The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-11-29
Conjj',ring
With Cupid
A Plan That Produced the De.
sired Result.
BY CLARlSSA MACklE.

pecklhe at his desk Dlotter Win
penholder. "Your Cousin Nahum
merely desired to reunite two
branches Of his family which had
long been separated by a senseless
feud. It is only matter of cir.
cumstaree that you, Miss Cedelia,
and your cousin many times remov-
ed, Oliver Craig, are the last mem
bers of your respective families, and
you cannot overcome the fact that
Nahum Meade left perfectly valid
will, and you cannot evade the re-
sponsibility he has placed upon you
in making you half owner Of the
Meade Boiler works"
Cedelia Meade listened impatient
iy to the lawyers prosy discourse.
When he had concluded her red lips
parted in protest.
Suppose both are dissatisfied? %
demanded Cedelia.
"Then the entire estate goes to
the Railroad hospital" said the law
yer blurtly.
"What bother to be poor" sigh
ed Cedelia. "and have to accept such
unreasonable terms! With all due
respect to nay Cousin Nahum, whom
I never set eyes upon, it seems to me
that he was more deeply concerned
in reuniting estranged branches Of
his family than he was in the ac-
tual good his money might do. fn
tired Of teaching school, and the
idea OF 8 long vacation appeals to
me, but I much prefer the sound Of
SURF breaking on the oceans shore
than 10 listen to the noises in a boil
,er factory"
"Ai. Meade had his peculiarities,
and TINS letter of personal instruc-
tons, Of which copy has gone to
Oliver Craig, outlines his most fla
grant one" Mr.. Ashbee gave &C.
della s. folded paper, and while
che read it he retired behind news
paper, as if for protection from the
storm that might follow.
There was an ominous calm oD
Cedelia's side of the room, and when
the little lawyer dared peep around
his paper fortifcation he saw Miss
Meade sitting pale and wide eyed
and exceedingly wrathful, and 80 he
lodged back again out of sight.
sThe very idea," breathed Cede-
!ia at last-"the very idea of Cousin
Nahum embodying such restric-
ton in this matter! You know the
contents of this letter, I suppose,
Mr.. Ashbee?"
Mr.. Ashbee lowered the newspa-
per and bowed his head. Tread ii
af6er Mr.. Meade had written IT," he
acknowledged.
"He could not have been in his
right mind to thus insult somebody
whom he had never even seen"
And then, referring to the letter,
Cedelia quoted scornfuny: " In case
g marriage should be arranged be-
tween my estimable cousins, and
there is no reason to believe that
this might not happen even if they
meet each other for the first time
amid the din of their boiler factory,
then, and only then, may they dis
pose of the factory property. Other
wise the property must be worked to
the best advantage, and in the event
o. the death of either or both of the
legatees the property will pass into
the possession of the railroad hos
pital. But because 1 feel positive
that Cupid is hidden in that boiler
factory ] am making a special be-
Quest to the Railroad hospital.
After Cedelia had taken her state
ly self away from the lawyers office
Mr.. Ashbee bumped himself over
some neglected papers and smiled
grimlv. "I told Nahum Meade that
crusty old bachelor like himself
had better not conjure with love or
Cupid or anything of that sort. Let
well enough alone, I say, and l
ought to know" Mr.. Ashbee was
bachelor, too, and knew whereof
he spoke.
There came a glorious October
morning when CeIe,ia Meade was
obliged to take her place as treasur-
er of the Meade Boiler works. 4
handsome private office was assigned
to her by the obsequious superin-
tendent, Mr.. James, who assured her
that it was Nahum Meade's own
sanctum and had been reserved for
her use by Oliver Craig, who had
been elected president of the COM
pany at a meeting where Cedelia
was represented by Mr.. Ashbee.
Cedelia removed her hat and