Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-06-17

respect Cupid. He asked him II his
wife vas coming out to Little Falls
to live with him. Joe Rogers never
had much feeling
NO. sir" answered Cupid. turning
white.
Dead. hey" asked Joe Rogers.
mo. sir" said Cupid. looking
straight into Rogess'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 we're repairing the
| big dam above Little Falls. II had
been called dangerous; people said
that IL 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.
| endlsh household from Emma, the
black maid. That was 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 had seen 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 will of her own. They
nearly quarreled over 1t till Mr. Nor
man 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
TO dress like gentleman, and to
| bring Miss Cavendish expensive flow
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 cuieter 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 said she saw Cupid
talking to Mr. Norman. The two men
were at the gate of Miss Cavendish's
| house, and Norman was on his way
| homeward after a call when Cupid
confronted him. What Emma was
doing there she did not pretend to
explain.
For the last time | warn you to
leaS Miss Cavendish alone" said
Cupid.
"You scoundrell' Kissed Norman.
"Iil have you arrested for bIackmail
III"
we know all about that. Mr.. Nor
man" answered Cupid YEARLY. You
are relying on my not daring to bring
my wife's name into court Maybe
you are right up to a certain point,
but not when il comes to sacrificing a
woman like Miss Cayendish,'
Wl1at Norman answered Emma
could nct hear, but she saw Cupid
clench his fists and Norman start
away And, as Cupid watched him
sink by there was a queer look on
the mans ugly face 1t almost seemed
| as though he realized Norman was a
coward and was meditating about 1t.
III the dam don't burst tomorrow
| she can't Joe Rogers had said, and
everyone repeated 1t, The key to the
| solid wall OF masonry was to be
swung into position the next day.
Some had said that the laying OF the
| great blocks had disturbed the founda-
| lions 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 il. he
insisted People grew a little nerv-
GUS us AlS tNtullS WuIt away bldEH
| Emma had heard Miss Cavendish
laughinsly 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 togethe--when Cupid rushed
into the fyingroom without the pre-
iimInary of a knock.
Tho dams BURST" he yelled
There's Just two minutes before the
I flood catches us Run for the hillside
or youll be buried under a hundred
I feet Of waterl"
Emma screamed naturally but she
was not so terrified as Norman He
stared at Cupid with wild eyes for
/ the tenth Of a second. Then. with
I yell, he Vas upon his feet, out through
the glass OF the window, which fell
1 in splinters all about him, and soeed-
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