The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-13
When
Cupid Mapped
by John CharIeton

O. as Jules eedOn, but |
lar and wide his friends had nick. |
named him Cupid, for the reason
mat he was small and plump. with q
round, rosy, cherubic face and limo.
cent blue eyes, and also because of
his fatal tendency TO bring about
marriages between his acquaintance.
bachelor himself, Cupid" Wee
uon lost no opportunity to mate men
ana maldens whenever they ventured
IN MS vicinity. Thus he had married
on not only his pretty girl cousins,
put even the plain and elderly ones
VINO mad long since despaired of
matrlmony. Many contented bach
eior had found himself engaged and
married to some charming spinster
| or widow before he could catch his
breath; or some inconsolable widower
would take to himself a second wife
as the result of Cupid" Weedon's
| personally conducted, whirlwind mat.
rimonial campaigns.
AS most of these marriages turned
out happily-Cupid possessed weird
prescience of the affinity between
congenal spirits-his beneficiaries
were correspondingly grateful, and
therefore he enacted the part OF best
man at innumerable weddings and
never demurred at the gifts called
forth on these occasions or the
christening cups which as godfather
he presented later on.
At last the day came when most of
Mr.. Weedon's friends had entered the
married lists and his occupation seem
ed to have ceased. But still there
remained his friend and bosom COM
panion Hilary Ingram. who had Just
returned from a trip around the
world, handsome. rich, unattached and
heart untouched and consequently
Cupid's active brain and his kind
heart co-operated to find a suitable
mate for Hilary.
Hilary Ingram objected at the first
intimation of his friends interest in
his behalf
See here, my fat friend he said
bluntly, you may constitute yourself
mixer of love philters and minister
extraordinary to the court of love
but I'll be hanged if I'll permit you
to drag me into your matrimonial
bureau"
Cupid Weldon eyed his friend
doubtfully. But you can't go on like
this, old man. You ought not to be
living around at hotels What yol
need is a home where you can have
all your stuffed birds and animal!
| around" he added slyly
For that matter why cant | pu
them in a museum? 1t would be muci
more appropriate than messing UP
home" returned Hilary contemptu
4 ously Before you marry me off, Gu
pid. why don't you try dose of you
own medicine"
= 81 may, some day" returned tn
matchmaker loftily, provided ] eve
fall in love with a girl
Take 1t from me- predicted Hi
airy darkly, that when you fall i
love with a girl-then |, too, shall fa
|
81 dare say you will" was Cupid
grinning retort, and they resume
their golf.
4 Several weeks afterward II hal
pened that Hilary Ingram discovere
Cupid Weldon incoming about tn
= country club His blue eyes eagerl
searched the OCCUPANTS Of motor cal
as they stopped and listlessly turne
away when he had scanned the face
beneath the Disgusting wells.
who is She" demanded Hilary
who is who?" retorted cup
sheepishly.
"The one you are waiting for-tl
girl with the-what color eyes?
BLUE" admitted the matchmake
blue as your own cornflower o
tics" commented Hilardy. Il great
fear YOU have made miscalculatio
NV friend. You should have chose
brown ewes or black, | predict
happiness in your married life with
dark man in the background.
who is the dark man."
Hilary bowed. Myself, he sd
modestly.
Get OUT" ordered Cupid, his ey
still seeking the driveway.
+. 81 shall remain, Cupid. protest.
: Hilary firmly You may count on
for hest man and-er-by Jove. W
Is that?"
ITS Miss Wall breathed y
vaedon az he bounced down the ste
and assisted a graceful form to alig
from a luxuriously appointed car
She was a lovely girl She "
=, goUned in a pale blue robe that !
about her feet in simple lines, a
bar fopping hat was OF the sal
blue, trimmed with pink roses
Hilary saw all this as she toss
Of big chiffon veil and loose co
Az elderly woman followed and
otber cavalier was ready 70 ate
- her in the person Of Major DENIM
Hilary knew Major DeL.met' ana
resolved to seek out the major Ia
ard gam an Introduction to NJ
Wall ,... :
..vor will excuse me, Hilary. 5
Mr. Weldon as he passed ms en- !.
lint | am unching with friends
. Tbey disappeared and Hilary fo'
,,r..oie standing there on the pia
aazipg after them with undoub
saio,,s,. bammerfng At his heart "
should he be Jealous CT girl WI
~ had only gazed at for two none me
and whose eyes had only met ms
- 'D suespipr. casual glance as she ca
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