Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 9, 1915, Page 7

“SPARKS” CONTAGIOUS WHAT A GRATE FIRE DID. e Homeless | dren Suffer | Florida? JELIEVE that the good people of Flor- right now in our State Hundreds Bal need—some absolutely homeless— ed for. Cupid’s Test “Dead, hey?” asked Joe Rogers. “No, sir,” saild Cupld, looking ! straight into Rogers's eyes. Some- how Joe Rogers found an excuse to {back away. He never questioned ' Cupid after that. "um-u who were repairing the "y | big dam above Little Falls. It had | they ate dangerous.” been called dangerous; people maid ‘Because of the sparks?” innocently that if ever it burst the flood would demanded Lydia. - sweep away Little Falls as the flood ', “Well, yes, if you use the wor had destroyed Johnstown, and nobody b}rh in tl:_e old-fashioned sense.” ‘would have time to do snything but | “Gracious!” exclaimed Lydia. “I | pray, and pray fast Meanwhile the DBad no such thought. But why should ; was progressing toward comple- “':’ be 0 in that wnfly? With the re-enforced concrete | s“'::‘h‘;l‘hhfid l:vrll. l:muu 14, & 8ra so0 conducive to sen- ing in the hall he could not repress :':‘:"“ 80008 ThORCE: £ WORH) 1 G etatal Bieetis Chat Tidier hinw & whnider of dWeuit. | Droad 88 fn | ip of the Cay. | & man and a woman to sit down before ox, with short and rather bowed 165, | yyqicy " "Sounenold. from Emms, the | 01 but straightway they would fall still his figure was that of an Adonis | | to romancing; and if they were young compared with his face. And the | Back g Thas. wes how ve “Don’t you adore a grate fire?” Lydia drew up her chair before the grate and prepared herself for the confl- | dences that such a position inspired. The grate was Myra's. “Yes,” replied Myra, “but I think Ll By H. M. EGBERT Copyright, 1915, by W. G. Chapman.) When Rev. 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I can show you good references, in case you know of a job—" The pastor looked at the fellow with a repugnance which he could not conceal. “I know my face is against me, sir,” said Cupid with a smile. And it was astonishing how the smile changed him. Cupid smiling looked almost decent. The pastor racked his brains. He took a sudden liking to the man, and he was resolved not to be prejudiced against him on account of his looks. “Miss Cavendish was wanting a handy man to take care of her garden and pony,” he sald. “I don’t know whether that is in your line, my friend?” “I was bred on a farm,” answered Cupid. “I think, sir, I could manage the job if—if you'd see Miss Caven- dish first and—and mention my looks, sir.” " That softened the parson complete- ly. He called up Miss Cavendish on the telephone and broke the news as considerately as possible. “The man is afraid he doesn't look very prepos- sessing, Miss Cavendish,” - he ex- plained. “Well, send him round and I'll judge for myself,” answered Miss Cavendish. And a few minutes later Cupid de- o, | “For the Last Time, | Warn You to Leave Miss Cavendish Alone.” parted. That night he returned, radi- ant. “I've got the position, sir, and i'm ever so grateful,” he said to the pas- tor. Miss Cavendish was a maiden lady | of about forty years. b Sensible, though a little ‘“queer,”: and very determined—it is a type common in New England. Before a month had passed it was realized that she had got a treasure. Cupid had been almost the round of the town. in search of employment before he went to the ‘pastor. Many regretted that they had been prejudiced against the man on account of his appearance. Miss Cavendish had a beau. Not that she hadn’t had heaps during the | course of her life; but somehow no- | learned that Henry Norman didn't like Cupid. In fact, it was sald by her that the first time the two men met Mr. Norman looked as though he had seen a ghost, while Cupid drew blood run cold. However, Emma, faithtul old soul that she was, was fond of romancing. Still, we knew that Mr. Norman had tried to per- suade Miss Cavendish to get rid of Cupid. Miss Cavendish refused. She always had a will of her own. They nearly quarreled over it till Mr Nor man saw that it was a case of yleld- ing or losing Miss Cavendish—or her money. That was the bitter part. Joe Rog- ers found out that Mr. Norman was a bankrupt. He had hidden away enough of his property to enable him to dress like a gentleman, and to bring Miss Cavendish expensive flow- ers; but he wanted her cool fifty thou- sand, everybody knew But nobody is going to meddle in such affairs. Folks are cowardly in small towns As for Cupid, whatever he knew, he kept quieter than ever. He worshiped Miss Cavendish. That was easy to see. But people said he wouldn't hold his position long after the marriage, which was only four weeks away Now comes