Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-03-21
SNAP SHOTS.

They had been chums at college, and
they called each other John and Jack
respectively.
"Jack, You ought to get married"
"Not by d Jug full DO You think
III give up my Independence
plague take your Independence!
Don't | enjoy as much OF It's as you
do? l tell YOU
what you have told me thousand
tines before
"Jack, what do you have against the
women anyhow
"Oh, guess | know thing or two
about them, and they're all alike"
You're cranky. Look here, take my
own case"-
eyes. even your own case"
Jack, what do you mean?"
''rhat your wife,
"You don't know anything about her.
You've only seen her once or twice"
Don't matter She Is handsome, in
teligent, 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 IL you have dozen.
Shes jealous, and ! can prove 1t to
yCu in less than a week"
Ridiculous
an bet you dozen bottles of cham
payne on 1t. cam"
Get away. Youre"--
"Take me up II you dare!"
"Take you up? OF course | will, and
we might as we'll have the first bottle
now at your expense, because
"We'll see"
"Why, Jack, the excursion we are
going on tomorrow will take us three
days, and you will have only four
left"
"Never mind. I've thought Of that"
The next day they arrived at their
destination, 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 tender mercies mostly"
Y
seen her since you and | were at col
lege together. and she was just little
girl then. How delightfulr'
Then followed two days o. iramplng
about In the mountains, fine weather,
grand scenery, glorious time and
then away again.
Two days later Jack called at the
home Of his friend John Is not there.
and that he knew beforehand, but his
wife IL. OF course the little trip Jack
and John have made together becomes
at once the subject OF conversation.
"Yes, indeed, we had most de-
lightful time. The weather, the noun
tain air and the scenery-0h, | enjoyed
II ever 50 much, and 80 did John! He
was very much taken with the trip,
and his only regret was that you
weren't with us to enjoy 1t too
+Indeedl Well, that was very nice
for him to remember me- But really
/ preferred to stay here at the seaside
with the children, especially AIS ! am
not very fond Of the mountains any
way. Yet John has been telling me so
much about 1t / almost wish ! had
gone"
"Yes, I'm sure you would have en-
ioyed 1t. OF course I had my camera
with me, and | took some pictures,
snap shots. Oh, nothing speciall
Merely amateur work, but ! thought
\ you might enjoy looking at them, and
so I have brought up some Of them
I for you. / will just leave them here,
! 80 you can look them over at leisure
"well how kind you arel OF course
/ Shall enjoy them ever 80 much"
Two hours later John comes hole
and finds his wife wearing a look on
her face as threatening as a cyclone
stormcloud
"That must have been 4 fine time
I You had On your trip
| Certainly Haven't been telling
| you about Il till my tongue almost
won't wag any more2'
"Why, Iottie, dear
"Don't you T>ottie, dear me.
know just what kind of time you
! have had. aud I've got 1t black on
white too. OH yes. YOU needn't look
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