The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-02-12
A Bachelor 5 Confession

A BaGh6IOr 5 Confession
4 LIVE in a French fat. o
course there are objections t,
~ French fats. So there are Oh
S jections to most things.
l cannot afford hotel, and | de
test boarding house. A bachelo
of thirty odd, who has been at tn
mercy OF boarding house keeper
all his days, can understand that
So when 1 engaged a suit o
rooms-third floor in a French. flo
edifice and arranged my household
goods therein, with a fine Lookout
) over a green dot in front, and Thu
glimmer of the Palisades far away
to the rear, L considered myself
quite well off.
" hat is my profession? ] haven't
any in particular. l am an artist
snd draw g little daily, in front oil
my easel l read law when | fee
like it, and draw regular income
from a snug little property, left me
by an uncle in India.
Consequently 1 was able to deco
rate my quarters very prettily with
Bagdad rags, old China dragons,
black and gold Japanese screens
and pictures 1 had picked up at a
bargain.
And when The fire was burning
checrfully on the hearth, that first
rainy May evening, the STUDENT
lamp shone softly on the red carved
table, and the waiter from the
neighboring restaurant had brought
in my frugal dinner of a broilsd
bird, a mould of currant jelly, q
slice of roost beef, etc, l considered
myself pretty comfortable.
Upon the Whoe," said I to my
self, II rather approve of French
flat"
rang the bell.
The janitor, respectable, decent
sort of fellow, in q round jacket
and carpet slippers, answered the
summons.
"Janitor," said I, "who occupies
the floor aboveY"
Nobody, SIR" the man answered,
Last party moved out yesterday.
New party moves in morrow"
"a large familyP' said L, rather
obviously.
"Bless your heart, sir said the
man, mo family at all. 1t is a sim
gle lady coming"
At this 1 congratulated myself
the more.
81 shall have a prospect Of a lit
tie more peace, ! think" l said, and
1 ate my dinner in FOOLS paradise.
The single lady moved in on the
morrow. She must have moved in
when was down town, selecting
some new millboards and color
tubes for the summer sketches that
l intended to make; for when 1 re-
turned, fondly expecting to enter
my kingdom OF peace and serenity,
everything was changed.
There was banging and pound
ing overhead, a humping and ham
mer1ng-a sound as if some middle
aged giantess, in hob nailed shoes,
was enjoying herself in prone
nade.
1 sent for the janitor.
+ ''Is the house coming DOWN. l
asked, in rage.
''It's the new tenant moving in,
sir" he sail.
Does her furniture consist en-
tirely of Herring's safes and square
pianosr' 1 asked.
There's two pianos, sir" said
he, 'she's musical"
The deuce she isl replied 1.
Two pianos? And does she play
on both of them?'
Don't know, sir, I'm sure" said
the man, with distressed express
sion OF countenance.
| endured the noise until mid
night and then sent up the janitor's
wife
The third floors compliments to
the fourth and would like to know if
this sort Of thing is to go on all
night"
Down came the woman again.
Fourth floors compliments to
third floor, and wishes to know if
he expects people to be settled
without a noise"
The next day the piano-only
one, however, commenced. l was
celebrating g skeleton for a scien-
tific essay, and it disturbed me Sc
riously. endured it az long as l
possibly could, and then | had re-
course ts7ths janitor's wife.
Third floors compliments to the
fourth floor, and will feel obliged if
abe will favor me with little peace
and quietness, lerg enough to do
some necessary writing"
There was no reply, but the mu-
sic ceased abruptly.
But that evening when l was be-
ginning to solace myself with lit
tie violin practice in the twilight,
tap, tap came the janitor's wife at
my door.
Fourth floors compliments to
the third floors and will be obliged if
he will favor her with a little peace
and quietness long enough to write
a letter"
How l hated that woman.
So we lived for many a month,
exchanging constant missils of war
fare. l could cheerfully have given
up that French fat and gone back
to boarding, only luckily had en-
gagged it for the year. The fourth
floor elecutionized, and had friends
to select private readings, whose
voice was deeper than Hamlet's
aud more sonorous than that OF
Charlotte Cushman. She was char
liable, snd had classes OF heavy
booted girls there twice week tc
sing hymns and learn to sew. A
single lady, indeed! If she had
been quadruple lady she could not
have made more noise or enjoyed
the making of it more.