Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-12
WIG. MACOMBER'S HEART
STRINGS


OF brightness that take away from the Stiffness
and austertty of the sacred place.
WIG. MACOMBER'S HEART
STRINGS.
How They Were Repeatedly Torn
milford tPs> Cor. n. Y Sun
There had been an eiopement up the river.
and some OF the boys were sitting around the
Cr1ssman House stove talking about IT. AS the
girl in the case was soon to have been married.
the burden OF the conversation was the dlsap-
poiDtment and grief that must have over.
Whe&med the deceived bridegroom.
YES" said the sheriff striking match on
his trousers leg and lighting the stub Of his
must have felt bad; but what is his disappoint-
ment to that of Wig Macomber? i don't know
whether you ever knew Wig. He was sole nm
In love with girl named Samantha Jane Nor
ris. This was before the war. They were en-
gagged to be married. A fellar named Jim
Archer as came ,e,. to the town where they lived.
fell In love with Samanth. I'll call her Sa.
manth now, but If she was here l wouldn't. I'll
tell you Why o was young blood In those
couldn't be any fre5her than | was then. Not
long after went to the town got acquainted
with Wig. He took me over to see his girl one
of the boys said:
"'You'll like Samanth If you want to make
good Impression, don't be too formal Act as
II you'd known her for years. and shell take to
YOU
wig. and l went to the house. saw at
once that Miss Morris was girl whose appe-
te must Jus c DC coed ana that she hadn't been
some OF her Old mans cider. That cider wasn't
intended for boys to tamper With, There was
Ten dollars or ten days In every two glasses OF
it. | didn't seem to get along with MISS Morris
very well. ! thought maybe wasn't familiar
enough. After had drank two glasses of that
cider made up my mind that I'd show her
window. 1t was In July, and the window was
up, There was to be festival In the Methodist
Church. walks over to where Samanth sat,
and stood 10 front OF her.
SAID. Then l thought to myself, That's
familiar enough to suit her, ! guess and !
smi!td all over.
Boys, Miss Morris got Up like iaek,n.tbe.
box. She swatted neon the side OF the head
with her fiat hand. dropped out of that win
COW az II a coal train had struck me- and
ooao.ed up 10 barrel OF rain water that stood
under the window. AS crawled out saw Sa-
mani IA leaning out OF the window.
80 Samanth, is % she yelled. You ever
come Iound these diggln's again. an I'll git
you up festival, an you'll think they're GRAIN
min Ice cream down you red hot.
81 found afterward that Samantha was a
iittle tender On being called Samanth, and the
boys had played 1t on me.
"Nell, Jim Archer set up his tin shop and
fell In love with Samantha Jane Motifs She
was blame good Hooking girl, IL she was lit
tie particular, and her old man had the rocks
l felt sorry when Samantha shook Wig. Ma
comber and froze on to jim, for Jim was q STAY
ing good fellow and one of the boys He used
10 SET up with us and take hand In our little
ten-cent ante, four shillings limit, and gen
orally held bis own.
81 remember funny thing that came very
near breaking up his match with Samantha.
he sang In the choir Of the Methodist church.
One Saturday night we had been holding a
session at poker little later than usual, but
Jim went to church all right Sunday morning.
when he began to preach jim fell into q doze
The preacher preached along, and grew elo-
quent- He began to describe a scene at day
break.
"'see where 1t comes he said, the morning,
all ahuSh-'
Jim woke up just then. He'd been dream.
"a fiush?' he saId loud enough to be heard
an over the church. iiusn is good. Old 10 Al:
take the pot
"Jlm saw where he was, and walked out.
samantha was there. She got mad, and 1t took
Jim good while TO fix things With her. Tneu
they got married. Wig. Macomoer was ali
broke up over it, and ne grew more solemn
"Poor Jim died few months afterward He
ieIt MS widow $500. some secondhand stoves,
aud other store goods. Maybe you won't be-
engaged to samantha again. Then Frank
bar at the tavern. He had black mustache
samantha met Frank at picnic, and hope to
get shot II she didu't break off With Wig again,
and she and Frank were engaged. Wig. was ali
ponna up IN that girl. and you can imagine
"Well sir. while Frank and Samantha were
spooiing, VINO should come TO town but a
young fellow named VIII Virgins. He was
from Poughkeepsle, and went TO clerktng In a
store in town You may think I'm stretching
It: but III treat II he didn't capture Samantha.
Lawson, Wig; wouldn't speak to Frank, he felt
so cut up, When Frank got the grand bounce.
remember seeing Wig. meet him In the street.
he went up to Frank In his solemn way. and
without word shook hands With him and
passed on. That was coMlcal sight, and no
mistake.
at wasn't long before it was noised about
| that samantha and Wlgglas were to be mar
tied. Frank Lawson went away, but Wig. stuck
toit. veil Samantha didn't marry win Wig
gins. He got full OF beer one afternoon, and the
boys put MIN to bed He slept until nearly day
was hail: past i've. He thought it was hall. past
five IN the afternoon Of the day he went to bed.
He was to eat supper at Samantha's house at
SIX o'clock the same afternoon. He dressed
himself and hurried down to tho house he
thoUg ut 1t was funny there weren't any lights
ia the house, but he knocked and banged at the
door. Pretty soon a window was raised up
Who's that down there, and what are We
banging that door fur?'
- IL was SdmanCnaS mOLnef 8 voice.
"'Why, I've come to supper said VIII. Amt
you we'll, Mrs. MOrris2
" Mrs Morris came down stairs. She opened
the front door. Mr.. Virgins found that Mrs.
Morris was quite We'll The match was broken
OF and II you ever wanted to see man get up
and hop, all you had to do was to ask WI Wig
gins to take supper With you.
NOW, see here, boys, don't want you to be
suspicious of what Pm going to tell you, for
it's the irOnclad truth. and II you ever 60 down
In Ulster county they'll tell you the same
Wig. MacOmber and samantha Morris made
up. and the old engagement was renewed.
Wig. was as certain OF her this time as he was
OF his dinner II, I'm blamed II you couldn't get
smile out OF him once in while, and he went
boys. Wig. had an uncle named Parker-J0b
Parker one OF the JOlliest old bachelors that
ever lived. He wasn't much older than Wig
Macomber. He lived up the Rondout Creek,
and had about So, 900 slowed away. he had
written Wig. letter after each one of Wigs
little set backs with Samantha kind o. making
fun OF him. That rather r1led Wig, and he
thought be would get even with his uncle by
inviting him down to see him married. Uncle
job didn't have much to do just then, and he
came down q couple OF weeks before the wed
ding day TO kind o. get acquainted with his
new relations he said. Boys, it's q SOLEMN
fact and hard one to believe, but II Wigs
Uncle job didn't cut him out With Sam antha |
hope TO boiler. Cut him out dead, and more
than that, married her.
disappointed? Wig. was all tore to strings
Talk about this young fellow up the river
whose girl ran away With another man! Why,
he'd think q soothing balm was running ali