrant breath" redolent Z
= bad gin and lemon from pair of Tobacco
d stained lips, and out went the light, al
d down went the pipe on the table. Not b.
7, lag so unfortunate as to have any "Mandy
lie for room mate, and the household domesti,
$, being aged and discreet he did not leave Il
d, door unbolted, but with a gfowl at the bacl
d. eloric solitude of his couch, jerked down I'll
''kiver," plunged within, pressed his innoce
head on the pillow, and after several m
ments of twitching, turning and grumbin
st settled on his back and a fierce attack
It, snoring ensued, which closes the scene,
Il. Imagine such domestic existence as til
~ linked to Che ETHEREAL, dainty and REIN.
IN 'Miss Preston Enjoy your little maiden
IS. privileges aud arrangements while you ca
'e- Miss Charity" for we fear that variety
It, circumstances in welded life would ruthles
e. ly interfere with the systematic course &
m cribed to you in preparing for nights re:
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ne Natives of Walrussia.