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Show 1 ""TT"TTTT"T"TTTT-rf-K44-M-4. tft44. Gtipid Makes eiq J)o Queer TWPllS. I Cupid Is tho father of prnnks. This fact Is shown by Iho many queer things peoplo do who nio In love. Then) Is no tourKo too novel, no novelty too eiratlc for this tlmo-honoied iheruh lo pur-sun pur-sun If by so doing two heirta can bo brought together. With L'upld It Is nlivnvs a enso of means lo nu end, nnd tho littles fellow Is not nt nil par-tloul par-tloul ir about tho means, A good mnnv of the pranks of Cupid am amusing. Here nro eonio of them. In Khoxvllle, 'lenn , Lewis W Clnlf of 1 rluldiicl, Colo, wedded Miss Iuira I)awH, eldest daughter of Mr. unci Mis, Albert Hiivvb. tiolf Uvea on n ranch In n district vvheio tin lei uio few women. Un advertised In Iho papcis und ic-iclved ic-iclved an nnswer from Miss Haws (loir proposed by uinll and Miss lluws iiiceptid. He went In KnoxvJIlo mil, a fen linuiH uflei nulvltig time, vvuh mnirled nnd left with his bride, sas tho Chicago 'lilbiinc Unit Cupid Is nu lespcilcr of common com-mon family ties Is Blionu by n lecent nnlrlnmniiil tniiinaiiient he eiiKliueied In Cuithage, 'lenn, In Willi Ii two fiini-llles fiini-llles were eeunpletoly broken up und io-iiininRed. io-iiininRed. llrlllo Hnilth nud llllcy Ithhnidsnn wcie mnirhd nnd this wua tho beginning "f It nil Up to a shoit tlmo ngu 111. Illihaidson's household consisted of himself nud two d nighteis, Mlshca Calllo and Dora Illihaidsun One mllo finm Carthago llel Din tend Unbelt Hmlth. two brothirs and nil only slslei, Miss llettlo hmlth About two months ngo Dan Hmlth lieenmo In (crested In 111"" "ta Ulclnrdson nnd inaiiled hoi About threo weiks ago Itoheit, Iho ulher hrothei mairlwl Miss Cillle Nuw lllchnrilsi.il bun maiilod Ihe slstei of tho two biotheis nnd bus bands of his two daughtets. In this Ml Illiliaidson beiomcM tho biothei-ln-lvv of his two snns-l 'uvv, and his vvlfn becomes tho step-mother-ln-lavv of hei two brothers Married on a Dnie. bometlmes Cuplii reaches thn heart nf a biihelor In a strnngo wnj-, as Is Bhown h) a recent nmril-ign In Ht. Louis I". J Kelson hnd escaped tho lovo dart for thlrty-thrco senrs, but met his fato In a boardlng-housc The fnto wns Miss Minnie Webb Cupid wns represented by Mrs K H Ilnllj, tho landliily. Hhe twitted him ubout being unmarried. ' .so good-looking a man bh you without with-out u wife'' she exclaimed. ' hat a shame' ' '.Nobody will hovo me," replied Kelson Kel-son dlseonsolatels, "I bet jou novel had th" ncrvo to nsk ansbods." replied Mrs llolls. "Whv, heies Minnie, sho Is Just tho girl foi Kelson looked up nnd met tho gaze of a pnlr of snipilng black njes looking laughingly nt him ' Well, I guess I m game," Bald Kcl. son ' I am, too wua tho reply, ' Mi il,e " he said, nnd they shook hinds ' Kiss' ' cried nil tho hoirdcrs In unison uni-son Mid they kissed Next das ho sllpiod nn engiRement ling on tho Ilngei of his eliosen one's lift hand It wns alt llxed from Hut dale, and the ceieru.ny wua pcrfoimed Poveity Is no bunlei to tho maehlm. linns of l'upld Ihls la Illustrated hv u stoiy from Inllatin James M Peirs of Columlius iiinrrlod Miss Mnrs Me-Oiidou Me-Oiidou Ho was IR. vvhllo sho was I", Neither had any inonoj, nnd nftei tho ceremony the courngeous groom tiuded his welding suit for a cow an I mlf lie had Just eelehuiled his eightieth bhlhdis nnnlverHiirs, nnd li.dnj H. worth closes on to a million dollars Telephone Tieventa Elopement. ( Ono of Cupid s gientest cnemlca Is tho TTTTTTTTTTrttttttftMtfH telephone, which has prevented many nn elopement. It Ij n tnlo of crossed wires nnd blisted hopes Tho llnmen hid made nil nrronge-meniH nrronge-meniH for n IIsIiir trip wllh his Juliet In Illlzabith Cits, tho pair lo leavo on Iho Thursday artcrnoou trnln Ilvery-thlng Ilvery-thlng seemed llko getting monej from mothei, but the glil, turn to her sex, thought she needed Jtmt one thing moie. So sho 'phoned for It A friend of tho family, through n queer coincidence, wis on Hie same line and. tho wires being crossed, nverhenrd the conversation conversa-tion and lecognlied Juliet's voice Then the 'phono was ngnln called Into requl-slllon requl-slllon mil papa was notified Ho 'Phoned (the elelestnhle old voice-box was responsible for ovorvthlng) tho detectives, de-tectives, and the pah were stopted as thej- vvero boarding the train Itomeo raged ami Juliet wept, but It was no go, und thn unfortunate iovers vvero separated nt tho threshold of silt -cess Itomeo hid been hearts nrrested tlnro for Ihiowlng rocks at the lential olllce, l ml Juliet pool Juliet, hursts Into tens at the sight of a wlro. Ileie Is a four-coineied gaino Hint Cupid englneeied bs mill and brought nbout a double wedding in Phlllppl, W Vn, llenjnmln Tranklln Ilanna and William Oush lived In Campus, 111 fhi answered mntrlnional ndvutlso-menls ndvutlso-menls nnd hegnn eorresponilng with Ilertlo and Pearl Uooth, sisters, who lived In Miginla, A courtship wns ion-dialed ion-dialed bs lettci and flnalls tho joung men irovosril thioush the mails I hey weio necipted In tho snino way and thn day was set They traveled hundred or miles, met their Intendod brides In Ihe forenoon weio mauled In the nflei noon, and left West Virginia for lllliuls In the evening Queer things often prompt men to "ip Into mntrlmonj, and William M irch McCuteheon of Plninlleld, V J married becauso he needed a nurse Ho had been engaged to Miss Marlon do rorest Keses of Ulli ibeth, but the isr- e-f-f--f-iV.f.-r4--M-4-iv emony was Miptmsed to bo nn event of the jeniote futuro until McCuteheon wns placed It) a position wheie ho felt the need nf n wife's nurlng He was an engineer and engaged In mining operations near Bait Lake City Utah There ho was set upon bj Iho miners, badly beaten, and both of his Jaws were broken He was taken to n hospital, and for a time his llfo wan elospalrel of, hut at last, with both Jaws done up In splints, he was allowed lo leave the hospital When he arrived home It was found that another dungernun operation on his Jaws would ho necessary It wns decided that the nuptials had bettet bo terfoimed ut oilce, the pntlent believing believ-ing his chances of recovers would he much hettei If ho could hnvo the nursing nurs-ing of his Intended wife Globo Democrat. |