Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-03-26
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AUNT MEG'S COLUMN.

Harry, can sum up your case n
three words" said Lancaster. THE
fact is-and you cannot deny it
you're in love.
"How on earth did You find that
out?" he muttered.
Experience and casual observa-
tion," replied Lancaster, shortly: BY
the by, saw Milly Holsworth today
Then, with grin, "Um, thought l
wasn't far out. She's nice girl.
Harry, and clever one. Women
nowadays who are good looking and
can earn their own living are in great
demand in the matrimonial market, Sd
I'm told, and can quite believe it"
"Yes," groaned Ellington, "but when
a man has only paltry twelve hun
dred and fifty year the idea OF -er-
er-even proposing to a lady who can
buy him up might give rise to un'
pleasant COMMENSURATE"
Personally; should try my luck.
Faint heart ETC., you know. You
never know what may transpire. Say
you decide to see how absence might
affect the case and to wait until
your return from England. She might
be snapped up in the meantime. Per
haps the steamer might founder, and
and"
Don't Lancaster, DON'T" shuddered
Ellington. Your advice, old chap, I
fear has nci advanced the improve
ment of the outlook at all"
Then the only course that remains
open for you is to consult Aunt Mes"
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 "Thc
Daisy" whose official duty it is to re-
ceive and reply to, through the col
umns of the aforesaid Journal, all
questions that may be submitted to
her notice on the all important theme
of love and its attendant trials, mis-
understandings and vagaries in gen.
eral"
Consult Aunt Meg" the words
seemed to ring in Ellington's ears Tor
some time after the departure of his
friend Larcas,er.
"a precious fool I'd be thought" he
---~d "supposing I was idiot
20 trust NY private affairs 20
er mercies of a modern lady
st, if the story leaked out.
one might write under q
plume or initials, but then
.lieye in such rot"
an hours meditation, however,
to put matters before him in a
=. light. light He reflected that the
in question bore a very high
ter. and he resolved to try Aunt
due destruction of various
of note paper, his communica-
vas at last fairly neatly trans
and ran as follows:
Aunt Meg Daisy Office, 42O
ct street, E. c.:
ADAM trust you may be able
lccessfully advise me as to my
ms in the following matter: To be
L am aged 30 and am in receipt
Of an annual income of twelve hundred
and dfty dollars as private secretary
to titled gentleman, who is about to
depart on voyage of infinite duration
in three weeks time for his health's
sake, and I am to accompany him. A
month ago made the acquaintance OF
a charming lady about my own age,
and we have met at various intervals
ever since.
"As you will already have surmised,
am deeply in love with her, though I
have not as yet declared my passion.
AS far as / am aware, from the state
ment Of friend, she is in receipt Of
an income exceeding mine by two hun
dred and fifty dollars per annunl. de-
rived from her employment, the ex-
act nature of which, however, owing
to the shortness of our acquaintance,
am unfortunately in ignorance
beyond that it is something in city
Office.
II have every reason to believe that
my attentions, such as they have been,
are not altogether d;stasteful. What
would you advise ne to do? Ask her
now and risk slender income, or
wait until 1 am in more af1uent cir
cumstances, which chance is slightly
remote at the present outlook? ?
H. A. E."
Two Saturdays passed and left him
in the deepest depths of despair, ow-
ing to the nonappearance of 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
declaration, but checked himself in
time to save making himself an arrant
ass, as he termed it.
It was with feverish excitement that
he opened the last issue of the Daisy
published before he left England.
Eagerly ne scanned the page sacred!y
set apart for the benefit of Aunt
Meg" and ier amorous amblings.
Yes, it was there at last!
H. A. E.:-Waste no time, but go
and ask her at once. If judge
rightly from the tone of your letter,
you need scarcely have any apprehen-
sion as to the nature of her reply. AS
to monetary matters, girl who can
not comfortably manage and be happy
on the united income doesn't deserve
a husband at all"
1t was all over. The last slipper
had sped its course in the air and dis.
appeared through the window of the
compartments which had the honor Of
accommodating the happy couple, and