Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-11
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FOOR AUNT MATILDA.
She Made s Gfievous Mistake and Lost IN
20 iNo7ioppoIeunity of aI.ifetime. y ;

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She Made s Gtievous Mistake and Lost IN
70 iNo1iopporeunity of nIifetime, p
AT last am quits with old Aufit-iiillsw
Matilda, who, as Iltold a1eu, has never vet
forgiven Harry e Cor marrying ia Yankee
girl writes aatransplanted d6npattiot,
Who'll remains a. stanch America despite
her English surroundings f'f1to happened
rnefss wise: Harry, tskoeis always so good
natured and is adored by his sisters and His
coiisi1is and hislaurfs, asked THE ofdwom-
aHbo dinner one might lasfweeiS. She ar
rived eRriy,as usual, and presented herself
at my bedroom door, asking permission to
come in and put on hertcap, whichoshe al
WAYS carries in arlittle package whenever
she,goesoat,i ! hate being bothered when
Lam dressing but of coarse gassumedi
friendly air, and we entered unto conyersa-
ton ss'if' We were really good friends, in
stead 1of,cordiafly tletesting each iother4
- Harry said we should be- quite alone
enights.remarkedo my relative. $50 I1wore
my second best lappets.' -. Z .,'I't
They are very nice, al sure,s said
carelessly in. reply, but we are not, quite
alone after all 4 cousin, of mine, who ar
rived in London today, is coming and Lord
A. proposed himself this, afternoon, =
onf oh, really exclaimed Aunt Matilda.
who ike most English women of, theup-
per middle class, is veritable tqft hunter
The young Earl Of 49,. Il shall be delighted
TO meet his lordship,s ! know his mother,
the countess, quite well, and she arranged
herself before theigiass in quite twttter of
anticipation When she Was ready, we went
down and found Harry ana BUR Two guests
inthed rawiis Foem. Cousin ] ack-did look
aPeffect dear, SO Blond and 50 irrebroach,
al Ifat q
groomea, shining. head 10 sheitfpsief his
Tfatfnr feather' shoes, rand T could have
hugged him for being such. a credit able
specimen of a well bred GAmeficahr q Ford
Asbeside him hooked very small very sal
fow'aad altogether insignificant b. q! J
-'s"Ahnt Matilda did not hesitate an. in
stssaat as TO which wast the lmdline as they
both made thur bows simultaneously on
being presentesleosher.s ,ShelgaNe the most
gracious, smile and handsha@se to Jack and
such a snubhy little nod1o Lord A. oh, it
was too delicipusi AT dinner the eonyefsa-
ton was very general, about the last new
play, the Royal academy, the weather, etc.
So poor, deluded, Aunt Matilda did not find
out her mistake and, fattered- Jack until
he did not know which way to look while
she ignored and snu.bbedl Pqqrl Lord a. at
every turn. =. -, o,--',.,
After dinner the old cat took me to task
for not Ye haying gqne, in to dinner With lihe
earl. Such a, breach Of etiquette, dear
Kitty she said You really should be
more careful. And thepo she, adsled, iA,lnt-
ny, YOU know at Rome YOU should do as
the Romans do, and oSer here we think a.
great, deal Of that sort ,9f thing,
(, Then came my revenge, and, OH, how
delighted wasls Smiled my'sweetest and
said iangnfdiy: 'ffahciea you had niistaf en-
my'cousin! Jack for Lord a. nv hat III pity!
You would have liked asking paboutIh his
mother, shouldyotflnot?'. r0h;2 IF you could
have seen her faeep AID thelcIfp Of her.an-
euish quite Overffowed when Harry cahle
into thedrawfng roonwith Jack, sayin b.
al had to go to fetch hisasister from n din
ner party. He did not know how late It.
was, so he asked me TO make his apologies
and to say good nj ght.' II u
Il am sure Atfnt NJ W. Il count I hat 6veh-
ing among 'FtheHlosti opportunities of der
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