Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-14
The Dentists wife,

Selfconceit in its most extravagan.
firm is one nf the numerous failings of
.ur OH friend Jones. BY snme mishap
i; VISA ins.illrd into his mind from hi.
fas.isst infanc;, and has shown ;lse.t "i
taitimc> within o;ir nwn kun~lcdGa "l
BIN. 100 siar,nsiy. 1t has he.n tho i,sn,
II his social eAi.tonc-, and MS ,ns'lt. iln
countless enemies who won I"'>s:by all
hsve been firm friends 1t has XII led him
III the estimation of large circle Of te.
tnalv acq a:n:ances, who think Of h.ns
only vi c,'nceitei JulleS, and has been the
cause OF many sore sliJ uukilld Remarks
bY nolhtIs OF lnarri,yr;.5ie da.i2 HERS.
Vii" Dave ii,i,.r.>i IT, J,l,es. as i.. pictured
in glowing imagery, III. likeness "t rh''
girl h- would marry, his bean ideal being
~, far above the qualifications of their
offspring, rs tn leave them not the sh.do"
uf chance.
This very se;f conceit is the Er.aie and
we doubt uu, he cause of his present
i,achv.ur existence. uid will, ulies, great
rc,orm lakes place, leave him in surI. q
position that even old maid. will pass
hinl without regret We hsve talked lu
him ~ the hour, unit! onr very psIicNc,'
WAS exhausted, in elliesyorins to impress
h,al @i;h the idea Of his extreme worth
lessissaD; but without effect, for after our
!s-Aurr iS done, he replies with a yawn
pails up his -:nrs collar, md Aljusis i! I"
nicely hy miniature lpakine glass j..
h.s iia., lights ::rsh cigar and goes puff
i!ic away ri,sn street As c,iiecitrL astver.
;, change y - rrcest!y taken place, and
JOKES is iu luye, or al least MAS 81 ur Il"
S..,teajay, s.r1 whether slight int,'rnnr.
llup 9hicil reurred. will serve lr weak
Ell his attachment, va leave our readers
l., Judge
We sad b.. wrs in love. an,i "i course
s,1y;Ss;r, H. ul seu,i!.lr read..r, wuull D,
UPS 10 imasiue, that The ohjeci "f his u!i' t
Lqa i. euu.e blusuns g,rl, just budding
iato IoIn4..iiJoi. Wllh nut. brown curis.
a..d =, es uf black, ami tiYurr perfect, or
A,u,s charming widow, ~hn. used ,n h
arts and Siles ii the tender passion, h..s
thrown arnnu;i han those .iik"u mesh:
t:-s, hs struggles Ia get free from; hui
si,rcul.,ioirs ..re Ear from the marx. Jume.
i, III iura; bat Ne blush for h,m when Viz
state he is il iov. with married ladr---u
delltiet's vile.
1t appears that every morning. when
Junes, sttired in his best, walks with d'g.
li6ci sl"wness from his property in
charge up town, hc is Obliged to pas. by
the windu~ o; the r,sidctce "f a certain
dentist md husband OF the lady referred
to above, aud it has ha.n wh.e thus pass.
ing, for the last month, both evening and
tnorning, thst Jones had imagined, with
his usual conceit, that the lady had fallen
in love with him. i, n,rt be SO, reasoned
Jones to himself, or else why should !
find her invariably seated ., the window
when paSsl She, no doubt, keeps an
exact note of the time, and places herself
there to zee me--aud giving his NOUS
tache an extra tv-irl. and arranging his
beaver to sui: his nswly coInbel hair,
Juiies marches past and imagiu-s s...: is
looking love at him.
Whether the lady way only amused at
the marolverings of our friend Jones.
and enjoyed the fun at his expense after
he had psssed-wh;ch was more than
prpbable-or whether she really thought
hinia handsome young man whom she
could admire for psstime, we are unable
10 say; suffice it, that she even went so
Gar as to induce Jones to believe (hnugl
nc had become SO blind he could not be
considered fair jrdge) that she: on more
than one ocGssion, made eyes at him. and
aud only waited for him to make the first
advances. Jones selfcunceit was tickled
To death, to think that a marriedlady and
one to whom, as yet he had never spoken,
should fall desperately in love with his
exterior. 1t was too much for him; he
must proceed the passive state would
no: do any longer, even in matters of
love: Jones selfconceit always gets the
better of him, and bringing his courage
20 the sticking point, he determined to
call when ths husband was eut, and t,ok
1 friend Jour informant( slony to witness
'he IMPRESSION ho had made upon the dcu-
lists wife.
A few mornings since, when all of tn, !
preliminarles had been arranged-Junes
having watched the corner until he saw
the husband depart-rung the bell, and
with his friend, was shown into the par
lor. At the window sat the dentists
wife, Who asked them to be seated. Jones
iilngined be could sac the teIl-tale nIush
come aud GU again, and was consequently !
80 farrisd himself that his friend was
obliged TO open the conversation.
is your husband in, MADAME" in
quired Jones friend Of The lady.
No, sir, she answered, politely. he h:.s
Just stepped out, but wil. b. in again
sh'rtly.'
jones touched his friend, as much AS
To sa.y, ail right; he having p,ryuusi.
led him To hsIieve that at lla, time ut the
day The dentist was generally absent Tor
several hours.
A running conversation then took place,
during which Jones managed to take IL
leading part, and had 80 worked his wires !