Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-01-30
Cupid and the
Snapshot.
By ETHEL CONcANNON
Copyright. 1918. BY Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)

| Copyright 1915 by Mcclure NeNsphpei
Syndicate)
"of all your dead old places to spend
vacation ia this place. exclaimed
pretty Marie De Ilsle TO her chum as
! they sat on the sands Of benuliiul
lake in Hlllcrest. 81 am not IA bit
pleased with you, Pauline. for suggest
ing our coming here You know | like
dances, and lots of excitement. II -
SO quiet here, It IS positively unendnr-
able"
/ Well" said Pauline, you know
| every summer resort is quiet these
days, as this is war time, you must
remember. and. besides, | knew you
needed good rest, and that is prac-
tically the reason we are here
"Tu tell you what I'll do. just to have
a little fun said Marie, and opening
small leather purse took out n snap
| shot, taken about a week before while
playing tennis I'm going to bury this
in the sand and perhaps some Romeo
will come along and find It,"
"Oh you silly little goose said
Pauline, nobody would ever think of
coming down to such n deserted place
MS this but If it viii please you, why,
90 20 It," And as the girls finished
their task. they wendell their way
home, leaving the picture 10 its fate.
In the meantime. Lieut., Gilbert Dex-
| ter who had been on active duty in
France and was granted short fur
| Tough. arrived at the Bloomdale Inn
| an attractive little boarding house. As
Clbert's hoise was in the West, and
his time was limited, he decided he
would spend his few days in recu-
perating, and chose HillCrest as de-
| lightful place to rest.
Next morning Gilbert started ont
| bright and early. to observe the little
town; and, 1t being a warm day, nat
urally made his way to the waters
| edge. Being little fatlgued after his
long hike on the dusty roads, he picked
! cut secluded spot to be alone witt
| his thoughts and 10 enjoy the beautiful
| surroundings and the cool, refreshing
| breezes from the lake. Finally his
| thoughts wandered back TO dear ole
| France, and as he tapped the sand Will
his cane, whlstlng TO the popular tune
Of "Oyer There" pictured the boys.
Suddenly he spied IL white piece OF
| paper. and as he brushed it off, noticed
It was picture of very pretty girl
"By Jove III say I'm lucky" he eN
claimed, as he studied it more closely
''she certainly Is some girl. and al
though my time will be short. | viii
make every effort to find her; If | dc
not succeed, will leave this little
town very much Disappointed After
admring the little treasure he care
fully slipped It into his pocket ant
started homeward. Gilbert thought
HillcreSt the finest place he had evei
visited. but there was n reason now.
As the sun was setting and the day
was cooling off. le went down to the
lake. and the water looking too tempt
ing to resist decided row would be
lust the thing As he was getting
things all set group OF Jolly girls
came down to the boat landing. OF
course, Lieutenant Dexter was the at
traction, and the girls all thinking h'
was such handsome young fellow
wished down in their hearts they
would be the lucky one to accompany
him out rowing After a few minutes
conversation with the crowd he spoke
to Marie personally.
Marie was fabbergaSted to hear hin
mention her name in fact, she was s.
surprised she came near topping of
| the landing into the water. But afte
little explanation he brought torti
the snapshot with her name on the baci
of II. Marie bmshed as she knew sh'
was guilty.
1t was not long before a party Of tive
| were out on the water, and as Marie
| looked into his face she had TO admi
| she was glad that such an exceeding!
captivating young man as lieutenan
| Dexter was the finder.
The rest of Gilbert'S time was >pen
| with Marie and it was not long before
mere friendship developed into true
7 love. As his furlough drew near an enc
he dreaded to part with his new-foun'
/ little friend, although he left IlillcreS
very happy with the understandin.
that Pauline would be the bridesmaid
at their Wedding.
As Gilbert departed for active duv
again he carried the picture, the culmi
nation of his romance, next to hi'
heart Marie didn't think Hillcres
such a dead place after all. as she Il
now wearing a beautiful solitaire.
Objectionable.
Little Mary was in the habit Of post