The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-01


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You wont need 10 do that %
Janet told her nv friend !
have a fcw things with me and
I have some money II can get
more with that
-oh you have some money -
Aunt Jenny Was surprised I un-
derstood sou were well - Just
about BROKE Weren't you hitch
hiking when John overlook you
Well. not exactly hitchhiking "
Janet VAS glad 70 change the sub
jeci quickly. 7 had been hitch
hiking all day and ! was sitting
down on a bench IN = little park
along the roadside when I saw his
car pull In al a filling station
Il Just went over 10 Il when
he was In getting his dinner
curlcd up on the floor In front
Of the back seat and went 10
sleep All ! knew was that his
car was pointed vest ! was de-
termined 10 catch a ride in a car
going west
4 think that's very romantic, "
Aunt Jenny gushed.
1T sounds almost the way
met my Peter I'd been 20 the
county fair and started 10
walk home.
My folks lived on a farm not
more than mile from town and
intended Just 10 walk out in
time 10 help Dad milk the cows
But was pretty tired and
was hobbling along slow on my
new pair OF shoes when a buggy
pulled up beside me and the
driver said. Haven't I met you
some place before - turned
around and laughed right up at
him. Yes. SIR, you were an usher
at the chautsuqua this summer.
weren't you saw you there two
or three times
And saw YOU. too. but |
didn't get up my nerve to talk
TO you. Why don't YOU just hop
right into this buggy. here, and
let me take you home We can
get acquainted on the way
there.
Il suppose you'd call that hitch
hiking these days" Aunt Jenny
laughed merrily.
Well, you know. my dear that
was the beginning of a friendship
that led up TO marriage. Peter
and ! were married before the
year was over and we lived to-
gether a quarter of century
before he died
Poor Peter. he had to die Just
six months. 10 the date. before
his first oil well came in and
made me a rich woman. A rich
woman without chick nor child to
care whether l live or die
Your nephew cares whether
you live or die Janet told the
older woman seriously. During
our ride here he spoke of you
often.
He says You are a perfectly
grand person
Hes a wonderful boy" Aunt
Jenny said. "Of course he isn't
my real nephew, you understand.
Peter was his uncle, I'm just his
aunt by marriage. but I love him
almost as much as if he'd been
my own son.
He used TO come down to Okla
homs and visit Peter and me when
we lived on the ranch If ! don't
change my mind I'm gong to
leave my money TO John, but I'd
rather he'd marry a girl like you
than the girl he seems to be max
ing up to"
Ito Be Continuedl