Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-14
l}ILEsBY'S WO0IuG.

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=, man has lived to the mature
IA outside the pale of matrimo-
81 during the last half dozen
.dtbat period has scarcely looked
romap, there is very little hope
Hn.
N at least. was the case with
Egi,b Wigglesby. Whenever Wig
[rsv himself in his mirror, which
sr.,sd once a day, when he shaved
IN mot being vain or a woman,
! sbv had no occasion to consult
4ner,, he had a deplorable habit
4 dressing congratulatory remarks
1 4, reflection in the glass on the
+bat they-he and the shadow
able to get along without the
az," as Wigglesby alliteratively
med it.
( Ne the term deplorable, and it GER
WIS., deeply so, when an otherwise
E5e man is addicted to talking to
4 sf in the glass and trying to de-
himself into the belief that he
rrfectly happy and contented old
Am, when such a hing is an utter
) ny and impossibility.
fglesby knew at the lotion Of his
] that the life he was leading was
3BtaCtOry and incomplete, that his
congratulations were a hol-
nockery and a farce, and one
more than all else that caused
10 realize this was an occasional
be which was vouchsafed him Of
! up young widow who had recently
/ into the roomy old farm house
/ the way.
years the place opposite had
What is known as an abandoned
but it had lately come into the
] iOn Of Mrs. Wiltsey, a substan-
| nd pleasant-looking widow, who,
npany with a younger sister, had
from the city to engage in
2ilating and (sometimes) profit
Nrsuit of chicken raising.
d they came Wigglesby's daily
had been undisturbed by the
d a woman, save when one hap
TO drive by, and in that case
vas no law compelling Wiggles-
look at her-and he usually
|seSby attended to himself after
~On of his own, which was GER
original, though it would prob
|Nther him some to secure a pa
|1t
lad way of making a bed, for
Re so that nobody on earth ex-
|sgIesby himself could tell which
|Sntended for the head and which
|ot and sometimes he couldn't.
aen it came to baking f1apjacks,
(which he was very fond, Wig
usually distributed the dough
|laly over the top Of the stove,
|adIe and the floor, so that when
though preparing the meal the
/ looked as if the battle of Bun
u had been fought over again
spot, with dough for ammuni-
one of those interesting occa-
flen Wigglesby was struggling
'etractory batch of f1apjacks, I
1aat he received his first call
B. Wiltsey, the plump widow
Z way. He had a griddle full
Eks baked on one side, and he
ling a heroic effort to turn
1g, using a table knife for that
so that they could bake on
F., when a pleasant face sud-
appeared in the half-opened
and a musical voice said:
Se me; this is Mr.. Wigglesby,
3oe"
8@Qjack which Wigglesby was in
turning dropped with a thud
nor, and poor Wigglesby turned
@lorS of the rainbow at once
"Aerently stammered.
>~Ao; | m-mean yes, I'm M
SS-l should say Wigglesby;;
Ri"
IN Mrs. Wiltsey, your new
and | can't find my tack
and | would like to borrow
a while if you don't mind
y But l see I'm interrupting
49, and-pardon me, but your
are burning. Allow me to
'Of You. won't you? There!
are all right, but you really
a-no | DON'T" interrupted
hastily. "Really-I-''
r w. you do, Mr.. Wigglesby,"
~ NJ on the plump widow;
~ y regular pancake turner.
! cost a few cents au4 you