The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-10-05
They Were Two
of a Pair
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BY CLARA DELAFIELD

IA SNA IbANAoEIh puHed at MS
pipe with worried air as he
sat at his desk in the newspaper Of
nee. 1t was a case of she healed 9TH
: ers, himself he cannot heal"
Aunt Elizabeth, six feet one. sturdy
and strapping. had had misunder-
standing with his fancee. 1t was all
over the question how much independ.
-ence girl should have.
In the columns Of the paper, where
Aunt Elizabeth edited weekly review
of readers love problems, he advocat-
ed entire freedom for girls. But II
was very different when Maisie In
!. formed him that, though they were en-
.gagea. she intended going to as many
dances as she pleased, with other men.
AND only the week before he had
given her the solitaire! Yes, Aunt
elizabeth and Mals!e had had quite a
wraRgle over 1t, and she had ended by
throwing the ring at him.
1t struck the opposite wall. rolled
nnder the buffet, and got lost for q
while. Oh, 1t had been fierce eve
ming! LIZ x -.
And here, now, Aunt Elizabeth had
:t2 solve a precisely similar case.
f"I am an engaged girl" wrote Aunt
Ellzabeth's correspondent, "and very
much worried over the question which
has arisen between myself and my
.f1ance as to how much liberty an en-.
gagged girl should have. claim that
he has no right to stop my going to
dances till the date for our marriage
is fixed. He claims that / must give
up my whole time to him. Dearly as
love him, / do not wish to be at his
beck and call. Dear Aunt Elizabeth
what shall I do?"
Aunt Elizabeth refilled his pipe and
.pondered the problem. Presently he
wrote:
my dear child, although l must ad
init that your fiancee seems to me
largely in the right, this is question
that should not arise between engaged
couples. If you truly love, each will
be willing to make sacrifices for the
happiness Of the other You should
not wish to go to dances against your
fiances desire. On the other hand, he
should not attempt to control your
movements in an arbitrary way. 1t is
a case Of mutual accommodation. Try
to fall in with your fiance's wishes
and, incidentally, advise him not tc
express his wishes in manner cal
.culated to wound your feelings"
Aunt Elizabeth puffed at his pipe
and pondered. 1t seemed so easy tc
say that; and yet he, the expert, hat
hopelessly failed with Maisie
Idly he turned over his correspond
lent's letter. and on the back he read
''P. s. l. am so dreadfully worried
over this whole affair that have de
.cided to come to your office and ash
for your personal advice" The wort
personal" was underscored "Deal
Aunt Elizabeth, you have helped sc
many girls, am sure you will no
deny me this interview"
Aunt Elizabeth sat up. An electric
shock ran through his spine. Wha
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let her know that Aunt Elizabeth wal
a man!
When he had taken the job, which
occupied his attention only one day II
the week-the others being devoted tt
different work with another publica
tion-the editor had impressed on hin
that not even to his dearest friend wa.
he to let 1t be known that he was Aunt
Elizabeth.
"Oh, well, Aunt Elizabeth's out" hi
muttered; and at that moment the OF
fee boy stuck his head In at the door
'Lady here inquiring for Aunt Eliza
BETH" he said with a grin.
'Tell her she's out-gone away to
funeral" answered Aunt Elizabeth.
>. The office boy came back. "She-
she wants to know when Aunt Eliza
beth's. coming back" he said.
"Oh, this day week." answered Aun
elizabeth s1.''-'
In minute the boy was back onc'
more. "She wants to know wher
the funerals being held" he said.
Damn answered Aunt Elizabeth
-T'll fix herr
He went out, to encounter-Maisie
They stared at each other In blanl
bewilderment. "You-you here, DickF
stammered the girl"
"Why, I-er-I came to call on
friend OF mlne-er-Aunt Elizabeth,
Dick stammered. "But she's gone Z
a funeral. She-er-she told me yo'
might call, and-Oh yes, she wante'
me to give you an answer she ha.
written to your communication re
,ceived this morning"