Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-10
He Got the Wrong Aunt.
Frnm the Chlcago Iournal.

HTOIn ItlG 1IlEdHO JOQA mat
When the Payson first mentioned thai
they were expecting their Aunt Peggy,
Bobbie Brewster was uninterested almost
to the point of rudeness. 1t was not until
Marjorie Payson devoted hours at a time
to an exposition OF the remarkable traits
of his wonderful woman who happened
to be her relative that Bobble pretended
that he found conversation concerning the
elder Miss Payson at all engrossing.
When is your aunt due 70 arrive? he
asked Marjorie one night last week.
Tomorrow night" was the reply. And
l want to ask a favor Of you, Bobbie."
Mr.. Brewster was more than willing to
grant any favor Miss Payson might have
to ask.
wen 1t is this: Mother Is TOO III to go
to the station TO meet her, and father has
to go out of own Jim will nave to work.
and so / ave volunteered to go down
there. Would II be asking too much OF
you to ask you to go down with me?"
To say that Bobbie accepted the invita-
ton with alacrity would not take into ac-
count the undue haste that he displayed.
Imagine his utter disgust when the next
morning a fearful Marjorie met him at the
door. II slipped on the stairs outside"
she said, "and / have hurt my ankle so
that / cannot stand on 1t for more than a
minute at a time. Now, what am / going
TO do? How can / meet Aunt Peggy"
Never mind" declared Brewster. I'll
go down alone and I'll bring her right out
here. I'll get a cab, because ! am a little
late, anyhow"
You've seen Aunt Peggy's picture,
haven't your"
Yes, I'm sure I shall know her"
"Oh, it's SO good of you, Bobbie."
"Goodby; I'll have her here in an hour
When the train pulled in at the Lake
Shore station, Bobbie stepped up to q
sweet faced old lady with bobbing white
curls.
Miss P~ayson?" he inquired. She looked
at him sharply and he continued. Your
brother had to go out of town and your
niece asked me to come down to meet
you. She would have come with me her
self, but she injured her ankle at the last
moment"
Are you the young man she Is going to
marry? inquired the aged lady.
MI. Brewster replied that he hoped SO.
although the young lady had given him
no definite information upon the subject,
although he had begged 1t of her.
Wei, | think" said Aunt Peggy, that
from what my niece has written to RE
thai she must think a great deal OF you"
And Bobbie was transported into the sew
enth heaven of delight.
He rang the bell at the house with an
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OF Marjorie.
why, who on Garth" she said, as
she looked at the old lady. "Wha on
earth have you done, Bobbie?''
Here's your aunt" said Bobbie: "we'rc
good friends already. We've chatted all
the way out here"
But Aunt Peggy just ~telephoned that
she had been met by no one, and that she
had been waiting twenty minutes In the
station"
The old lady was standing on the door
step in utter bewilderment. why, I don't
believe this the place at all, and I am sure
that-oh, I know that there is a mis-
take"
isn't this your aua.?'' pleaded Bobbie
NO" from Marjorie.
Didn't you say that you were Miss
Payson?"
"No. / said that I am Miss Mason,
II think" sad Marjorie. coldly, that
Mr.. Brewster viii probably s~traighten OFT
the error he has made and take you tc
your destination"
But, can't / call for your aunt?'
Its very good OF you, but I telephorcd
Jim TO leave HIS work and go right over Z.
the station. He is there by this time,
! Miss Mason's brother dweIls away oyv
on the North Side. while the Paysons liv
south. The cab bill was terrifying. AM
Mr.. Brewster had hard work to conyincy
Miss Mason that he was not a confidence
man. He has not yet been given the OPP
p%ortunity TO meet Aunt Peggy.