The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-04-04
THE DIFFERENCE.-B ONE WHO
KNOWS.

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ity peculiar to her sex, first locks the
door and arranges the window cur
tains, so that by no possible chance q
passer by or q belated nocturnal wan
derer, from the pavement, can catch a
glimpse Of her budding beauty when
en- dishabiZe. This task completed, she
turns on tho gas to its full, and insti-
tutes . general search throughout the
apartment, that she may be sure it
does not contain . horrible bugbear or
q desperate Tu0aan In big whiskers and
crisp black hair. Carefully with her
delicate little fingers she lifts the bed
valance, peers into places where even
Tom Thumb could not squeeze his di-
minutive corporation, and takes cur
sorry peep into the half-smptied trunk,
not forgetting to glance nervously un-
der the sofa. the space between which
and the floor is not sufficient to con-
tain the chose Of Calvin Edison, much
less an ordinary robber. Having ascer-
tanned that she 10 really alone, she
leisurely proceeds to divest her fair
form of the silk and linen convention
alities Of society. First abe relieves
her glossy hair of tho pins and combs
which enthral it, and does it mp more
compactly. Then off comes the little
collar, aud the light, vapory cloud of
lace she calls undersleeves, which all
the day have been clasped around her
white, plump arms by couple Of in-
dia-rubber straps. Next, the love of .
spring dress is unfastened in front !;
then sundry waist strings and button
straps are looeed, and lol what q col
lapse. like that of loves big balloonl
She stands like Saturn, the center of
rings. There they lie upon the soft
carpet, partly covered by the linen
oyerfixings and undertakings, with no
more expression in them than there is
in the bare floor beneath the carpet.
Sits she now upon the edge of the
snowy bed, and begins the uniacing Of
CATERS, and the disrobing of those fair
swelling limbs Of the stockings. The
pretty little foot is carefully perched
upon the knee. down drops the gaiter,
OF comes the elastic, and her thumb is
inserted at the top of the stocking,
pushes 1t down, down over the heel,
and the cotton rests beside the pru-
nella. So with the other foot, only
involving q slight change of position.
There is smile that peeps out from
behind the blushes Of her sweet face
now, as standing before tho glass, she
places upon her head the night-cap,
and with a quick twist of her fingers
ties the bewitching bow. Then the
night-gown is thrown over the frilled
chensiae. concealing the hesying boz
som, and the shoulders in the linen
folds. Then the counterpane and
sheets are thrown back, the gas is
turned down very, very low, 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 q brother. He
comes into it, shuts the door with a
slam, turns the key with snap, growls
at chair which happens to be in the
way, pulls of his boots and throws
them into the corner, jerks his socks
from his feet, drops his pantaloons on
the floor and let's them lie there, gets
off his coat and vest by quick, vim
dictive sort of twist of his arms and
body, unpins and unbuttons his collar
and throws it carelessly with the tie,
at, rather than on, the table, Travels
TO the window in his shirt extremity
to let down the curtain, as If he didn'l
care cuss whether the entire popula
ton of the street beheld his anatomy
or not. Then puts out the light and
bounces into bed like . great call
jumping into pile of hay, curls him
self up, bis knees nearly touching hit
nose, lies 90 . moment or two, turni
ON his back, stretches his limbs out
swears at the tucking in of the bed
clothes, grunte, gets over on the othel
side, and is, asleep. Then comes IL
the snoring and snorting.
lent there difference in style,
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