Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-02-26

tCopyright 1872 by the McNAuie
paper Syndicateo
"Do Won suppose he'll ask her To-
night. Maidie?" piped up Laura from
her seat near the window.
Niaidie only laughed and answered.
"Maybe. with the surprise Aunt Janets
planning"
we both clamored around her ana
tried tc learn what the surprise was.
Put as she refused to tell US we leIt
the room rather sulkily. 1t was then
Laura told me of Aunt Janet's beau
Ed Saunders, escorted her to meetings
OF, Tuesday, walked home with hef
flom church on Sunday, and hteraliy
carried her around with him the rest
Of the week with most dominant air
of proprietorship.
rphfs state of affairs" said Laura
"has been gong on for about seven
years and yet Ed had never asked Aunt
Jane to marry him, and the family are
eettinSrath impatient"
[ knew there, were many wild specu-
lations as to the reason for EDS atu-
tude toward Aunt Janet, but Laura
version came nearer being right than
any.
ED was too sure of Aunt janet
cbirped she. "All he needed was
Jolt to take him out of the masterIui
air he paraded when with Aunt Janet.
I could control my curiosity no long
err SO | turned to Laura.
'sWhat do you suppose the surprise
is? This morning" l didn't nnlsh'
for shrieks of laughter were coming III
torrents from the room above (Aunt
Janet's) and I could distinguish Maid
les shrill voice saying: But where
did you get it, Aunt Janet, it's really
| too" And again she went off into
| gales.
| Laura and needed no urging. win
| one bound we had made the top OF the
| stairs, and fairly flung ourselves into
| Aunt Janet's room. There, doubled up
| on the floor, sat Maidie rocking IN
| paroxysms of laughter, and mother
| with her face working spasmodically
| tried to keep back the smile which how
cred round her lips, but finally burst
| out in a howl Of laughter. And Aunt
| Janet-we took one look and collapsed.
Standing in the center of the room
with very grim expression she
stood, wearing in place of her somber
| black bow a gorgeously-colored and
| highly-ornate orange one of Haunting
length, embroidered with black beads
| and set at a most rakish angle.
"Why, Aunt Janet, how, why"
| stammered Laura and between gasps
Eds coming tonight, you know"
| said Aunt Janet, land when he sees
my new bow"
We turned and fed. The sight of
| Aunt Janet standing there as demurely
| as the bow would permit was too much
for our tender young minds. Then we
| planned the performance for the eve
| ming. I was delegated to watch for
| Ed Saunders on the porch and tell the
| girls when he turned in at the gate.
/ had been out on the porch few
minutes when I saw him coming up
| the walk to the house. There had been
| loud voices echoing from the living
room before, but now they seemed to
| pound forth, and amid gales of mirth
/ could hear the words: aunt Janet's
| new bow. He's sure to take notice.
| wonder how she found" And then
| the voices trailed off into indistinguish-
| able sounds; and Ed heard as much of
| this as 1 had. Just as 1 started to
bolt, he came up to me and grasped
| me by the arm.
"Aunt Janet's new beau-what do
you know about it?" He fairly splut-
tered the words, and then with two
| strides he made for the front door, only
to be confronted by Aunt Janet wreath
| ed in broad beams of welcome, the
orange bow bristling with Importance
in all it's grandeur. By this time the
family had circled round the two, and
we all heard Ed say: Janet, Janet,
I-I-you'll keep the old beau now,
won't you, Janet? And then" the
words stuck.
| Of course, Aunt Janet attributes the
success of the plan to the new bow,
| but Laura and l think differently.