Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-20
Looking under the Bed

ANSh, III U0lONGb
wife, INDUCES, if indulgence il
can be called, in this peculiar
practice. [ have often remark.
ed to Mrs. Evergreen, when
have seen her prying under ths
bed, that it was a silly habit
and that the sooner she gave i
up the better. To this gentl,
admonition my better-half IN
variably rejoins
Ia Evergreen what harm
does it do? It's a kind of sat
isfacticn to know that nobody
under there, and then 1 dom
think ofsuch horrible things af
ter I'm in bed.'
4 think my dear, you NIGH
just as well pursue your inves-
LEGATIONS further and look il
the bureau drawers and the
clothes basket
Evergreen she will reioin
don't mention the idea, or
shall certainly do so. Come tt
think Of it, a man could very
easily get into the clothes bas.
ket.'
Certainly he could, nv dear
quite easily as Falstaff. You
should certainly include the
clothes-basket, and by-the-by
there's the chimney why moi
look up that as well ?"
Now Evergreen, you're laugh
ing atme. But I can't leave off
the habit, and I never will. It's
a comfort for me to know that
there's nothing wrong about it.
and | don't see why you should
deprive me of it.
So under the bed goes the
candle, and, no signs Of human
ity being discovered, Mrs.
Evergreen is able to repose in
peace.
If it were not for increasing
this mental idiosyncracy on the
part of Mrs. Evergreen, by Civ
ing some good reason to appre-
hend danger, 1 should relate tc
her what | am about to lay be-
fore the reader. In this mar.
ration, therefore, / ask the pub.
lie most particularly to bear il
mind that Mrs. Evergreen is
slightly superstitious, and that
what l have to say must under
no circumstances be impaired
to the lady. IF for twenty
years (that is the period of oul
welded life, and happy have
they been)-if, 1 say, I 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 will keep
mine.
l was not bad looking when
/ was in my twenties. / think
| may go further, and confident
ly say that Gus Evergreen
was a decided favorite among
the girls of Oakville, and / re-
ally believe that l could had
any of them for the asking.
AS l before remarked, Mrs. Ev-
ergreen is not present and I in
dulge my thoughts somewhat
more freely than would other
wise be the case.
Fred Evans, who had beer
my chum at school, came tc
make me a visit at Oakville fol
"a day or two,' as he said, wher
qe came i; but he made week
or two easily enough after FC
taken him about among the
young ladies' When tha-
time had expired Fred said hc
really must go, as he didn't
know what his father and moth.
er would think of his long alb
sence; but it ended in his re,
lieving their anxiety by a let
ter and sending for his trunks
/ knew how the matter was per
fectly well, and that Belle Bron'
SON had bewitched him out Of hiI
five senses. Fred tried to pu
it on the country air and th'
quiet which was beneftting hi
health, etc. but it was no u.s.
trying to deceive me, and / tolc
him so. Then he owned VI
frankly, and l promised to he'll
him all | could /; if he requiret
any help in the prosecution o1
his suit.
She had a larger share of beau,
than the other girls, but all thei
attention came to nothing.
} feared it might be so with Ev
ans, and / warned him accord
ingly f; but Fred said that with
out her, life was naught t