Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-05-13

open for you is to consult Aunt Meg"
sighed Lancaster.
Aunt Meg. Who is she? And what's
she got to do with it?"
Aunt Meg is lady connected with
a popular publication entitled The
Daisy, whose official duty 1t is to re-
ceiYe and reply to, through the col
umns of the aforesaid journal, all ques-
tons that may be submitted to her no.
tiee on the all-lmportant theme of love
and its attendant trials, misunder-
standings and vagaries in general"
Consult Aunt Megr' the words
seemed to riag IN Ellinston's ears for
friend Lancaster.
"A precious fool I'd be thought" he
mused. imposing was idiot enough
to trust my private affairs to the ten
der mercies of a modern lady journal
fist, IL the story leaked out. Certainly
one might write under a nom de plume
or Initials, but then l don't believe in
such rot"
Half an hours meditation. however,
served to put matters before him in a
different light. He reflected thai. the
journal in question bore very high
character, and he resolved to try Aunt
Meg.
After due destruction OF various
sheets of note paper. his eommunica-
ton was at last fairly neatly trans
cribed ard ran as follows:
To Aunt Meg" Daisy Offices, 400 Fleet
street, f. c.:
Madam trust you may be able TO
successfully advise me as to my actions
in the following matter: To be brief,
am aged thirty and am in receipt OF an
annual income of twelve hundred and if
ty dollars as private secretary TO titled
gentleman, who is TO depart on a voy-
age Of indefinite duration in three weeks
time for his health's sake. and l am 10
accompany him. A month ago 1 made
the acquaintance OF a charming lady
about my own age, and We have met at
various intervals si2ce.
AS you will already have surmised,
am. deeply in love with her. though |
have not as yet declared my passion. As
lar as | am aware. from the statement
of q friend. she is in receipt OF an in
come exceeding mine by two hundred
and fifty dollars per annum. derived from
her employment, the exact nature OF
which, however. owing 20 the Shortness
OF or acquaintance. | am unfortunate
" In ignorance OF. beyond that il is some-
thing in a city Office.
have every reason 10 believe that my
attentions, such as they have been. are
not altogether distaStefuL What would
you advise me to do? Ask her now and
risk a slender income. or wait till l am
In mere afiluent circumstances, which
chance is slightly remote at the present
outlook2 H. A. T.
Two Saturdays passed ana left him
in the deepest depths OF despair, owing
70 the non-appearance of Il reply to his
communication.
In the meantime he met Mildred
HolSworth on two occasions at the
house OF mutual acquaintance and
once was almost on the verge of a de-
clarstion. but checked himself in time
30 save making himself an arrant ass.
as he termed it.
Ii was with feveriSh excitement that
he opened the last issue of The Daisy
published before he left England. Eag-
erly be scanned the page saereily set
apart Tor the benefit OF Aunt Meg"
and her amorous amblings.
Yes, It was there al last,
II. A. E.-Waste no time. bat GO and
ask her at once. IL judge rightly from
the tone OF your letter. you need scarce
" have any apprehension as TO the ma
ture az her reply. AS 70 monetary mat
tiers, s girl who cannot comfortably man
age aud be happy on the united income
doesn't deserve husband at all
Ii was all over. The last slipper had
sped its course in the air and diSap-
peared through the window OF the
compartments which had the hoonr OF
accommodating the happy couple. and
the last handful Of rice lay whitening
che platform like a miniature fail OF
snow.
I'm so glad It's all over 81 last
sighed Mildred Ellington as she threw