Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-07-11
AUNT MEG'S COLUMN.

Ellington started. "I1ow on earth did
you find that outS" he muttered.
Experience and casual observation, ;"
replied Lancaster shortly. "By the bye, I
saw Milly Holsworth today" Then, with
"A grin: "Um, I thought wasn't far out
She Il a nice girl, Harry, and clover one
Women nowadays who arc good looking
and can earn their own living arc in great
demand in tho matrimonial market, SO
I'm told and can quite believe it,
ayes, groahcd Ellington, but when
man has only paltry 81, $50 IA year tho
idea INSTRUMENTATION proposing to lady
who can buy him up might give rise to
unpleasant commcnts-h MT
Personally should try my luck
Faint heart, etc, you know You never
know what may transpirc Say you decide
to SEQ how absence might affect the case
and to wait till your return to England
She might be snapped up in the meantime.
Perhaps the steamer might founder, and
and
'Don't. Lancaster, don't" nhuddcrcG
Ellington. "Your advice, old chap, fear
has not advanced the improvement of the
outlook Mt all.
'Thcn tho only course that remains
sighed Lancaster.
AUNT Mog! Who is she2 And what's
sho got to do with it,"
Aunt Meg is IA lady connected with n
popular publication entitled Tho Daisy,
whose official duty it is to receive and re-
ply to, through the columns Of tho nforc.
said journal all questions that may be
submitted to her notice ON the all impor-
IA m tbnthn nf lnNn and IL = uI tnnIDnf trinlg
misunderstanding and vaEaricS in gen
eral. a."
Consult Aunt Mcgr' tho words seemed
to ring In Ellington's cars for some time
after tho departure of his friend Lancaster
"a precious fool I'd be thought" he
unused, "suppusing was idiot enough to
trust my private affairs to the tender mCr,
uics of modern lady journalist, If the
story leaked out Certainly ono might
write under n nom dc plume or initials,
but then don't believe in such rot
Half an hours meditation, however,
served to put matters before him in u diff
fcront light. He reflected that the journal
in question bore avery high character, and
no resolved to try Aunt Meg,
After due destruction Of various sheets
Of noto paper, his communication was at
IuNu lhl ilCh'i1 i''N' hiiA i"ii az
follows:
To "Aunt Meg, " Daisy Offices, I2o Fleet Street,
T.. c.;
MADAM trust you may DO ablo to success.
fully advise mo M TO my actions in the follow.
ing matter. To bu brief am aged 30 and an
In receipt Of an annual income of Sl,@!;O rs
private secretary to II titled gentleman, who Is
to depart on II voyage OF indefinite duration IN
throo weeks time for his honlth'S sake. and
am to accompany him. month ago nndo
tho acquaintance OF II charming lady about
my own age, and we have met ut various in
tcrvals since.
Az you will already have surmised, am
deeply in lovo with her, though ] have not as
yet declared my passion. AZ far ns ] am
aware. from the statement of n friend, she l.
In recent Of nm income exceeding mino by $3.50
per nnnum, derived from her employment, the
cxnct nature of which, however, owing to thc
shortncss OF our acquaintance, am unfortu'
natCly In ignorance of beyond that II is some
thing In city Office.
have every reason to believe that my nttcn.
tions such ns they have been, nro not alto
gcthcr dstastoful. Whit would you advise ne
to doY Ask her now and risk slender income,
or wait tin l nm in more nilurnt circum'
stances, which chance is slightly remote AZ
tho present outlook II. A. E.
Two Saturdays passed and left him In
tho deepest depths of despair, owing to the
nonappcaranco of IL reply to his commun
cation.
In the meantime he met Mildr' lIols.
worth on two occasions at the house of u
mutual acquaintance and once was almost
on tho verge of declaration, but checked
himself in time to save making himself
an arrant ass. rs he termed 1t.
1t was with fcvrrish excitement that he
opened tho last issue of Tho Daisy pub.
lishrd before he left England Eagerly no
scanned tho page sacrcdly set apart for tho
benefit of "Aunt Meg and her amorous
amhings,
ICs. II was there mt laSt
II. A. E.-Wastc no time, but go and nsk her
Mt once. If judge rightly from the tone OF
your letter you need scarcely havo any appro,
hcnsiOn az to the nature of her reply a. to
monetary matters n girl who cannot comfort.
ably manage and be happy ON the united in
come doesn't deserve n husband ut all,
1t was all over. Tho last slipper had
sped It's course In the mir and disappeared
through the window of the compartment
which had the honor OF accommodating
tho happy couple, and the last handful Of
rico lay whitening tho platform like II
miniature fall Of snow
"Im So glad it's all over at last"
sighed Mildred Ellington rs she threw
herself wcarily back among tho cushions.
But tho whole affair was u complete sue
cess and went Off without flaw.
"Nos, darling, quito complete except
for the absence from tho ceremony Of ono
to whom | owe u great deal of my present
happinrss--in fact, ono Of your sister
strugglcrs In the field of literature. Mily,
Two II confession To make. know you II
think I'm an awful fool, and perhaps be
angry, but promise mo, Milly, beforehand
that you will forgive mo
"ld promise you anything, Harry. 1t
lit can't be anything dreadful, I'm sure, :"
fnltcrinEly.
Then read that and put mo out OF my
misery y
And taking from his inside breast peck
ct II copy of Tho Daisy containing Aunt
Mcg's advice, which he had 50 successfully
acted upon. he opened 1t at the fatal page
and handed il to her.
Harry she said quietly, pushing 1t
away, her eyes filling with tears the while.
ii know what you mean now She
| she was there, and-and you saw her .
| saw her, Mlllys" calculated Filling.
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