The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-06-23
S N A P S H T S.

they called eacn other john and JACK
respectively.
Jack. you ought to get married"
mot by 4 juoful. DO you think I'll
give up my Independence
plague take ysur Independence.
Don't enjoy Is much Of 1t a. you dol
i tell you
what you have tod me 4 thousand
times before
"Jack. what DO you hare against the
women anyhow
ooh. guess know a ding or two
about them, and they're all alike"
You're cranky. Look herA take my
own case
"ics, even your own case"
slack, what do you mcanY'
"That your wife,"
"lou 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 as
Jealous as
Jack, you're joking. Why, I've been
married five years and have two
Don't care II you have a dozen.
She's Jealous, and l can prove 1t to you
In less than 4 week. Ill bet a dozen
bottles OF champagne OH 1t. Tuke me
up II you dare!
-Take you up! OF course will. and
We might as well have the first bottle
now ut your expense, because
"We'll sec."
~Why. Jack. the excursion We are 60
Ing on tomorrow will tnke us three
days. and you will have only four left"
"Never mind. I've thought Of that"
The next dRy they arrived Mt their
destinat ton, tho little summer resort In
the mountains.
John, my sister Is going to join III
herr, and IA I'll be Juggling my camera
about I shall have to leave her to your
tender mercies mostly
"Your sister, 1ackI Why. l haven't
seen her since you and l were at col
leGe together, and she was Just little
girl then. How delightful"
Then followed two days Of tramplng
about In the mountains. nne weather,
grand scenery. glorious time, and
then away again.
Two days later Jack called ut tho
homo Of his friend. John Is not therN
and that he knew beforehand, but his
wife Ia. OF course the littie trip Jack
and John have made together becomes
1t once the subject Of conversation.
Yes, indeed. We had most delight
ful umo. Tho weather. the mountain
air and the scenety-oh, y enjoyed II
ever 10 much, and 90 did John! lie
was very much tnken with the trip,
And his only regret was that you
weren't with us to enjoy 1t too"
Indeed We'll, that WAS very nics
for him to remember me. ht really
preferred to stay here at the seaside
with the children. especially A. I am
not very fond Of the mountains any
how. Yet John has been telling me SC
much about Y l almost wish l had
gone"
Eyes. I'm sure you would have on
joyed It OF courss had my camera
with mo, and I took some pictures,
snapshots. Oh. nothing special! Mere
b amateur work. but thought you
might enjoy looking at them, and 40
I have brought up some Of them for
you. l will Just lenve them here, 80
you can look them over ut leisure"
swell. how kind you are! OF course
I shall enjoy them ever 80 much"
Two hours later John comes home
and nnds his vito wearing a look on
her face a. threatening as a cyclone
stormcloud.
"That must have been a fine time
ydt, Ind on your trip
Certainly. Haven't l been telling
you about It till my tongue almost
won't wag any moreT
"Oh. yes. indeed I'm on to Jour-
"Why. Iottie, dear
Don't you "Lottie. dear msl !
know just what kind Of time you
have had, and I've got II black on
white too. Oh. yes, you needn't look
20 innocent"
"Why, I>ottie. 1 told you about all
the places We went to and all the pco-
pie we met"
Eyes, and who ia this wotnhh with
you who
That? why. that II Jacks sister. I
merely forgot
"Oh. yes. you can't work that on mel
There, how tenderly you help her
across the stile, there eating from thu
same lunch basket, and there even
actually holding fteT IT yotfr arms'
You miserable"-
why. Lottie, she stepped on a stdHe
and would have tripped and fallen n
hadn't caught her. but where did you
get theseT'
THAT nice friend Of yours was kind
enough to give you away"
"A dozen bottles OF chsmpagneT
AND then he broke down. and he laugh
Cd TIL he cried, while MS wife looked
on, half wrathfuf. half inclined to Join
In his merrIment, but utterly at sea nc
to the ause Of It. Then he confessed
II all. and she laughed, too; lnushed
till the tears streamcd down her face.
but Jack laughed last, and be had the
best laugh Of them all.
And Jack! Well. he doesn't saen 70