The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-18
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THE CUPID CLUB. The conduct of Cupid MacGreg0r had l filled the club with disnay and alarm. It had not been such as should mark the demeanor of one of the associated cupids and the members were worried. The engagement of MT. MacGregor to
 Miss Edith Nelson had been announced formally, and he was supposed to be in that state which runs up big gas bills and keeps the florist, the confee- tioner and the liveryman out of bank ruptcy.
 In Mir. MacGregor's case this, patent ly was mere supposition. So far as the associated members could learn he was content with one short visit. A week with the object of his affections. A proposition to censure him severely for laxity was being discussed by the mem- bers when he went one step farther in his misconduct and mortified the club beyond measure
 He approached Cupid Williams with the following announcement:
 Say, there's a girl in Minneapolis who was awfully decent to me when I was out there and she's coming here
 to Chicago. I want to show her a good time, and I want you fellows to help me"
 will you have Miss Nelson help?'
 asked Cupid Williams with some cold ness.
 T don't believe I shall be able to have Miss Nelson meet her." replied
 the unblushing MT. MacGregor.
 "Oh, of course, that's your own af- fair said MT. Williams. still more coldly. We shall be delighted to do
 all we can to help you entertain the young woman from Minneapolis" In that way 1t came about that Cupid
 MacGregor presented to the club at supper time one evening one Miss
 Jackson, who proved to be a girl of wit, understanding and beauty. MT Wilson. a young man seeking to break l into the club, endeavored to enlist her efforts in his behalf and formally pro-
 posed to her-a proposition which she did not coldly reject. And she did not give him encouragement. It was agreed that she was a highly desirable addition to the acquaintances l thing which spoiled it for the associate i'd cupids, MT. MacGregor was evidently infatuated with her. It was patent that he had forgotten Miss Nelson en- tirely His devotion to Miss Jackson
 was unmistakable.
 This state of affairs was intolera- ble. T confess I hadn't thought Mac Gregor would act in this way" said 1 Cupid Norris.
 | It's a surprise to me" acknowledged | Cupid Williams. T thought Bill was a pretty square sort of fellow, but
 he's acting disgracefully I don't see l just what we can do about the matter.
 We can't warn Miss Nelson. None of us knows her to begin with. She's the
 only one of the girls we don't know. We can expell him. He's still engaged. :" The best thing we can do" suggest ed Cupid Small, lis to butt in continr uaiiy and spoil Bills game, We might boost Wilson's case with her Maybe Bill wlll come to his senses after while" bS
 There's no use reasoning with him, ' said Cupid Norris. T tried that and he wouldn't stand for j. It's a nasty sort of thing.
 It was learned that MacGregor and , Miss Jackson had devised plan of making cache of cooking utensils in ravine somewhat north of Glencoe, whither they betook themselves on Sundays with volumns of poetry, and where they communed with nature and volumes of poetry, she getting up a meal with the cached pots and kettles
 and provisions.
 "All of which would be highly com mendable in Bill" said Cupid Williams. If the cook were Miss Nelson and
 not Miss Jackson
 And she doesint show any signs of
 going back to Minneapolis" grieved Cupid Norris.
 It was decided that the club should
 begin the "butting in" game by intrud- | ing on one of these Sunday afternoon
 excursions of the two. The associated
 cupids got off the train at Glencoe and
 began to search for them.
 Third ravine north of the station,
 believed Bill said" remarked Cupid
 Norris, as they plodded along. You
 know the nastiest thing about the whole
 affair is that Miss Jackson doesn't know
 that he is engaged. She asked me if he
 were, and had to lie and say he l wasA't.''
 Finally they divided their individual
 searching parties, with an agreement
 that the cupid who found a trace of the
 campfire should yodel and bring the
 others. Within half an hour Cupid Will Hams yelled Justify and they came run ming from all directions toward the
 sound. The octagenarian cupid in his
 haste to prove his youthful springhli-
 ness ripped his trousers on nail in the