Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-04-28
CHAPTER I-continued.

~TE tell you ali know. Just as
was sailing from France got a letter
from Uncle Bash stating In a most
busineSslike fashion that he was
about 20 be married 10 a lady he had
met on the trip out 10 Japan. The
dire event vas 20 occur at the Amer
lean embassy the following day.
From which I judged that my presence
at the ceremony was neither expected
nor desired. Oddly enough. months
afterward. picked up an English
paper In a French inn that contained
an announcement OF the marriage in
the usual advertisement form. The
lady was succinctly described as Mrs.
Alice Wellington Cornford. widow OF
the late Archibald Reynolds COrnford,
Pepperharrow road. Hants. All Tor
renee knows OF the subsequent pro-
eeedings Is what he got in official re-
ports Of Uncle Basins death from the
c0nsul-general az Tokyo. Whether
the widow expects 10 come 90 Amer
ica ultimately or will keep moving
through the Orient marrying husbands
and burying them Is a dark mystery.
n she should turn up. the house at
Barton T. hers. OF course. but with
her rowing disposition fancy my
aunt Alice wouldn't like the place.
The Jap stuff Is worth a bit OF money.
and II the lady Is keen FOR such
things and not a mere adventures
she may take Il into her head one Of
these DAYS 10 come over and inspect
the loot"
Il can see the vampire" said
Searles musingly. Handing az the
Grand Central with enough hand
luggage 70 fli a freisht-car; a big.
raw-b0ned creature. with a horse face
and n horrible mess as 10 clothes.
You will be there % meet her. defer
entail. anxious 10 please. You will
pilot her up 20 the coast Of Barton,
tin the servants heavily 10 keep them
from numbering her. and twiddle
your thumbs In your garage as you
await her further pleasure. BY the
way. are those ancient freaks still on
the place-thoSe brOken-down hotel
employees who were your uncle's sole
experiment in philanthropy"
florence assures me they are all
very much there"
Senrles yielded himself 10 laughter
"An Enslishw0man with lofty ideas OF
domestic service would certainly enjoy
a romp with that crew"
sOh. they are in the same class with
me- I explained. The place can't
be sold TIL I die. and while live
they're 10 be harbored-about thirty
az them-clothed and vlctualed."
Il think there's a farce in the idea.
and may try Il one Of these days
nc said. scribbling in his notebook.
"a refuge fU- broken-down chamber
maids. venerable bell-hops grown gray
IN the service. and the head walter
who amassed a fortune in tips and
then toyed with the market once too
often and lost his ill-sOtten gains.
What was the head walters name
who presided with such statellness
IN the dining-room OF the Tyringham?"
That's Antoine. who married the
assistant houSekeeper az the TyrinS-
ham. He's the butler and has charge
OF the place. When I get settled I'll
ask you up and you can study the
bunch NJ leisure"
"Spleudldi I'll be up in couple
OF weeks. I'm going 20 Ohio tomor-
row for a family reunion and a look
az the loved spots my infancy knew"
you're lucky % have home-foilSs
even In Ohio I remarked OBVIOUSLY.
swell. there's always your distant
arntie cruising the seven seas IN
pursnlt OF husbands. Nobody with
an aunt 70 his credit can pretend 10
be alone In the world. Aunts must
rank lust a little below mothers IN
the heavenly kingdom. When | was
= boy cut In Ohio there were two
crest occasions every year In my
Iife-one when went TO visit a
grand old aunt had in the country.