The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-02-19
How They Go TO Bed.

her chamber, and, with the eau
tious timidity peculiar to her sex,
, FIRST, locks the door and arranges
the window curtains. 50 that by
no chance passer-by, or a bella
ted nocturnal wanderers from the
pavement, can catch 6 glimpse of
her budding beauty whom en- dis
ka5i1te:~ This task completed, she
farus on the gas to its full, and in
stitutes 3 general search through:
out the apartment, that she may:
bessureit does not eontain5a hor-
rible ''basbear,"" or a desperate
ruAian, . IN big whiskers and crisp
black hair.-Carefully with her
-delicate-httle fingers, she lifts the
bed valance, peers into places
where @eseR Tom; Thumb could
not squeeze his diminatire cosper-
alton, and takes a carsory peep in,
to the half emptied trank, not for:
getting the glance nervously un-
der the sofa, the, space between
:. which and the aoor is not ,suGic,-
cntgtos contain tsheSghost of Calvin
Edsen, much less an ordinary rob
Der. Having ascertained that
she is really alone, she leisurely
proceeds to diyest her fair form Of
the silk and linen .coaHeatienal-
. ties of society," First she relieves
her glossy hair of the pins and
combs which, enthrall it, and
does It up. more .:coupactly.
Then OFF, comes the little collar
and the little yapory cloud Of lace
she calls undersleeves, which all
the day have been. clasped~ around
her white plump arms, by a eou-
plssefa ndia rubber straps - I I.
Next the love ola spring silk
dress is unfastened in front. Then
aundry waist-strings and batton
straps are loosed, and 10 what a
eollapse-like> lows big balloon.
She stands like, Saturn, the centre
ofringss There they he ON the
soft carpet, partly covered by their
linen undertakings and overt Kings,
with 30 more expression in them
thaa>there, is in the bare floor be-
meath the carpet. Sits saenow upon
the edge Of the snowy bed and be-
gins the unlseing of CATERS, and
. the <disrobing of notwithstanding
limbs oftheir stockings. -7'.- . !. ;.
The pretty little foot is care
fully perched upon the knee
down drops the gaiter, off comes
theseiastie, and her thumb inser-
ted In the. top, of the stocking,
pushes it downtown over the
heel, and the cotton rests beside,
the prunella. So with the other
foot. only involving a slight
change of position. THERE'S a
smile that peeps out from behind
the hashes Of her sweet face, now,
asstandiag before Ethe glass she
places upon her head the night
F. cap, and. with. the, quick twist of
her finger, ties the; bewitching
bow. Then the night-gown is
tirewn over the friRed schemise,.
eoneealung the heaging bosom and
the shoulders in the; linen folds.
, Then .he coaterpaneS and sheet
are thrown back the gas turned
dewn-Eery, very 1ow--and the:
little form presses the yielding
couch, and. the angel goes off into
the world Of dreams,
Now, in the room directly
above her, is the great brute. of a
brother. He eomessinto it, shuts
the door with q siam, turns the,
.keyeat a snap, growls at. a chair
which happens to be in the way,
pulls of, his boots and throws
them in a corner, jerks his socks
from his feet, drops his pantaloons
on the. floor and let's them lie
there, gets out of his vest, and by
q quick, vindictive twist Of the
arms and body, unpins and unbut-
tons his collar, throws it careless
y at rather than, on the table,
travels to the window il iaiis shirt
extremity to iet down the curtain,
as if he didn't care cuss whether
the entire population Of the streets
beheld his anatomy or not then