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Updated: June 29, 2025
"I would not say, Gilian," said he, "but what there might be the makings of a soger in you yet. If you have not the sinews for it you have the sense. You'll see a swatch on Friday of what I talked about and we'll Come away this minute, Mary, and look me out my uniform. Jiggy Crawford! Young Jiggy that danced in the booze-house in Madrid!
Now I shall wrap you in a beautiful soft blanket and sing you a jiggy tune! Before I dress you in horrid, bothery sleeves, we'll rock, and rock, you and make-believe mum-mum!" The big chair creaked delightsomely to the ears of Elly Precious. To its accompaniment sang Miss Theodosia. "Darlin' Dear! Darlin' Dear, Mum-Mum's here oh, Elly Precious, I shall send you to college! Of course, to college.
He owned several Turkish caps, and never went abroad without one. Then he struck up definitely, and Mrs. Prockter's party had resolved itself, as parties often do, into a dance. In the blissful excitation caused by the ancient and jiggy tunes which "Jimmy" played, the sad episode of Helen Rathbone and Andrew Dean appeared to be forgotten.
"The old 91st under Crawford Jiggy Crawford we called him for his dance in the ken at Madrid before he exchanged Friday, Friday; where's my uniform, Mary? They'll be raw recruits, I'll warrant, not the old stuff, but are you hearing, Dugald? Oh! the Army, the Army! Let me see yes, it says six pipers and thirty band. My medals, Mary, are they in the shuttle of my kist yet? The 91st God!
Youth is not in the straight back or the clear eye; there is something more, and the person you mentioned had it, and has it yet." "That's all havers," said the Cornal; "all havers. I was as jocular at the time as Jiggy Crawford himself. It did not come natural, but I could force myself to it. The blame was not with us. She was a wanton hussy first and last, and God be with her!"
"They came here this morning and this is the first we have of it." He was in a fever of annoyance. "Dugald, Dugald, are you hearing? The Army's in the town, it moved in when we were snoring and only the boy heard it. I hope Jiggy Crawford does not make it out a black affront to him that we were not there to welcome him.
Evangeline helped from the first. Miss Theodosia found little letters emerging through the tight crack under her outside door. "He likes jiggy tunes best please sing him jiggy tunes." So she sang them to Elly Precious and found he liked them best; Evangeline knew. This method of helping promised to be valuable. One day there were two little letters under the door.
Jiggy Crawford's braid shone like moving torches at his shoulder as the sun smote hot upon his horse and him. The trees upon the left leaned before the breeze to share this glory; far-off the lonely hills, the great and barren hills, were melancholy that they could not touch closer on the grandeur of man.
And as I sat and pictured them all sitting on the back porch with the big lamp lighted, just cutting away, maybe Byrd still up for the emergency, the whole dance seemed to put on a mask of grinning foolishness and resolve itself, with its jiggy music, into a large bunch of nothing, with me included. I was in a bad way for the best dancer in Hayesboro, not to sound like boastful Billy.
Miss Theodosia, don't you feel all beautiful and jiggy inside?" "All beautiful and jiggy!" nodded Miss Theodosia, wondering a little whether it was all circus or some pink lemonade. "I like the wholeness of it best," Stefana said, taking in the animated scene with an artist's eye. "I don't! I like the every little speckness of it," Evangeline chirped.
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