Aunt Sally

"Well, Aunt Sally is the wisest woman in the world," replied Mrs. Bassett, with emphasis.

They're the best kind of pals, and of course Aunt Sally and the old professor were friends all their lives.

She always called him Morton, and she was Aunt Sally to him as to many hundreds of her fellow citizens.

Aunt Sally laughed, an amused, throaty little chuckle at this, and then the worried frown came back.

Highly flattered, Aunt Sally rose to lead the girls indoors to the sunny room where she kept her plants.