Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-02-16

and come and live with me. I've no
kith or kim says she. except a hus-
band and son or two, and [ hold no
communication with any Of 'em. They
are extravaganza burdens on a hard
working woman. [ want you to be a
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. L
put my washing out, except the hand
kerchiefs and stockings and petticoats
and collars and light stuff like that.
I've got $4O,OOO,OOO 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 I need
companionship. You're the most beau
tiful human being I ever saw says
she. will you come and live with me ?
I'll show 'em whether / can spend mon
ey Or not she says.
"Well, man, what would you have
tell the truth, 1 began to like old Mag
gle It wasn't all on account Of the
forty millions and what she could do
for me. l 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 hotel
and went with Mrs. Brown. I certain
ly seemed to have a mash on her.
She'd look at me for half an hour at a
time when l was sitting, reading or
looking at the magazines.
Zone time I says to her: DO 1 re-
mind you of some deceased relative Or
friend Of your childhood, Mrs. Brown
I've noticed you give me pretty good
optical inspection from time to time
"'You have a face she says, exact
ly like a dear friend Of mine-the best
friend I ever had. But I like you for
yourself, child, too,' she says
"And say, man, what do you suppose
she did? Loosened up like q Marcel
wave in the surf at Coney. She took
q
la 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 Bonton. We had a six
room apartment, and it cost $1OO q
day. 1 saw the bill. I began to love
that old lady.
"And then, man, when my dresses
began to come in-oh, I won't tell you
about 'em! You couldn't understand
And began to call her Aunt Maggie
You've read about Cinderella, OF course
Well, what Cinderella said when thu
prince fitted that 49, A on her foo
was hard luck story compared to thu
things I told myself
''Then Aunt Maggie says she is going
to give me a coming out banquet in tn,
Benton thatl make moving vans O.
all the old Dutch families on Fiftl
| avenue.
GIVE been out before, Aunt Maggie,
says I. But I'll come out again. Blu
you know says I, that this is one O
the SWEETEST hotels in the city. An,
you know-pardon me-that it's har'
to get bunch Of notables together un
less you've trained for it.
"'Don't fret about that, child say
Aunt Maggie. I don't send out inv1
tations-1 issue orders. I'll have fit,
guests here that couldn't be brough
together again at any reception unles
| it were given by a king or a trus
busting district attorney They are men
Of course, and all Of 'em either owe m
money or intend to. Some Of thei
wives won't come, but a good man,
WILL