When Deacon Crabapple introduced his young wife at the candy-pull, there was much agitation in the little village, Cissy's way of winking at all the men within range especially set the women agog with jealousy. An anonymous note notified ...See moreWhen Deacon Crabapple introduced his young wife at the candy-pull, there was much agitation in the little village, Cissy's way of winking at all the men within range especially set the women agog with jealousy. An anonymous note notified the deacon that his wife was carrying on something scandalous with one of the staunchest members of the flock. So, at the holiday exercises of the public school, the deacon asked the women to step outside. Then he told the men of the note and said that unless the guilty party made amends that night, dire results would follow. The announcement created great consternation, as each man present believed himself guilty. That night the delinquents came from near and far. Their number was so great that the irate deacon chased them out of the house with a shot gun. The next day he imprisoned his wife in a cage and sent for the doctor. "All that ails your wife is a nervous affliction of the eye which makes her wink freely," was the doctor's diagnosis. So the deacon apologized for his misconstruction of Cissy's innocent wink. Written by
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