the astonishing part of the story. Emma sald she saw Cupid talking to Mr. Norman. The two men and unmarried ten to one they would | himself up very stiff and looked at! b Mr. Norman in a way that made her YOu ever happen to know of such a ‘be persuaded, by the subtle and per- ] suasive influence of the fire, to ex- change vows, or to do something equal- 1y foolish.” case?” “Indeed I did,” replied Myra. “I was thinking of Irene Leighton and Clive Wheaton when I spoke. Of course they were both of a sentimental nature, and they were a bit smitten with each other before he made his first call, but at the same time I don’t believe he would ever have proposed ‘before a beautiful grate fire upon that first evening.” the dangerous flames. “Do you mean to say that he fell into the fire, speak- ing metaphorically, the minute he sat down?" | “Oh, 1 don’t suppose he proposed instantaneously after taking his seat, but he is excessively literary, and he began by recalling various scenes in his favorite novels where the hero and heroine had talked their affairs over before a fire, and then he asked Irene whether she had ever read the ‘Rever- fes of a Bachelor.' " 2 “And she had?” breathlessly de- manded Lydia. *“No, the hadn't,” went on Myra. “So he told her all about the book and “How absurd!” laughed Lydia. “Did ! to Irene it she had not seated him | Lydia drew nearer to . were at the gate of Miss Cavendish’s | how the hero of it was a lonely old house, and Norman was on his way | bachelor who was accustomed to sit homeward after a call when Cupid| before his solitary fire and console confronted him What Emma was doing there she did not pretend to explain. “For the last time I warn you to leave Miss Cavendish alone,” sald Cupid. “You scoundrel!” hissed Norman. “I'll have you arrested for blackmail. r—" “We know all about that, Mr. Nor- man,” answered Cupid wearily. “You are relving on my not daring to bring my wife’s name into court Maybe you are right up to a certain point, but not when it comes to sacrificing a woman like Miss Cavendish.” What Norman answered Emma could not hear, but she saw Cupid clench his fists and Norman start away. And, as Cupid watched him slink by there was a queer look on the man's ugly face. It almost seemed as though he realized Norman was a coward and was meditating about it “If the dam don't burst tomorrow she can’t,” Joe Rogers had said, and everyone repeated it. The key to the solid wall of masonry was to be swung into position the next day. Some had sald that the laying of the great blocks had disturbed the founda- tions of the old dam, but Joe ridi- culed that. After ten at night the following day the dam couldn’t burst unless an earthquake struck it, he insisted. People grew a little nerv- ous as the evening wore away. Black Emma had heard Miss Cavendish laughingly tell Mr. Norman, who was visiting her that evening, and she said the man seemed scared when Miss Cavendish told him their house stood right in the line the torrent would take. Only Emma saw what happened at the house that night, and we have to rely on her. It seems that Norman was within half an hour of departing ~the two had been reading some book together—when Cupid rushed into the lving-room without the pre- liminary of a knock. “The dam’s burst!” he yelled “There’s just two minutes before the flood catches us. Run for the hillside or you'll be buried under a hundred feet of water!” Emma screamed naturally, but she was not so terrified as Norman. He himself for the lack of a veal com- Imnlnn by some creature out of his fancy and out of the ashes. Then, of course, Clive went on to talk about his own dreary existence and to tell how he had not even a fire for companion- ship, but that he had a picture of a happy newly wedded pair sitting be- fore a fire and planning their future togetlier. This was thé poor man's substitute both for a fire and for a wife.” | “And of course Irene couldn'’t re- sist remarks so touching and original,” vut in Lydia. “She couldn't! When he went home that evening they had already planned on which side of their living room they would have the grate and whether | they would burn coal or wood.” “That was lovely,” sighed Lydia. “But don’t you dare tell me that the cold glare of day or the sight of the ashes in the grate caused her to re- pent the next morning.” “Well, it she repented she never admitted the fact,” declared Myra. “for Irene, with.all her sentimental- 1ty, 18 a girl of"pliick.” Just the same, I am quite sure that if she and Clive had sat down befére a gas grate on that first evening I should never have been invited to act as bridesmaid next month.” “But I think it was his knowledge of literature that fanned the flame of her fancy,” mused Lydia, as