The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-10-31
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
a FUNNY AUNT.
Not a "Dried-up Fussy Old Thing" as
Some of Roses School Friends Had I'm
agined She Might BE.

Some of Roses School Friends Had I'm
agined She Might BE.
IAN aunt Of ours from India is COM
ing to staywith us. ~
From India! Oh Rose, how perfect
ly delightful and the girls hocked
around their pretty schoolfellow, all ex-
element and curiosity.
"What lovely things she will bring
you l wish were in your place"
'Is she young and pretty, Rose? Or
is she kind, jolly. rich old aunty, who
will doat on her ncphews and nieces,
and perhaps carry one OF them back to
India with herr"
II am not quite sure about her age" y
replied the young girl. you see
grandpa been married three times,
and there are three families of children,
1t mixes things up so! l asked papa
last night, and he said she wasn't rcry
old"
"Oh well, that means she isn't very
young, forty perhaps. Rose, you'll be
in clover! Girls, Just think of the India
muslinS, and the beads, and the dear
curious old toxes and things!"
"And the stories, the wonderful
stories she'll have to tell her" broke
in Gerty Cartwright. IL shosld care
most for that"
"Rose, you'll ask lis in to see her?
OF course we don't mean all at once"
Eyes indeed, want OIL all to know
| her, and as she is to- be with us year,
there Il be plenty of time for her to get
acquainted with everybody. She's had
n fever, and it left her very delicate.
The doctor said she must have an en-
tire change of climate, and that's the
reason she's coming to u.s."
Does she travel alone?"
No, her aunt is coming with her,
one who has lived with them several
years, and then they have friends on the
steamer. Grandma couldn't leave on
account of grandpa, who's not very
well himself Just now, "
He's lived in India, long time,
hasn't hep"
"Oh, yes. He's nearly sixty, and
has spent half his life there. But there
goes the bell"
Funny, that Rose don't know more
about this aunt that's coming!" whis-
pered one of the girls to another, as
they followed her in.
Well, there's a reason for l.. I've
heard that General Bellamy, who's a
very determined old gentleman, didn't
like his sons marrying an American
girl There was no intercourse between
them for years. But two years ago,
when Roses little brother died, Mr..
Bellamy wrote to his father. He an.
swered and reconciliation took place. u
"Well, l hope Roses aunt won't
turn out as determined a customer as
her father. Somehow begin 10 imagine
her rs dried-up, fussy old thing, al
ways in a worry about her health, anC
ready to order everybody around. AnC
if that's so, shan't envy Rose, an.
more, l assure you"
Over three weeks had passed, an(
still Roses ''aunt from India" was the
general subject of conversation in tn,
school. India, that far-away, en-
chanted country. any one who cam
from there was sure TO be invested witt
romance, no matter how dry and pro
sale the person might turn out 10 be
. And there was mystery about the eX
, pected stranger that piqued their curl
osity. She was called Aunt Marion,
and was not vcry old; that was all tn
!. information they could CLEAN tror
Rose.
. At last news came that the steame
was in, and that hlr. and Mrs. Bellam
,, had gone to meet their guests. Grca
was the excitement in the school, an
: the moment Rose appeared next morn
inc, she was overwhelmed with que;
3 tionS.
l "What does she look like, Rose?"
"How old is sheP"
3. "Is she at all what you expected
= and do you find her real jolly an
kind?"
: She isn't like anything 1 expected,
y said Rose, laughing "But | shan
. tell another word, except that she
. very sweet, and that | just love h,
Z already. Tomorrow she's coming
a visit the school, and you shall all ST
L her and be introduced TO her"
l. "Oh, Rose, how splendid! But won
= you Just tell us how she looks?"
. MOI persisted Rose, stoutly. "B
. look at this bracelet-iSn't it prett,
. Aunty brought it to me. :"
i "Oh, what beauty! Girls, look
q the dear little bangles"
: "How nice it is to have an aunt fro
l. India! Rose we can't wait till tome
row to know what she looks like"
"a well, you'll hare to wait, sa
. Rose, and not another word could tn
- get from her on the subject
- The next day was bright ard plea
~ ant, and the girls focked early
in school all agog to see the mysteno
il stranger. -.
81 IS 1t wanted some minutes of the til
w for opening. Miss Hartwell, who,
y tell the truth, felt considerable curio
20 ty herself, was seated at her dies
30 chatting pleasantly with the cir
10 II. % ,-D;oo, nvpla; u1nl.