The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-24
GENTLEMEN's UNDER-wEAR

Washed, trOucd and mendCd
49, At Brown cottage, Blank street.
woolcns washed without shrinkage
Kitty O'Keene, whose boy was hired
TO fetch and carry the clothes, called at
the cottage and asked for work Sure
and its meself can wash for vez half or
a whole day, ma am, an Ted can hang
out the clothes;" and as the girls knew
her to be honest and poor they engaged
her services for half a day during the
first three days of The week.
The work progressed without any
confusion, and when sent home was
promptly paid for, each article being
specified in the printed BILL which was
enclosed in an envelope and neatly adj
dressed. And so the weeks passed in
prosperous labor, till Kitty o Keene had
to work every day and ali day of the
first five in the week to get the wash
ing done. A patent clothes-drying ma
chine was put in the yard, and by keep
ing up with the work they were able 10
be prompt in returning the parcels;
and the nourishing food and superior
medical advice obtained for the mother
was sufficient reward for many weary
hour.
But little did Christie think, as she
made out the weekly bills with mechan-
ical and mercenary precision, that the
little god of love was sharpening an ar
row to pierce good and manly heart,
using rs his emissary washer-wOman's
bill. For it happened that Fred Won
Colt, who was boarding at Mrs. Null
dCon's while finishing his legal studies,
had become fascinated by the clear,
concise penmanship and unwonted re-
fined neatnesS of both bills and bundles
sent home; and one evening when his
sister Margery, who was visiting the
city sat in his room, enjoying his little
condolences as only sisters can, he sud
denly handed her last week S washing
bin without comment. But Margery
did not wonder at at anything that
brother Fred did, and read without sus-
picion:
Underwear washed, ironed and re-
Fdn 8l pair pair of socks. ditto. .Sl 20 20
Eight collars washed and ironod. g
Six handkerchiefs, ditto. Is
Received payment, 50 o.
u don't know why l should care
about those girls, Margery, but | can't
help thinking l have had something to
do with this business. | was talking to
Tom Levers one day about washing,
and l said n lot of nonsense about the
social SCALE and all that sort of thing,
while he, like sensible fellow, wished
some Of the girls who were wanting a
/ sphere would turn to and mend our
socks as we'll rs embroidcr smoking
caps for us. l happened to look up, and
- young girl with a wissful look on her
/ pretty but tired face was listening with
strained air to our remarks / found
| out afterwards she was Miss Brown.
Y = l. . L. a.
cards to the bOarding-house; but / have
never seen any of -washer-ladies. "
/ " Don't be goose, Fred,n laughed
/ the young girl. Call things by their
I right name; and what more noble than
/ a perfect tCOn5GHF | can't get il out
/ of my head somehow that l know one
! of these girls. of course there are lots
/ of Browns; but nv Christie would
/ grace n waSh-tub or a Fifth Avenue
! drawing-roOm equally well, and she
\ was cons dered a musical prodigy at
I school. Grace Lane can tell me if my
/ suspicious are correct l must see my
sweet Christie while | am in town"
And so il came to pass that two davs
I afterward two very stylish girls called
+ at Brown Cottage and asked for Chris
/ tic. OF course the meeting was i'm
pulsively cordial, but after n while they
+ noticed change in the manner of their
/ hostess, and soon rose to leave.
Then, with an effort, Christie said
4 you must not feel that l think any
/ less of YOU that ! can not accept Miss
/ Lane's Invitation to 60 with you to any
of your pleasant entertainments But
we are in great trouble, or rather have
/ been. The bank failed where our
/ money was invested; we lost all; then
our mother fell i'll, and we had no word
/ from father till yesterday. He has
I been shipwrecked, and does not know
4 of our money loss. We struggled
4 along as we'll as we could till debt
stared us in the face. Then we set up
/ a laundry, and since then have pros
pered financially though not socially.
] We did not tell mother till the good
! news of father came yesterday, and she
i has wept over as ever since
Then Margery took her friend in her
arms and talked to her, but Christie