Show Slants on Life Dr By J. J A. A WALDRON 7 Cupid That Errant Marksman Markman i Is no guiding Cupids Cupid's arrow 1 lie Ue Is a sentimental freebooter a surpriser a satirist a II comedian a tragedian dian and a normal and reasonable marksman by turns turn Lieutenant Audray had hod shown such aptitude for the time military game ame that he lie became the of ot General Hall Hall- worthy lIe He also won the time generals general's daughter In spite of a momentary opposItion opposition op op- op- op position to his suit from her mother And now now as os Major Audrey Audray with a charming daughter of his huts own Del Beatrice thIs this was before the great war broke while time the military establishment of the country was Vas small ile he lie was ln lI living In Inlew New lew York having brent been detached from froma a Western po post t to 10 await lIlt dut duty In the time I Hast Cast lie He hull had forgotten time the sig of ot his Ida position as us It related to 0 his modest beginning Is a n vulgar vocation It Is grimy grim and It has has a definite tendency chicanery even In Its best cir dr Yet there Is money In Its skillful practice Time The plumbing In the majors major's hou house home e suddenly needed attention A plumber was sent for till to 10 Ox tl It This plumber from the advantage Ild of ot youth seemed less ics grimy than most plumbers lie He kept his lila face clean And his face II was us something to 10 conjure with I Beatrice curious about all ull domestic processes had nl o aho o nn on industrial curl curi I Plumbing Interested her bier And And It had imad an Interesting exponent She asked the young oung plumbers plumber's name It wits was John You aren't arent going to 10 be a 1 plumber nil all your 11 life fl are you 7 she alme queried John was wiping a Joint and she wondered wondered won dered Jered at mit his deft dett manipulation Of lOOt course not Miss Im I'm Just plumbing to 10 pay Y my way through college col col- col lege And Im I'm almost through Im I'm going to 10 be a mechanical al engineer I that splendid I I I Well Its It's work all alt right I I IOne IOne One Ono day duy some months later Beatrice was on the avenue a with a girl friend V S ji r ij Il I l i 4 t 4 I I I Ro-I Ro s She e Smiled Sled at Him Bidding to for Rca Rec when they met John She could rould not forego a n passing recognition for John was u a handsome figure figure- well dressed and as liS erect as os a soldier Who Vho s a he the girl girt friend oske asked lOh l. l Oh a young m men man n I once met met met-a a mechanical en engineer he Just stunning I V II II I like his appearance I confess And this was all the time girl friend could extort Nobody aside from Beatrice and John ever knew how It happened but they met many litany times by design after that thaI And one day John sought the major jor and mini asked for tor Beatrices Beatrice's hand I I The major was amazed that John even knew his daughter doughIer and when he I learned Ill John had hod worked as a I plumber for for John was not nol ashamed med of ot It It it-be he was WI furious and und would listen I tn tm no explanation The major didn't even ln ask Johns John's name nl That night tIme the major read Beatrice I a ft lesson on the dangers dungen of ot promiscuous acquaintance mind and her bier social duties I Beatrice's Beatrices mother I began on where the time I major o ofT off IT although really there was nothing more to III s- s sIY y And the I next dl day Beatrice Batrice was wn missing The rime The only news the time major and hi his wife received re re- re- re was mimis this im Is vIlh Cal and ond laconic wire from mum Beatrice I I have hu married tIme the plumber Time The war broke out The Time major ml nt at once ent upon active duty dUly The stress of nt times t 8 was great but there was S grieving over the girls girl's fate tate In tn his Ms heart time the father had hod forgiven her tier The rime mothers mother's pride had bud been beell so hurt she tried to cloak her imer real feeling They had tried to 10 locate Bps Beatrice trIce but lad Ind failed There was t to tm great l gathering of mill mill- 1111 tary personages sail favored friends on a suburban n field one day to I witness the est of ot an Invention that I j to give time the country air su su- The ftc Inventor In a Captain liar liar- I wood wool woodIS was S from frimi the lime i coast east where he lie had enlisted nail and worked out his device de Major A of ot cour course l' l was om chilly lIr A At he I from I I hIs bis motor near the field be lie saw a R young woman miami and a nurse III n II I child aid ster- fro from III mm 0 car ear The Time young young woman was his U dI daughter He lie lost his habitual All 11 was 8 forgotten at gt sIght IBM of ot tier her She smiled trolled at him bid I ding for reconciliation lIe He took In h hg hs arms her tier Beatrice u- u With her why how are r Jou yo Ij herer bend hed on his hi shoulder s 81 replied I am ama Mrs 1 I |