The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
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Pining, then, for the seclusion that
dances attendance upon the dwellers
in fats, we moved from the country to
the city, gayly, happily and with
never a thoupht Of care, for, as men,
toned to Josephine and as Josephine
mentioned to me, the quiet and peace
Of the country are qualities similar
to the heat and anger of q frozen
custard, and we would free ourselves
forever from the barking OF dogs by
night and the ciucking OF hens by day,
to say nothing of the Growing of the
lusty chanticleer and the intrusion of
cosby tongues; and as I told JOS
ephine further, and as Josephine
further told me, there Is no place
where comfort and privacy can be Sc
cured like as in the heart of a great
city, where curiosity counts not and
dnQuisitiveness is not, and one may
live the life that one desires, unsee-
ing and unseen. For ever since the
failure OF her nursery stock, her
grapes, her berries and her shrub
berries, my Josephine had languished,
paled and pined, and knew that UNI
less we sought happier spot her life
would be a wasted thing and her
tender heart would beat, alas! no
more.
"Augustus!"
my lOve?"
Augustus! l had two callers to-
day. The strangest women!"
Thus my Josephine upon my re-
turn from the marts of trade in the
evening OF the first day after we had
settled in our apartment and had be-
gun to live the life that we desired,
.unseeing and unseen.
= "The strangest women!" repeated
she, my love, and her eyes were large
with bright amaze and her lips Quiv-
cred, whereby l knew that thereby
hung tale. "The first one rang the
ldoorbell in the morning and asked me
II I'd lend to her saucerful OF salt.
She stayed an hour, Augustus, and
she told me ALL" cs
I, "All, my lover" fISl e'''' seFf'f.''
= Augustus, she told ME all. That
is to say" added Josephine thought
fully, "all except herself. The second
woman told me that"
, "She, too, wished to borrow a sau-
cersCt OF
SNo, Augustus. She lives in the
apartment above, and handkerchief
which was drying IN her kitchen blew
out Of her window and lodged upon
our fire escape. When / went for it
/ could not find it, Il had blown some
where else, but she said, Never mind
it, then, and she stayed an hour,
Augustus"
To which made my ever fond
reply:
any love?"
Augustus! Be careful to whom
you speak in these apartments!
Whereupon pressed her for en-
lightenment, which she vouchsafed
me not.
"Augustus!"
"My lover"
"Augustusl / know what every
one has for dinner!"
Thus said my Josephine to me, sit
ting at the dining room table on the
evening of the second day after we
had made our bow to life in the heart
Of a great city, pining for the privacy
OF an apartment and seeking to live
the life that we desired, unseeing and
unseen. And answering then the
query Of my countenance, she whis-
pered:
"First floor front, roast beef, spin
ach and beets; first floor rear, beef
steak, onions and potatoes; second
floor front, leg of lamb, mint sauce
and broccoli; second floor rear"
Whereat / stopped her with ges-
ture Of absolute heiplessness, saying:
"Tell me"
whereat she stopped me, murmur-
ing:
SSH"
Leaning then over she whispered:
sEvery one can hear what every
one says. The walls are thin.
And reverting to the mystery of
every ones dinner, she whispered:
~ saw them on the dumbwaiter. "
And leaning over still further her