Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30

THOSE who know Bertram Wooster best are
aware that in his journey through life he
Is impeded by about scaly q collection of
auntS as was ever assembled But there is one
exception to the general ghastliness-viz my
aunt Dahlia. She is one of the best and it
with a courtly geniality that I rose to
receive her as she sailed over the threshold at
about ass.
She seemed somewhat perturbed, and plunged
into the agenda without delay
BERTHE" she cried, Il want your help. You
know that friend of yours, young Closeup"
Hes just been 1unching here"
"HeNaas has he? Well wish you'd poisoned
his soup"
Whats he been doing?"
Breaking Angela's heart"
CAngela Daughter Of above My cousin.
Quite a good egg
What"
81 say he's-breaking -Angela's- heart!"
Flows he doing that?" I asked
with his neglect. With his low, callous,
embarrassing duplicity Ever since the begin
ming of the up to about three weeks ago
he was all over Angela. The sort OF thing
which. when was a girl, We should have de-
scribed as courting"
Cor wooing?"
WOolng OF whenever you ike.
Anyway, he haunted the house. Tapped up daily
lunches, took her out dancing half the night
and so on. And now he's gone and dropped her
like hot brick. and hear he's infatuated with
some girl he met at a Chelsea tea party-a girl
named-now. what was it?"
Cora Bellinger"
How do you know"
she lunching here today"
He brought her?"
~Yes."
Whats she like?"
Pretty massive"
did he seem very fond of her?"
Couldn't take his eyes of the chassis"
tried to point out the silver lining.
IF you ask me- Aunt Dahlia / said, ct think
Angela is well out Of it. This Glossop IS tough
baby. Let me tell you what he did to me one
night at the Drones'.
First. having got me in sporting mood with
bottle of the ripest, he bet me that wouldn't
swing myself across the swimming pool by the
ropes and rings. I knew I could do 1t on my
head, so took him on, exulting in the fun. so
to speak. And when I'd done half the trip and
was going strong I found he had looped the
last rope back against the rail, leaving me no
alternative but to drop into the depths and swim
ashore in correct evening costume"
He did,"
HE certainly did. You wouldn't want your
daughter to marry a man capable of a thing
like that"
"
young hound. ! see that there must be lots Of
good in him, after all. And 1 want this Bel
Iinger business broken up, BERTHE"
But what can I do?"
do? Why, put the whole thing before your
man JeeveS. Jeeves will find a way"
There may be something in what you say,
Aunt Dahlia" said thoughtfully
::Of course there is" said Aunt Dahlia. "A lit
tie thing like this will be childs play to Jeeves.
Get him working it right away, and I'll look
in tomorrow to hear the result
With which she bifFed of and I summoned
Jeeves
"Jeeves." I said, you have heard alp"
Eyes, sir
Il thought you would. Aunt Dahlia has what
you might call carrying voice. Well I think
we should do our best to help and assist I am
fond Of Aunt Dallia, and am fond. of Angela.
What the misguided girl finds to attract her in
young Tuppy I cannot say, Jeeves but ap-
parently she loves the man and is pining away
like"
Patience a monument, SIR
Like patience, as you very shrewdly remark.
on monument. So we must cluster round.
Bend your brain TO the problem, Jeeves."
A UNIT DAHLIA blew in on the morrow, and
1 rang the bell for Jeeves. He appeared,
looking brainier than could have believed