The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-04-01
THEIR AUNT JENNY
~ FRANK FrLsoH


nor liked Aunt Jenny Leila h"SS'
her and Peter. the baby used .
maj. fscas 10 himself aad cry sheA
ever Ehe came into the room 7h'
vas q Grabbed old thing } sapp"s'
/, VAS because she bad never OSel
able 70 get married
nRut she has her use III the "o''u
my dear said father 20 h"'hV'
Heaven knows sre has been Alho
enough 10 me
"Ust because she let's Us occupy
fbls house rentHee. Arthur 81
claimed mother. win her mi'l'on
or Nd she ought 10 do Il greet de''
more for you than that
+ However. 10 resume Leila Is sigh'
zen. and Lester Blythe has been crazy
gger her ever since they we're III
/ .rbegl together Le-Fer II twenty-five
and clerks for Mr Grimes Some DAY
he thinks Mr.. Grimes "ili take MIN
into partnership } asked Mr Grimes
bout u and he said Lester had nerve
enough to expect am thing
However. 10 resume again Aunt
fanny qhu rs siIryntne. let fall
bopbshcu IN our humble home me
. other night Il came ShoNt N '''S
asse. We hna Just finished dinner
vtsn She popped tn Aunt Jenny
lives down the street 70 the big white
house A man IGt her ml'i'oii--i
think they wer" engaged once. any
way h~ died and .eIi her io''"''a
ard she r00'dut get anothef man
even with that 7ha rs so craobea.
Rul 10 resume IN pops aunt Jenny
and ia her abrupt way which mother
a.4 comes rom ihe lrletltts not
rom her side Of the family she says
Arthur you have too many emu
dron for a poor man How many
have your
Fat,r counts US SIX he an
awcrs
Then I'm going TO take one OF them
and bring r'r up 10 inherit my
money she says She looked fouhd
tie room, and, N course, her eye fell
en- Leila who was trying TO make her
aely invisible against the wallpaper
I'm take this one she said Come
ploHg
Peter the baby burst into tears
ana Leila was so scared that she fol
lowed Aunt Jenny without word.
Nud non" OF ms recovered our wits
TO say anything until they We're half
as down the street,
Then father and mother went after
them. and they did not get back TIL
late Mother had been crying, and
father looked very serious,
1T has to be-, my dear said father.
After all, Jenny can do more for
Leila than We can, 1t VIII be snlen-
did chance for the child to be taken
TO Europe and put In finishing
school
And how about Lester?" asked
mother signing.
"Pooh'" answered father. And that
ended that conversation.
You bet Lester Blythe was raging
mad He wasn't allowed to 90 Il
Aunt Jenny's house. because she hates
Young men, but he did manage to Sc,
Leila on the rare occasions she wal
let come home.
Now, To resume. Aunt Jenny ant
! ella we're To sail on the Saturday
and the passages we're booked. AM
our house was mighty gum. cal
tell you. Leila had come to spend tn
afternoon. and Lester, OF course. cam
hard upon her heels.
Girls" says Claude. ITS their las
meeting Let's leave the poor ehump
alone till father comes in"
We hated 10 do it. but Wa are a
sports, even including Peter. So "
left them But somehow couldn
help oyerheariug what they were sa,
Ing as sat reading quietly on th
hall chair Just outside the room
oh darent, Lester" ! heard LeIl
say, halt crying
why not dear" he was askinl
Once. We are married We can sna
our fingers at the old cat. It's cas-
to set the license, and | know a mil
lister who'll do the trick, saVed u
i've dollars last week on purpose "a
you VIII dearest
Whether Leila would have said Al