"In the Halifax papers, too," added Felix, "since Dr. Seton is a
Halifax man. What is his first name?"
"Robert."
"And will we have to call him Uncle Robert?"
"Not until he's married to her. Then we will, of course."
"I hope your Aunt Olivia won't disappear before the ceremony,"
remarked Sara Ray, who was surreptitiously reading "The Vanquished
Bride," by Valeria H. Montague in the Family Guide.
"I hope Dr. Seton won't fail to show up, like your cousin Rachel
Ward's beau," said Peter.
"That makes me think of another story I read the other day about
Great-uncle Andrew King and Aunt Georgina," laughed the Story
Girl. "It happened eighty years ago. It was a very stormy winter
and the roads were bad. Uncle Andrew lived in Carlisle, and Aunt
Georgina--she was Miss Georgina Matheson then--lived away up west,
so he couldn't get to see her very often. They agreed to be
married that winter, but Georgina couldn't set the day exactly
because her brother, who lived in Ontario, was coming home for a
visit, and she wanted to be married while he was home. So it was
arranged that she was to write Uncle Andrew and tell him what day
to come. She did, and she told him to come on a Tuesday. But her
writing wasn't very good and poor Uncle Andrew thought she wrote
Thursday.
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