unt Sally’s Visit

aron Von Lodge was the head of a small country known as Lilliland near Switzerland. The time was the early 1900s.

The Baron and his fiancée, Lady Angela of Alpine Castle, entertained nearly every week at Lilliland Castle. The visitors were unofficially classified as either business, relatives, or friends. The business guests were usually statesmen from other countries or businessmen who wanted to buy Lilliland products or sell their products to the people of Lilliland. The latter group of people were friends who attended college with Lady Angela and the Baron.

The week before Easter Sunday, Aunt Sally visited for a long weekend. She arrived on Friday and left on Palm Sunday.

The castle staff were caught a little off guard when Easter came so early one year, and Aunt Sally was at the castle gate with her one suitcase for the long weekend.

Aunt Sally had a wonderful time and there was even a dinner in her honor and a reception in the castle gardens. When Palm Sunday arrived she said her goodbyes and departed.

The Baron asked Lady Angela when Aunt Sally started to visit Lilliland. Lady Angela said that it had been four years ago following the engagement party that the Baron held for Lady Angela.

The Baron said he liked Lady Angela’s Aunt Sally. “Wait just a minute,” Lady Angela said. “I don’t have an Aunt Sally. I thought Aunt Sally was a member of the Von Lodge side of the family.”

“No,” the Baron said. “I do not believe that I have an Aunt Sally, either. But to be certain let’s ask Professor Hamblin.” The Professor reviewed all of the family’s records in the library regarding relatives, but no Aunt Sally could be found.

When members of the castle staff were asked about Aunt Sally, one of the maids said that Aunt Sally was the aunt of the castle gardener who retired two years ago.

The Baron and Lady Angela had a good laugh about this. Evidently, at the Baron’s engagement party, when all the guests were introduced, Aunt Sally was visiting her nephew, the castle gardener, and she invited herself to the reception. Once at the reception, everyone thought that Aunt Sally belonged to someone else. The Baron said that he wanted to keep Aunt Sally and Lady Angela agreed.