Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-27

and come and live with ne. I've no
kith OF kin says she. except Il huS-
band and son Or two. and | hold no
communication with any Of 'em. They
are eXtraTagant burdens on hard
working woman. | want you to be
daughter to me. They say I'm Stingy
and mean. and the papers print lies
about my doing my own cooking and
washing. It's lie she goes on. I
put my washing out. except the hand
kerchiefS and stockings and petticOats
and collars and light stuff like that.
I've got $40,000O0O in cash and stocks
and bonds that are as negotiable as
Standard Oil preferred at a church fair.
I'm a lonely old woman, and | need
companionship. You're the most beau
tiful human being | ever saw, says
she. Will you come and live with me?
III show 'em whether | can spend mon
ey or not she says.
well, man, what would you have
done? OF course | fell to it. And, to
tell the truth. | began to like old Mag
gle. 1t wasn't all on account Of the
forty millions and what she could do
for me- | was kind of lonesome in the
world too. EverybOdy's got to have
somebody they can explain to about
the pain in their left shoulder and how
fast patent leather shoes wear out
when they begin to crack. And you
can't talk about such things to men
you meet in hotels; they're looking for
just such openings.
$50 | gave up my job in the hOtei
and went with Mrs. Brown. | certain
ly seemed to have a mash on her.
She'd look at me for half an hour at a
time when was sitting. reading or
looking at The magazines.
lone time | says to her: DO | re-
mind YOU Of some deceased relative or
friend of your childhood, Mrs. Brown?
I've noticed you give me 4 pretty good
optical inspection from time TO time.
"'You have face she says, exact
ly like a dear friend of mine-the best
friend I ever had. But l like YOU for
yourself. child. too she says.
And say, man. what do YOU suppose
she did? Loosened up like Marcel
wave in the surf at COneY. She took
me to a swell dreSsmaker and gave her
a IN carte to fit me out-money no OBJ
ject. They were rush orders, and
madam locked the front door and put
the whole force to work
Then we moved tO-where do YOU
think? No; guess again. That's right
the Hotel Benton. We had a six
room apartment and it cost 500 a
day. saw the bill. I began to love
that old lady
and then. man. when my dresses
began to cone in-Oh. | won't tell YOU
about EN-. You couldn't understand.
And | began to call her Aunt Maggie.
You've read about Cinderella. of course.
Well. what Cinderella said whsn the
prince fitted that 49, A on her foot
was Il hard luck story compared to the
things told myself
Then Aunt Maggie says she is going
to give me coming out banquet in the
Benton that'l make moving vans of
all the old Dutch families on Fifth
avenue.
We DeSlI Out D0IOIe, -Aulll NIdSHle.
says |. But I'll GENE out again. But
you know sH"S |. that this is one of
the SWEETEST A)t2lS in the city And
you know->aWlon me-that it's hard
to get Il bunch of notableS together I'M
less you've trained for it
Don't fret about that. child says
Aunt Maggie 1 don't send out invi-
sations-I issue orders. I'll have fifty
guests here that couldn't be brought
together again at any reception unless
it were given by Il king or Il trust
busting district attorney. They are men.
of course. and all of 'em either owe me
money or intend to. Some of their
wives won't come. but good many
will