Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-11-21
CUPID'S SERYITOR.

stale yenyt sodden and sOur-was the
face of Clymer Ames He was the very
last man you would have supposed to
be the salaried servitor Of Cupid Yet,
so fond OF yaradoxes is Fate that this
man. who had eschowed Love. made
his bread and butter by serving him.
But. like all who wait on Love with iu-
terested motives, he received nothing
but dross for his pains,
Yet one day it happened that his
tickle master had placed before his
eyes those Illuminating glasses which
turn the common sky into heaven.
which convert life into n lyric aud
woman into a creature Of perfume aud
melody aud light.
But the next day, as one may see.
these glasses were taken Off again aud
Cymcr Ames had never looked through
them since.
Yet every day from in the morn
ing till in the afternoon this man.
who could have killed Eros for his
perhdious conduct was Obliged to toll
in his behalf He was. in short the
clerk who issued the marriage licenses.
When he first went into the service Of
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he dedicated to him a very bad
chirography, a totally unedaCated per-
cepuon aud an interchangeable industry.
la the course of few weeks spent
behind the little window in the county
Courts spacious apartments, the
chirogruphy Of this young man began
to improve So did his perceptions
He could tell when man app
preached him. whether hc had family
pride or not; whether or not he was
sentimental aud impatient; whether he
was inclined for hymeneal display;
whether he was happy or fearful;
whether he was going to marry a
woman of whom he was proud or only
one with whom he was in love.
Clymer Anne" who at tirsr saw only
the tage-carpenterug aud sceue-shift-
ing in this drama OF the emotions, be-
gan to wonder how it would look from
the front lie found himself getting
very curious as to what a mau did and
said before armed with the age,
name, maternal and paternaI parents
names of his brl3e--ho came to ask
for legal permission to be forever hap
Ply.
II would he very easy of course, for
Clymer Ames to gct that legal right
In his capacity @. lover he could ap-
proavh himself in hs capacity as clerk
and without unnecessary emharrnss-
mept on hesitation ask for "a license
and get b. To br surc he could not
well br uu hntn ,idgs az the window at
once, and e bad some doubts about
the complete regularity ut % license
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the applicant associated WIN sneh IN
seemiy familiarity with ms superior,
the clerk
Ihis. however, was difficulty which
ne telt could bee overcome, hnt mat
was the iiith act What ied uP TO ll'
What did a lover do through the four
preceding acisP
Ciymer Ames determined 90 mud out
Fate. which is sometimes Kind only
to be cruel aided hlm. Ii went
further and ahelted
Lydia Eastwatcr lived in the next
block but one to where CIymer Am5S
boarded. and she came down 20 see
the daughter the laudlady and play
teams win her ON the lawn. Ciymer
who had hitherto delested leonis ie,t
convinced as soon as he SAW LYDIA
Eastwlter on the green that exercise
was tho only hing for him after hi,
long office hours.
The rest of thc summer he put on
white Ilannel as soon as Pee got home.
and hr all bu, slept with tennis bat
in his hand.
Il guess il must be pretty duh stay
ing la the office all day this hot
weather, said Lydia Eastwater Que
night when they stood together on the
same side of the white tennis net
Its dGll enough Bot nothing to
what it used to be, YOU know | have
something ,o look forward 20 NOW.
Have NuuP" said l.Ntm EAStNatpr