Asheville daily citizen., 1894-12-22
SNAP SHOTS.

they called each other John and Jack re.
spectively,
Jack, you ought to get married"
Not by jug full, DO you think I'll |
give up my independence
Plague take your independence! Don't !
enjoy as much of 1t as you do? l tell
you
What you have told nc thousand
times before
Jack, what do you have against the
women anyhow"
ooh, guess know thing or two about
them, and they 're all alike"
YOU'RE cranky. Look here, take my
own case
"Ics, even your own case.
'.Iack, what do you meanI"
THAT your wife,
"Iou don't know anything about her
You've only seen her once or twice.
Don't matter She is handsome, In.
telligent, clever, yet for all that
"Well!"
"As jealous as.
Jack, you're joking. Why, I've been
married five years and have two
Don't care If you have dozen. She's
jealous and can prove it to you in less
than week.
Ridiculous.
"Ill bet you dozen bottles Of cham.
pagne on it, can
Get away You re-
Take me up if you darc!'
Take you up? OF course | will, aud
We might as well have the first bottle now
at your expense, BECAUSE
well see
"Why, Jack, the excursion we are 90.
ing on tomorrow will take us three days,
and you will have only four left"
"Ncvcr mind. I've thought Of that"
The next day they arrived at their dcs
tination, the little summer resort in the
mountains.
"John, my sister is going to join us
here, and as III be Juggling my camera
about shall have to leave her to your ten.
der mercics mostly"
"Your sister, Jack. Why, l haven't
seen her since you and wcro at college
together and she was just n little girl
then. How dclishtful!'
Then followed two days of tramping
about in the mountains, fine weather,
grand scenery, glorious time, and then
away again
Two days later Jack called at the homo
Of his friend. John Is not there, and that
he knew beforehand, but his wife is OF
course the little trip Jack and John have
made together becomes at once the subject
of conversation.
ttVoc tpInpI had n y,pst IpliuLtG Gu1
time. The weather, the mountain air and
the scencry-oh, enjoyed it ever SO much,
and so did John! He was very much tax
en- with the trip, and his only regret was
that you weren't with us to enjoy it too, j"
Indeed! Well that was very nice for
him to remember me- But really pre-
ferred to stay hero at the seaside with the
children, especially as am not very fond
OF the mountains anyhow. Yet John has
been telling mC so much about it almost
wish had gone"
Yes, I'm sure you would have enjoyed
1t. OF course had my camera with me,
| and took some pictures, snap shots. Oh,
nothing special! Merely amateur work,
but thought you might enjoy looking at
them, and SO have brought up some OF
them for you. will just leave them here,
SO you can look them over at leisure" "
"Wcll, how kind you are! OF course |
shall enjoy them ever so much.
1.-Two hours later John comes home and
finds his wife wearing n look on her face
as threatening as cyclone stormcloud
"That must have been fine time you
had on your trip"
Certainly. Haven't been telling you
about it till my tongue almost won't wag
any moreS"
"Oh, yes, indeed. I'm on to you
"Why, Lottic, dear
Don't you 'Lottc, dear, me! / know
Just what kind of time you have had
and I've got it black on white too, Oh
yes, you needn't look so innocent"
"Why, Lottic, told you about all the
places we went to and all the people We
met"
"Ycs, and who is this woman with yor
who
"That? Why that is Jacks sister,
merely forget
"Oh, yes, you can't work that on me
There, how tendcrly you help her across
the stile there eating from the same lUncl
basket, and there even actually holding
her in your armsl You miscrablc"-
why, Lottic, she stepped on ston'
and would have trippod and fallcr If
hadn't caught her. but where did you &c
these?"
"That nice friend of yours was kin'
enough
1.-The mean rascall'