Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-19
A FUNNY MIXTURE.
what Cnme OF Patiing MRS" Re.
fora = Mnn'n Ahme.

what Cnme OF Patfing Mrs" Re.
fore = HANS Aame.
have purchased billiard table. My
wife says that It is good thing to have
in the house, ana prevents our boys from
spending their evenings away from
home, and lounging in saloons or oar.
rooms.
The table being a new thing, is i'm
mensely popular in the family, aud as
our connection is large and friends nu.
merous, it is seldom that l get a chance
at the balls By the by, / wonder why
everything about balls has such iasci-
nation Tor human kind, and why every.
body is after them, Of some sort or an
other There are race balls and inhu-
guTation balls, pawnbrokers' balls and
billiard balls, cannon balls aud nursery
bawls, aud / once knew widow Balls,
who had more offers OF marriage than
any spinster or widow Of her age in the
country.
My broiher.in-law, who lives over the
way from our street, frequently comes
over to play a game Of billiards He
never played before we got our table, and
did not care much for it at FIRST, but now,
since he can carom on the red and white
aud make Il run of two, he is incessant
in his playing, and we have hard work to
stop him at bed time. he, like all other
fancy players, insists upon knocking the
balls right and left for an hour after the
game is finished and the lights are ready
TO be put out Indeed, so pertinacious
is he that we have joculariy named him
Mrs. Gibbs, after the historical lady who
owned a SOW that required beating to get
it TO the trough, aud beating to get it
away.
A few evenings since, my family hav
ing gone to the tbeater, and detained
at home by a cold, l sent the following
note by new servant to my brother-in-
law:
"My Dear Mrs. Gibbs-susau has
gone TO the iheater; the coast is clear,
and we can have good time. Come
over at once. Ever yours.
M. Y. FULLEAME." "
Instead of delivering my note on the
east side of the street, he handed it on
the west side, where, as it was plain
sheet OF paper, not sealed, it was care
fully read and returned to the bearer,
with advice to take it next door, where
the same process was gone through, until
it had been perused by every domestic
circle in the block.
Finally, a neighbor told the servant
that Mrs. Gibbs resided in Blank street,
No. l29 two doors from the corner of
another street, which place he soon
found, and ioyfully presented the note
to Mrs. Gibbs, who was enjoying a quiet
evening with Mr. Gibbs, surrounded by
all the little Gibbses, and several inquir-
ing friends, who all wanted to know the
contents of the note that Mrs. Gibbs was
blushing over and telling the man she
did not understand.
Imagine Mr.. Gibbs surprise when he
had read it, and the sorrowful look that
overspread his countenauce while gazing
upon the partner of his bosom and the
mother Of his eleven children.
Mrs. Gibbs could not explain, and the
new servant complicated the case by
saying that the lady he was after was
gentleman which determined Mr.. Gibbs
to put on his hat and come over. Mrs
Fullname had returned from the theater
when he returned note in hand, and
over social glass all was satisfacto-
rily explained and settled But, alas,
the numerous curious eyes in the other
street that had glared upon my note
next day spread the report that poor
Susan Fullname was neglected by her
husband, and that poor Mr.. Gibbs was
suing for divorce.
Time, that kills all things, is killing
and curing the rumor; but, although
nine days are over, do not dare to
pass the Gibbs mansion or to look at
Mrs. Gibbs when Mrs. Fullname and
myself are together in public.