New-York tribune., 1903-03-10
Aunt Jane.
BY JOHN W0RNE.

planning Of" She hadn't complained OF any; bot
pulled the handles Of several and at last found one
There You are!' came the triumphant cry.
Lucy couldn't remember that she had or na0 ever
Doesn't all n in SondertgIly ,s SAG l., Ann sFd
Jane I'm there lie the letters over @nISg ~ a'
Lucy Il all clearly
And I've no doubt that ther. have been Iir1Gs rre
not 70 be 1,, in hurry to get up INSTANCES when
she had a slight cold Aunt Jane ehnc krd.
6naIiv settled tbis evening and will stay by your
side till he gives satisfactory exDianaton- ~
never will: Z won't bear expina ton iii ,.,
Show me my room. poor thing: always tdS>
II am sure you must require it., said Lu'y bad
ing the way upstairs -. -, .,,,f =
word TO him about this till ] tackle him. You N2lEi
funity Hny PuS nf ns desToying m g tns only yi~nce
II will not mention IT. said L.I'y. 9nmnT n ~ ,-
as usual by his WIFE, He though; it .tr!Hg, 20 n.,
he ran1s doun 10 In. dra wing room "tudliy.
Lucy alone there looking Ela'ii'\ H'' '
well my dear! ne said checrily has our sin
"Tf YOU mean replied T.nry; with haut"ur. has
my dear Aunt N" arrive. sh1 has -,,,
'.And am to model or awful , exampIS ny go
the cloak of hypocrisy, sh" replied. Tith tears
plI'i7 Hr raised his eyebrow Why what on earth
whats the matter. dear - s
nim me 'siee shS Was 70 N,SS sobbnG ni Bitterly biz T
You ask me- she said. you. With ali th"S'-
She nearly flung the guilty letters in his teetn.
with ali those wbat?" he asked 0eHildered,
But not another WORD could NJ gel gej rom 10 nt roT %
99nsTts5 9ne6n. OF an 00"r 'a's- S"s required 10
You are the man suppose she said. with
"ffow do you do. Aunt Jane?'' ne said II hope
yog sdls6 had Id IRJeisaPt ths9ks iqo[1sg. 20 y6g.
Dear Aunt jane he said softly Il wired 70 N.
0OrreT n ne
take her seriously and Lucy was in1ignans round
the dinnp- table. that you are d lawyer:
Never could stand lawyers she went on. Il
nasty. deceitfui lot Of serpents-
creaturr9. artur.i mi lie sFook his head ~osrnny.
aunt hSnf iane fon 20 hesf Pg mnexpsctey with noJ
ing more to sar- So she turned. with pity IN her
MY dear, wonder you allow your cook to stay
DO You suggest shed the, bottom Of me
garden for her.? said Tom m gsnty St, nterrup'in9-
She ignored him This soup shs said. is dis
Incy apologized humbIy. So did Tom
Take away Miss WikinSs SOUP & he sad 20 ,,rs tns
t. clutch The Ras II was b Long or before g agyf6P 10 S
enjoying his dinner Indeed the ladies' were
disguised a. m the pr RGaze2 zen m PPdeHGs Of the et s9T nJ
yet feared what was 70 follow. At last the sSr-
Tam Tanf adked e hn6 nb AGnt uGy Saf ad ] T u
No said Aunt Aunt lane lane ths time has ai+ come
You Your e cousssn1e ssET3 i3% sad aaRt JAM @
Must it?" asked Tom. checking smile
Don't lose your temprr sir said Aunt Jsn9,
failed Lucy tsll him what y2g ku9Sy oS ,-.a.,,-
40! viii protect ysu shr turned aerssy
study which is locked. Don't deny T.: -.
u won't" said Tom PToP46ly +, 9te e., 5FFe b,
cowed This poor chid's spirit 80 that she would
A: Glow ';C did iii!t,a You guess said Tom
| ,sI can't denv IN . he said
| And I shall remain and protect nv neip!"'s
d a2f sSnstnins SsPst1E snfm.l4 Of III rs kind
Are you going to show me those lett~rs@,.
Aun Jans tried to xfther him with
was so unsuccessful that she felt that. uris~ -iS
retreated In haste. she would lose her temper h''-
set "C,ome,'. she sail .-T.eav. him to his roH-
they swept out ,,, Tom said to 5 h Wi MID r M l
! deign 10 answer. 1t all beyond Doubt H"T.
Tom smoked cigarette He hadn't u"ti,gr
what the row Was va; & about I pot VENT rtyrr ~ h g.l
his plan OF attack and strolled int" The irawlnE
arm was round Lucy's waist. They looked frro-
ciously at him. turned away shuddered an5 "eIH @
up a book For i've minutes nothing was hard heard
= SS" & tI1 T ,T,s5 ~ ripbtI- FFe vent
on: 81 asked him what he thought
Still silence You could hear their s''l'l''-
aHe said it was little hard 10 explain the green
Hu the mink and yellow w|re either
fever something in-ltS ana were qit''N
we'll known in the profession
Aunt Jane had released her hold on Lucy ann
! was looking at him with open mouth tie went on
can't tell until somebody has caught il from YOU
Aunt Jane standtng up
But he says case there should De any dSn-
ger. had better avoid the company % al hut n'ar
relatives O myself my wife
IdIcy hurried up to him with alarm on her f5C"-
Aunt Jane backed toward the door -,y
Dear aunt he said. advancing with outSfTetCh'd
hand. you're not going Vet. surely
She gave a little scream and jumped away N a
vC4l lf,if of -
Lucy turned TO him with concern rs il serious.
dear?'' she asked.
Just You see that Aunt Jane gets comfortably
TI1cv understood and the spell vanished Aunt
Jane was upstairs. hurriedly putting on her hat
and and mutterins aloud -,
Send ON nv box No. I'm afraid I ant watt
shall be late ) il is Thank Won FOR a pleasant
and don't forget disinfect the letter. Why didn't
you tell this before you invited me- In" ir-
competence Of some doCtors.-and sprinkle II al
over carpets Cioodby. She scurried down tnS
stairs. Tom was he hall TO say gOodby. Shr
lodged around him and out at the door as n
tu,e1ty microbes were swapping at her heels
The deserted couple sighed with relief Lucy put
her head Toms shoulder.
II am glad she's gone. dear. think shes a
witch; she seemed to get hold OF my mino. some
Lets go and look the guilty letters. he said
NO don't want 70 see
well they ere only what YOU wrote 20 be-
fore married
So she brought what ne wrote to her. and he
brought what she wrote 10 him. and they FN-
table and he knocked the table and shot across
TO her date. and she shot to him
next and SO all through the list. and when they
came the things which meant kisses
This Is good parlor game for two--tThP Skstcn-