This was my darlin' handyman, "Splinters" McCoy. Truth is, he spent more time sawin' through the ice box than the wood pile.

For instance, one time, I caught him liberating a stuffed Cornish game hen and some potted veal.

"Ya sure have a nose  for vittles, Splinters," I chuckled.

"Specially yours, Miss Flora," and he flashed  a disarming smile. Then he patted his tummy in appreciation and said --

"My Pappy always told me that a good workman  always erects a shed over his tools."

"A pair of candles and a second plate will go nicely with that snack, I added…"

"There is more simplicity in a man who eats caviar on impulse than in the man who eats grape-nuts on principle."  -- G.K. Chesterton

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Special thanks to Dagmar Nelson for this photo!