Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-08-01
Cupid Has
Wings
By GENEVRA COOK
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
(Copyright.l

1N1 ably up in the birch seat over
looking the lake, reading a story from
the folded newspaper in her lap. Cliff
ton Spruce leaned over her shoulder
REALLY, Mona" he began. "You
ought to be beyond such-what's the
name of it? 'Cupid's Dart p-such
sentimental sillinessl You know very
well there's no cupid-with his ar
rows and big soft eyes, and wings
above all things, those absurd wings"
"But, Clifton" Mona lifted lovely
gray eyes to his, "it's the things he
stands for-like love, love at first
sight, and romance"
"Well, there aren't any of those
things, either. That's sentimental non
sense, too. Look at uS-we're prac.
tically engaged; that is, we will be
engaged when l feel | can offer you
sufficient income to live on properly;
and If things come off all right when
get back to New York tomorrow, I'll
be able to do it soon. And there won't
be any cupid about it-oh, there's the
boat. Well, goodby, Mona. Hope you
have good summer"
For three days Mona gazed dream
lily and lonely out over the sparkling
lake; her aunts had opened the cot
tage early this year, and few people
had yet joined the summer colony.
On the morning Of the fourth day.
as she swan lazily out past the rocks.
hA et ,tIa "a 70 fhn kVbir nf
motors in the air, and there lowering
over the lake was big silver plane
1t circled above her head, then
swooped very low, skirting the water,
and at last came to rest on the sur
face like a silver-gray dove.
Mona, her eyes round with aston
ishment, retreated to the rocks until
the backwash from the landing had
subsidized, and the seaplane swayed
quietly in the middle of the lake. She
glanced quickly around her. No one
was in sight Perhaps the pilot would
need assistance. She dived gracefully
and swan with long, clean strokes
out toward the plane.
Tall, dark. with q bronZed face and
eager eyes, the man In the cockpit
leaned toward her. II suppose you're
nymph?" he called softly. Mona
smiled up at him. sand | suppose
you're" she could only think Of one
person with wlngsl She wouldn't
dare call him cupld!-1 suppose
you're one of the angelsr she fin
ished breathlessly. The young man
laughed. "You guessed wrong that
time" he said-"rm only Dirk Bran,
don, destination Quebec, with iluky
gas tank-but Pm marvellous picker
of places to land"
BY and by Mona swan back for
sparkling lake to the plane for Dirk
Brandon. Together they padded
across to the cove.
"When | come back from Moose
VILE" he told her-he would have to
walk the mile and half TO the little
"Tm coming over to the cottage TO
see you. May ~ Mona lifted her gray
eyes happily to his. 81 hope you wlIl,'
she answered softly.
When he came back from the VII
lage just at sunset he was In bright
red boat with an cupboard motor. He
flashed up to the dock past the rocks,
and called to Mona, who had run
down to the shore. "Pm here for the
season." he called gayly. "How do
you like the new chariot? | rented 1t.
Would you like to go out to the ship?
The Silver Star, call her"
On the way out he told her: They'll
have to get some stuff from Portland
to fix the Silver Star up with. That'll
take about week. Then itll take
about another week for me to repair
it, check?" He grinned at her hap
PLY. "See that little cottage over there
by that point? Well I've rented 1t I'm
testing the plane for the IOOmwell
Aircraft company, and | can test It
here just as well as on some lake near
Quebec-can't II"
He could, and he did. And for five
weeks Mona lived in the aura Of rO-
nance. Then one night Dirk told her
that in three days the last test flight
would be made, he would be assured
of the safety of the Silver Star, and
on Sunday afternoon he would take
her up for her first flight.
Mona tossed about restlessly all
night. She didn't know what to do
about Clifton. or course, she wasn't
engaged to him, really--and yet In
the morning she telegraphed him:
"If you love me, come at once
this weekend.
MONA"
All day she walked In terror The
minute she had sent that telegram,
she knew that It was Dirk Brandon
that she loved.
Friday night they padded together
up to the island. There In the hush
of the darkness Dirk told her that
he loved her. Mona told him all about
Clifton. "And IL he comes, Dirk" she
said, "he'll-heTl tell me I'm crazy
When they reached the cottage
there was a telegram.
Mona 1t read. Don't be silly. do
you think I'm Cupid? Big deal on
here. VIII write Monday. Chiffon"
Monday afternoon happy man and
girl in the Silver Star clrcled over
the Office Of Clifton Spruce in New
York. "rhat's his skylght" cried
Mona. Dirk swooped down ana with
accurate ain sent tiny weighted
package through the open skylight
TO 1t was attached n small white note
"Dear Clifton" II read "YOu see
I've found there really Is y cupid M
er ALL And he hrs wings