The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-06
aunt MEG'S COLUMN.

XII
larry | can sum up your case IL At'
q words" said Lancaster. The
is-and you cannot deny 1t
re in love.
low on earth did you find that I"
}" he muttered.
Experience and casual ooserSa- rr,
"replied Lancaster, shortly. by u.
bv Isaw Milly Holsworth today ".
n with grin, "Um, thought L ~
mt far out. She's nice girl. M -s
Nv, and a clever one. Women .a, 49,.
<says who are good looking and ~ ~
IN their own living are In great ~ ~,
"A the matrimonial market, 50 90 90
a man can quite believe 1t. w.,
dred anoed Ellington, but when M .>
er-evcn paltry twelve hun M 49,,
buy him upar the idea Of -er- ~.
pleasant comto a lady who can te'
PERSONALLY, We rise to un' ~, ~
Faint heart ettm!" D. D.
never know what try my luck. ~
you decide to see hmow. You N, NJ
affect the case anSpire. Say VI
your return from EnglaEe might un ~
be snapped up in the meat until U
haps the steamer might tonight -
and" 50 Der. ~
Don't Lancaster, don't!" shad wv
Ellington. Your advice, old CT .u'
fear has not advanced the impr>s.ts
ment Of the outlook at all" =,
Then the only course that remain
open for you is to consult Aunt Meg,
sighed Lancaster.
Aunt Meg! Who is she? And what
she got to do with it?''
Aunt Meg IS = lady connected witt
popular publication entitled "Tht
Daisy" whose official duty it is to re
ceive and reply to, through the col
umns of the aforesaid journal, al
questions that may be submitted tt
her notice on the all important theme
of love and it's attendant trials, mis-.
understandings and yagaries in gen
.eral."
Consult Aunt Meg!" the words
seemed to ring in Ellington's ears for
some time after the departure of his
friend Lancaster.
"a precious fool I'd be thought" he
mused, "supposing l was idiot
enough to trust my private affairs 20
the tender mercies of a modern lady
Journalist, if the story leaked out.
Certainly one might write under a
nom de plume or initials, but then I
don't believe in such rot"
Half an hours meditation, however,
served to put matters before him in
different light. He reflected that the
journal in question bore a very high
character, and he resolved to try Aunt
Meg.
After due destruction Of various
sheets of note paper, his :communica-
ton was att last fairly neatly trans
cribed and ran as follows:
"To Aunt Meg Daisy Office, 42o
Fleet street, E. c.:
"Madam-I trust you may be able
to successfully advise me as to my
actions in the following matter: To be
brief, am aged 80 and am in receipt
Of an annual income of twelve hundred
and fifty dollars as private secretary
to a titled gentleman, who is about to
depart on voyage of infinite duration
n three weeks time for his health's
sake, and 1 am to accompany him. A
month ago made the acquaintance of
charming lady about my own age,
md we have met at various intervals
ever since.
"As you will already have surmised,
am deeply in love with her, though I |!
lave not as yet declared my passion.
As far as am aware, from the state
nent of friend, she Is in receipt Of
N income exceeding mine by two hun
red and fifty dollars per annum, de-
ived from her employment, the ex-
ct nature of which, however, owing
o the shortness Of our acquaintance,
am unfortunately in ignorance
eyond that it is something in city
flee. sEzs
Il have every reason to believe that
~ attentions, such as they have been,
re not altogether distasteful. What
,ould you advise me to do? Ask her
ow and risk slender income. or
AIT until I am in more affluent cir
which chance is slightly
emote at the present outlook?
H. A. E."
Two Saturdays passed and left him
| the deepest depths of despair, ow-
e to the nonappearance of a reply
} his communication.
In the meantime he met Mildred
ellsworth on two occasions at the
ouse OF a mutual acquaintance and
ice was almost on the verge of a
sclaration, but checked himself in
me to save making himself an arrant
IS, as he termed it.
1t was with feverish excitement that
; opened the last issue of the DAISY
lblished before he leIt England.
'serly he scanned the page sacred,y {
t apart for the. benefit of Aunt
eg' and her amorous amblings. ,
Yes, it was there at last!
III. A. E.:-Waste no time, but 70 ,
d ask her at once. If Judge t
5htly from the tone of your letter,
u need scarcely have any apprehen- Y
IN as to the nature of her reply. AS t
monetary matters, girl who can S
t comfortably manage and be happy {
the united income doesn't deserve f
husband at ALL" O
It was all over. The last slipper n
sped It's course in the air and dis. ~
peared through the window Of the :.
which had the honor Of h
the happy couple, and "
: last handful of rice lay whitening G