The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-04-03
A Mischievous Widow.

A Mischievous Widow.
a masquerade wonld net be much OF
an affair il there were not some ludcrous
scenes attached to it, or connected with
it.. Last evening that of the Musical Sc
ciety was no exception to the general
rule, and any number Of funny incidents
transpired.
No person failed to notice a conspicu-
Gus costume present, gentleman dressed
as q Spanish cavalier very neat and
tasty dress, set off on well-built and
athletic frame. The gentleman whom
we shall call x, paid particular-jndeed,
most devoted attention to pink domino,
enshrouding sylph.like form, acting as
her escort at all times, and paying no at
ton worth noticing to anybody else. In,
rromenading or in resting they were in
earnest conversation, and the ladies, who
could not fail to notice them, thought he
must be a duck Of a fellow to pay
80 much attention, while the gentle
men thought she must be divine little
angel sAo listen so devotedly to al his soft
things. Perhaps both of them were just
what they had the credit of being.
The cavalier was legal gentleman Of
our city, and the pink domino was-no
matter who just now.
The gentleman is married and has a
small family: He loves his wife. but peo-
pie do whisper that sometimes he loves
other peoples just as much The cava-
lier proposed sometime sinoe to go to the
ball, but his wife insisted that her health
was not very good, and as there would
be something Of a crowd present she
would not go-to her masquerades were
very tedious affairs at best. That x. was
delighted with the determination there is
no doubt. He did not say so, however,
but the day his wife decided not TO go he
met in company young and pretty Wild
ow, and in the heat of the excitement he
asked her to accompany him to the mas
querade The widow was possessed OF Il
bosom tull OF fun, and she consented to
90. x fitted her out With q costume and
Il pink domino, and as everybody saw,
who noticed it, very pretty and very ex-
pensive. Now, in concluding to go the
widow had some object in view, evident
ly, for yesterday, so runs the story, she
saw x. go away from home, when she
sought the presence Of his wife and told
her the whole story, and in conclusion
she said
"Now you've heard the whole thing.
That good for nothing husband of yours
has been paying too many attentions to
me of late, and | do not like it, If you
are woman of spirit you will play !;
trick on him for this, and if you are not,
why Pll-Ill-just 60 with him to the
masquerade, and l will firt with him all
the evening just as hard as ever l know
how"
1t is presumed the wife was not q wo-
man of spirit for last evening about nine
o'clock Spanish cavalier, very gentle
manly, very devotedly, and very lovc-like,
assisted domino into carriage and
drove to Music Hall.
At the hall the couple paid little atten-
tion to the funny scenes about them. Ii
they laughed at all it was ut their own
wit. Prying eyes tried hard to find out
who they were. They sauntered about
until tired. They took refreshments and
occasionally glass of wine. Theymadc
no attempts to peep beneath each others
Mosques, for it was evident they knew
each other well. AZ all times the cava-
lier seemed whispering the softest things
in the domino, and close observer might
have seen that occasionally the words
were very soft, for they made the fair
domino start and tremble just little, but
she seemed to have good control of herself,
but there is no doubt that could her face
have been seen, there would have been
traces of bushes.
1t was not very late hour when the
cavalier and the domino had disappeared
from the sccno. When the Mosques were
removed at II o'clock, anxious ones were
looking to see who the couple wero, but
they were gone, and all were disappoint-
cd. Let us follow them to the homo of
the widow, where they drove in haste,
ths cavalier very happy, very tallative,
and almost beside himself with ioy-the
domino very quiet and very reserved.
They rn-o ehorrr into the drawing room,
where the Tbs qonag daSasT ShrqHs gsPar Parffw B
turn up the gas little, but a pIeasan,s, !,
voice saws, Il will do it for you, MI; ~,
and the room is a5lazo with the light
The voice was that of the young widow
and tho blazo of the light showed the
lawyer leaning upon q chair, perfectly
arhast with astonishment, looking from
the widow to the domino, yet unable to
utter u word. -,
I aWhv. what is the matter with Mr..
X.?" asked tho widow, 'you look aston
ishcd. I expected you, and have been