The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-05
:" SHOOTER. '

E [ Valentine. IT s@inton's Story Teller.
 :. 4.As d mos; extr tordinay engage ine.l-in fact. !ncomHrehensihle ust ffna..tne Belle Kemesa her name was lsaoc.. eu, lzly had not a pleasant sound me harmins, haze-eyed. golden -haireo tA.eS. ~as engaged ;o be marfled 10 Doc ,o. Seginald Eandef.
 :: Ihis tact alone WAS neither incom He.-ns.ve nor extraordinary. for he was .lswealtny as she: he was IS handsome and earned a man as she MAS pretty and re- hned woman ne. inc bare feature Tn ,he SC was. that ,he relatives of both nigh son,ractlng parties were not only sals.ed, but eminently pleased with the mater.
 .l.dgine. fair reader and unfair one. toe what wovld yoQ thlak your mother .n-.aw were openly. III your presence and oQ, of r. 10 express her unquaiIhed ap Dfevai of the brilllan, match her child aad made. Wha; I yoar sister-in-law shoald agree with their mother:
 Ne... tha, was the astonishing feature T be.le,s and the doctors engagement.
 They loved each other devotedly of course but because there was no oppo- siton 10 the match they los, A great deal oi the miserable Joy or joyous miseries ot sogrship. They felt as fl they had been taay.led for years, because theIr good-5y kisses were not stolen. but gwen and re- ceveG as a matter of course. Tn the pres ence oi all. .
 The wedding was 70 take place Christ mas eve, and grand preparations were beng made, as II was io be the affair ot the season.
 0le evening in October the doctor, after pg!ling his bride youngest sister ears % h,s hearts content, suggested a ls,e e, ster supper, and for some reason which we would find t diiiicui, to ex plan, carried home an oyster shell from he yepast.
 The folio wing morning he found |, Tn his pocket. and while resting from his professional work amused himself by ,hofo .ghly scrobllug Il. But few of US know how beautiful an oyster shell Is. said se.
 As beautiful as Bele::' asked his irienc and former classmate, Doctor Go. dine .>ho whi.c .;;as an Flanders ope- rating 1halr, read the latest medical Jour nal
 "No, said Doctor B.ndeF. as he con tnued io admire the shell.
 " Nor as eloquent: again said his trend II teasing tone.
 Which :" asked Doctor Btnder am biguoasly.
 Cod.ne continued his reading as Ban der. mechanic ally, polished his shell Suddenly an idea presented itself 10 him whle. seemed 10 be amusing. for he smiled .s he glued ribbon to the back S,H. rhaH hsar m AA the A ord 'Snooper' He ornamen,ed it's edges with q narrow rim ot gold and then kang il on the wall of his office among the paintings and articles of bric- a-braC. mos, of which he had collected on his travels.
 When he had mashed his lutle orna- saia
 .Legy. wha, Is q snooper:
 Doctor Bander. without chaugiag feature or manifes,ing the .e4st annoy ance n his tone, answered:
 An apparatus deslsnel ,o make blamed fools ask questions
 For some reason they both !alsAei ye; neither would have been aoie i0 eA- pla.u .her amusement, except, pcrhaps, by he antithesis i; presented t. the usual ser.oa2 character of their employment.
 The snooper was soon forgotten in the discassion of re" operation which a surgical celebrity was us; then intro duclns, when Mss Belle entered wlth message from her mother. asking whether Regy would have ume 10 dtae w.;h her tha; evening.
 The doctor kissed his bride. whereupon his friend, with farcical gravity, iel; hIs pulse and in breath said
 Ropesitur pro re nAta; ; is my fee. and affecting pomPous stride took his hat and overcoai and went home.
 While Dr. Bander proceeded to sTi,e, Miss Belle set things alright which, as a bride, was pleasure 10 both. and wkich as wiie, she nigh; consider quite task an. ne an insufferaole bore. Such IS the way with majority of professional men they seem 10 enjoy disorder ln iht workshop of their brains, and thelr w'ives take particular pleasure m deprivlng them of tha, enjoyment
 The elegant little dust broom which Belle had given her future husband was whisxing of the particles which had set tied upon his books and ornaments as she talked to him.
 Suddenly she stopped, touched the oys,er-shel upon the ~all and read the word "Snoope,.'
 A snooper, dear" he answered, |" is