New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-07
As 4 FAVOR TO AUNT SUSAN.

BIT THE COLONEL WILL NEVER MAKE SUCH 4
CALL AGAIN TO OBrIGE ANY RELATIVE.
- say" sad the Colonel looking around the
table lid either o; you fellows Try TO hunt
up one Z Your aurts sixth or seventh cousins
HON you had never seem"
no" said Johnson; never had that pleasure
Kindly pass me the mustard"
Well" continued the Colonel. s,roking his mus
tache tend-ry. "i you get 10 feeling 100 happy
FOR health just yoa Try IT, rs sure cure for undue
icy
"a few weeks ago" he went on II 60, letter
from my Aunt Susan. Who lives in Chicago. asking
me % look Up the second cousin Of her sisters frst
husbands step-brother
Her what" inquired Johnson sharply.
II sad IT," retorted tie Colonel. ~. you can't
understand anything as simple as that might -
well give up trying 10 tell this story TIE !adys
rame. Aunt Susan said. Mrs. James Jackson
"A dor, often have a chance 20 do anything for
Aunt Susan consulted a directory with all hsSs
I found tina. there we're th,rty-seven James JACK
sons IN the city"
"Wha, Gia YOU do?" said Johnson. put en- n
hat and draw one?'
Il id think o. sending a type-wriits s''er 70
tho nfty-three Mrs Jacksons" answered TIE Colone-
asking them II they were the second cousins OF me
step-brother OF my Aunt Susan's sisters nrS nus
band but It occurred TO me that ore or Two OF 'ns
seventy-two James Jacksons might be unmarried
IN which case they would probably say mean 'nils'
about me- so l wrote 10 Aun, Susan ana asked ne'
which one OF the c!gh;y-,hree Mrs Jacksons ne
second cousin OF her sisters frs, husoancs sep
brother by marriage this one vas and where 'hs
devil she lived. In a few weeks more so'
answer saying that the second -
Yes we know what YOU mean" said Jonns0S'
~ you do speak Dutch"
We'll. all right-she lived a. 4 certain numoe'
Forty-second-s,. so one Sunday evening oens
a benevolent mood. thought | would cnees NJ
Jackson's hear, WIKI sight OF me. went WV
the maid opened the door said. Is Mrs. james a.
Jackson in?'"
she said she
PLEASE take ny card 70 her said sne u"
she would Then she showed me- into me o'."~s
room which was as dark as war cloud anu ~.
away without llyhting the gas tried 10 NV
chair and fell over A cricket While was :"
fours hunting FOR my hat. I saw man A'
outlined against the doorway
Mr.. -er-er-Rowe? he said inquirngly
II said. I am H. But asked for MTs' 'a'-''"
believe-Mrs James II. Jackson.
"'Oh.' ne said Please walk this way ~
II tried my best. but couldn't He wadasa NV
a duck | followed him into the library
Maria he said This is Mr.-er-Rowe'
"A tall. gray-haired woman with hof'an ~"
rose from tho far corner and STOOD WILL
Indeed said she. end
II felt ENCOURAGED t. remark. 7 dare say w.
have heard my name before ,.,.st
"'Oh all yes to be sure, she said WIN
grin. 'Rowe-yes 20 be sure Of course ,.f
Having thus been assured that was NV .u,t
helped myself 10 chair ana went on =, aok
Susan. Miss Reed. OF Chicago, wlsae' ~ y" -. Inst
IN on YOU. She said she spoke 10 you
summer Jackson,
m m, yes-so she did said MN y.S 50
looking al n she WAS having tooth pa''- .o,.
she did Mr.. Jackson was writing le's's ,,,o,ts
ner. was looking at the pictures 0" VA seen
wall and trying 10 remember "hs'e A. rnius
worse ones Suddenly saw the llsA' VI
intelligence in her eyes. .,,,rs emy
You-you,er write o r.0rI,SiISa did.
your she said. hopefully, | ssla '''' .w
ana your m0ih sse w was Suffering, 50 said
mothers maiden name was RaI Hyom took me s'''
out Of my my very mouth she murmgPs1 nsly @:
We'll after that we got On 1,ss TO- cheese SEE ss
ssk"d M, me how Uncle Joshua was "a "a! tasi
heard OF Uncle Joshua but sara nc ~" .
5000 deal them HTr'' You ' nave him reeen''
asked In surprised way ,.- vou
SAD aidn't Know your business would 10. sSrS sd
20 90, "a far away as New-Oreans' So"th FOR ny
4 said / had been i'll and went 'O' v,,
health. .,,, Eua's death was '''
sad wasn't IL? has, ,bat and just 10 ses ~
sociabie' / added that her son must ''''' ],
mucl. ,-,t,,h, Her san, sne
., Ia syou mean her daughter, a3 u s,ood ny
c'a;nru' al Ordinarily should nave 20 contra:
ground but It woullnt nay, or' her. and besides
W.. s ~. in the mood for argument any was 80!
M, "a h"I done my duty by Aunt Su Mort and
MS Jackson reused h herself w ,ba, once ks'"
so,d. .Do YOU know. ! believe '"" :,
you when you were "a paps. or,ember Just nov
THAT settled IT, don ,oid her would COM S,
got mo b, .tt that was only more s TreS 70
opposite the drawnsroo 'S Wr jackson was I'm n,
ms the door Went h in'f from as under the nat
and turned out the gas again. l ov, ~ a
I spoke 10 jackson when went uu'' ,houghtfuE
The Colonel regarded his pla,e .msht the w
moment Then he looked up am
pa thizing glances Of his friehus
"Don,t aver do H. boys" ne saSs'