The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-05-04
LOVE.

,uotrjmony and during the last half
dozen wears Of that period has
MLcarcely looked ut Il woman, there
Il II yery little hope for him.
al such. at least, was the case with
Hszekiall Wigglesby. Whenever
" Wjcglcshy saw himself in his mir
3,or. which happened once a day,
%wllcn he shaved himself (not being
Nvain or Il woman, Wigglesby had no
#occasion to consult it oftener), he
3bad Il l%eplorable habit of addressing
cougralulatory remarks to his re-
Election in.the glass on the fact that
5thcy-he and the shadow-wero
able to get along without the silly
4 SIX, as Wigglesby alliteratively
f#Xrressed it.
"a use the term deplorable, and it
3 ertainly is, deeply SO, when an 9TH
7erwise sensible man is addicted to
Baking to himself in the glass and
trying to deceive himself into the
belief that he is a perfectly happy
Wlanl contented old bachelor, when
such a thing is an utter anomaly
and impossibility.
iii Wigglesby knew at the bottom Of
bis heart that the life he was lead
ling was unsatisfactory and incom-
rlete, that his daily self congratula-
}tions were q hollow mockery and a
AMI IL thing more than all
else that caused him to realize this
was an occasional glimpse which
&was vouchsafed him OF a plump
s&oung widow who had recently
moved into the roomy old farm
blouse across the way.
u For years the place opposite had
been what is known as "an aban-
3doned farm" but it had lately come
into the possession Of Mrs. Wiltsey,
"a substantial and pleasant looking
widow, who, in company with a
younger sister, had moved there
Prom the city to engage in the fas-
mating and i<sonetimesj profitable
pursuit of chicken raising.
q Until they came Wigglesby daily
Sision had been undisturbed |. the
Fight Of a woman, save when one
5happened to drive by, and in that
Ease there was no lazy compelling
Siggiesby to look at her, and he
casually didn't.
Wigglesby attended to himself aft
Sfr a fashion Of his own which was
certainly original, though it prob
poly would bother him some to Sc
sfure Il patent on it.
he had a way of making a bed,
Tor instance, SO that nobody on earth
|sfxcept W~igglesby himself could tell
which end was intended for the head
zand which the foot, and sometimes
i2le couldn't. And when it came to
zPaklng tiapjacks, a dish of which he
l(Sas very fond. Wigglesby usually
distributed the dough impartially
sPver the top of the stove, the grid
sflle and the floor. SO that when he
sgot through preparing the meal the
sAatchen looked as if the battle Of
abanker Hill had been fought over
again on the srrcc.., viii; I'll dough for
ammunition.
8 TWAS one of those interesting 90.
aaslons when Wigg1esby was
smuggling with a refractory batch,
!Pi hapjacks, I mean-that he re-
{Eelved his first call from Mrs. Wilt
afey' the plump widow across the
Rsay. He had a eriddle full of Zap
JACKS baked on one side, and he was
making a heroic effort to turn them
RCver, using a table knife for that pur-
zPose' SO they could bake on the 9th.
III when a pleasant face suddenly
appeared in the half opened door.
a"ay and a musical voice said:
Excuse mel Thislis Mr.. Wiggles-
3Py. presume7n
a etiapjackwhich Wigglesby was
n Inc act Of turning dropped with a
Snua 10 the floor, and poor Wiggles.
RSs turned all the colors OF the rain.
nered:
,N-n-no-i m-mean yes, I'm
sS,Ar. Wiggs-I should say Wig.
8P'esoy, and-andn-
And I'm Mrs. Wiltsey, your new
$'olshoor, and / can't find my tack