The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-05-22

hearers. u the best critics of the
Emitted States Canada and England
have given him unstinted praise on his
rendition Of the Messiah" Creation"
Elijah" Redemption and Sam
SON
partea rnat night he returned. radi-
ant
I've got the position. sir. and I'm
ever SO grateful" he said to the pas
tor.
Miss c~avendish was a maiden lady
OF about forty years.
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 mad got a treasure Cupid had
been almost the round of the town in
search OF employment before be 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
body had proved quite good enough
for Miss Cavendish She was Of that
fine metal which won't take the rust
of life, and sooner or later all her
sweethearts had received their dis
charge But Mr. Henry Norman was
different.
A year or two older than Miss
Cayendish. very soft-spoken. he was
the sort Of a man whose very fawIess-
ness makes one think there may be
more wrong with him than appears on
the surface People sort Of distrust-
ed Mr.. Norman. But it was easy to
see that Miss Cavendish was lnfatu
ated with the man. Mr.. Norman
didn't ike Cupid. The two came from
the same town and. though it was
not likely that they had G been
closely associated. Cupid seemed to
know something to the discredit of
Mr.. Norman At least, that was what
people surmised. Cupid never spoke
just smiled mis- way INTO the heart
Of Little Falls,
Cupid mad been a married man.
Joe Rogers was questioning him one
day. in The DAYS before we learned 10
respect Cupid He asked MIN if his
wife was coming out to Little Falls
to live with him. Joe Rogers never
had much feeling
mo. sir answered CUPID. turning
white.
Dead, hey?" asked Joe Rogers.
mo sir. said Cupid. looking
straight into Rogers's eyes Some
how Joe Rogers found an excuse to
back away He never Questioned
Cupid after that.
Joe Rogers was at work in charge
Of the men who were repairing the
big dam above Little Falls 1t had
been called dangerous; people said
that If ever it burst the flood would
sweep away Little Falls as the food
had destroyed Johnstown. and nobody
would have time to do anything but
pray and pray fast Meanwhile the
dam was progressing toward compile
ton With the REINFORCED concrete
structure no one thought 1t would
break.
We used to hear gossip of the Cav
endish household from emma, the
black maid. That vas how We
learned that Henry Norman didn't
like Cupid. In fact. It was said by
her that the first time the two men
met Mr.. Norman looked as though
he bad seen a ghost, while Cupid drew
himself up very stiff and looked at
Mr.. Norman in a way that made her
blood run cold. However, Emma,
faithful 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 win of her own They
nearly quarreled over it till Mr. Nor.
mar saw that it was a case Of yield
ing or losing Miss Cayendish-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
10 dress like a gentleman. and 10
bring Miss Cavendish expensive iow-
ers. but he wanted her cool fifty thou
sand everybody knew But nobody
is going to NEEDLE in such affairs.
Folks are cowardly in small towns
AS for Cupid, whatever he knew. he
kept quieter than ever. He w~orshiped
Miss Caxendish. That was easy to