she me chanically took up the poker and began to stir the fire. “It's so unusual in these days to meet a man who knows anything about books or who could recall a single heroine who had ever been wooed before a fire, so I'm not surprised that Irene was fascinated. It Clive had sat down before her fire and ‘begun to talk about insurance or real estate I am sure that Irene would not have accepted him even it | he had followed up such a conversa- tion with a proposal.” “Perhaps not,” admitted Myra. “But I do believe that it was the fire that did it.” “What kind of dress did Irene have | on that evening?” demanded Lydia. “You know that costume has a great deal to do with such situations, and it she wore the kind of gown that lends body had proved quite good enough | stared at Cupld with wild eyes for for Miss Cavendish. She was of that | the tenth of a second. Then, with a fine metal which won't take the rust | vell, he was upon his feet, out through of life, and sooner or later all her | the glass of the window, which fell itself to firelight and if she sat near ; enough to the blaze so that her fea- tures could be ‘illuminated by the fit- fu) flame,’ as the novelists put it, why, T can easily understand Clive's equipment and value of the farm, l Lumber purchased for repairs, is an especially | wise purchase, as its use prevents the buildings from deteriorating in value and usefulness. Lakeland Manufacturing Company ; LAKELAND, FLORIDA ' Delivering | Promptly ma is on-e of the features of our business You can have your package done on wish. short notice if you We wish also to call the attention of housekeepers to the fact that we are making special low prices on bed sent in lots of six sheets or more o a7 e and table linen when d with towels, napkins, etc, The Lakeland Steam Laundry R. W. WEAVER, Prop. 7 . 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And just as Emma and Miss Caven- gatails™ laughed My “ A year or two older than Miss ! dish turned to run Cupid caught u:.: :l;a ;:: :,':. &r.!.m.:‘:;lr;y-:::y Cavendish, very soft-spoken, he was | them. | “Well” dectared Lydia, “I am go- quick surrender.” “I don’t know anythiag about these I The .Financial Crisis Over SHSE29H2. the sort of a man whose very flawless- ' ness makes one think there may be more wrong with him than appears on . a He!” he cried. There was a look of triumph upon the fellow’s face. “The dam—the dam hasn’t burst and ing to ark father to have our gas grate | changed to a real log-burning love- We are now in shape togive you the be nefit of our Low Kxpenses. Let us wire your Groceries | persuading fireplace and then be care- House and save you money, Lower Insur- k| OTES GIVEN ON ALL SH "‘PURCHASES, AND DN ALL CASH PAID ON AC- OUNT. GET COUPONS FOR fERCEANTS CO-OPERA- ION CONTEST. ours to Please Dickson AT it o o s g 2 o 2 8 LR S the surface. People sort of distrust- ‘ never will!” ed Mr. Norman. But it was easy to Emma sald that for a moment Miss see that Miss ‘Cavendish was infatu- | Cavendish stood still, watching his ated with the man. Mr. Norman | face. Then suddenly she put her didn’t like Cupid. The two came from | hands to her own and burst into hys- the same town, and, though it was | terical tears and laughter. You see, not likely that they had ever been she had been brought to a realization closely associated, Cupid seemed to of Cupid's motive at last, and a thou- know something te the discredit of | ful who sits before it."—Chicago Daily iy ance, Cleanliness and Convenience are * the results, ' T. L. CARDWELL Phone 397 Diet for Statesmen. A Washington dietist says bran is | an ideal food. It certainly ought to i be for some satesmen we know, and ! a little hay and fodder to go with it Mr. Norman. At least, that was what people surmised. Cupid never spoke his way into the heart of Little Falls. Cupid bad been s wmarried Rogers was questioming him ¥. In the days hofore we learmed 10 sand little traits in Norman which she had passed over, for love’s sake, were suddenly made clear And Cupid had saved her. But he never told her what he kmew about Normaa. Nobody knew that. Only it did mot matter, for Norman was neve: seen ip Little Falls again. Rub With Paper. Ry rubbing the bathtub with erum- | pled newspaper as soon as it is thor A “monkey-wrench” mechanic will Ccertainly am mot. Any man who is oughly dry, every bit of grease, soap, lint and the marks from the water taiaing wires in the crown nuts inthe defeated before he commenced. 1hope 18 not necessary to do any scouring {f housing. Should one of these nuts U0 ®ecure it. and trust to God for the the tub is smooth, but it is quite nee- | essary that it be dry. ‘ Friendship Is Not Blind. 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