The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-01-22

and come and live with me. I've nc
kith or kim says she. except a hus-
band and a son or two, and | hold no
communication with any of 'em. They
are ~extravagant burdens on q 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 W cooking and
washing. It's a lie she goes on. i
put my washing out, except the hand
kerrhiefs and stockings and petticoats
and collars and light stuff like that.
I've got $40.000,000 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 l need
companionship. You're the most beau
tiful human being l ever saw says
she. Will you come and live with me?
I'll show EN- 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, l began to like old Mag
gle. 1t wasn't all on account of he
forty millions and what she could do
for me. l vas kind of lonesome in the
world too. EyerybOdy'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 fol
just such openings.
80 l gave up my job in the hotel
and went with Mrs. Brown. | certain
ly seemed to have a mash on her.
Shed look at me for half an hour at a
time when l was sitting. reading or
looking at the magazines.
"Cne time l 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 a face she says. exact
~ 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 n Marcel
wave in the surf ut Coney. She took
me to a swell dressmaker and gave her
a In carte to fit me out-money no OBJ
iect. They We're 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 Ho+cl Benton. We had Il six
room apartment. and it cost 500 n
day. | saw the bill. | began to love
that old lady.
"And then. man. when my dresses
be~an to come 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 when the
prince fitted that 31a A on her foot
was a hard luck story compared to the
things | told myself.
"Then Aunt Maggie says she is going
to give me Il coming out banquet in the
Benton that'n make moving vans of
all the old Dutch families on Fifth
avenue.
1--we been out before. Aunt Maggie
saws l. 'BC1 ri come out again. But
you know says |. that this is one of
the swellcst hotels in the city. And
you know-pnrdon me-that its hard
to get Il bunch of notahles together un-
less you've trained for it,
"'Don't fret about that. child SAYS
Aunt Maggie. 4 don't send out invi-
tations-I issue orders. I'll have fifty
quests here that couldn't be brought
together again at any reception unless
1t were given by a king or a trust
busting district attorney. They are men,
of course. and all of EN- either owe me
money or intend to. Some of their
wives won't come. but a good many
will