The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-02-07
Conjuring
With Cupid
A Plan That Produced the De-
sired ResuIs.
BY cl-ARIssA MAcKIE.


long been separated by senseless
feud. 1t il only a matter Of ciE-
camstance that yon, Miss Cedelia,
and your cousin many times remov-
ed, Oliver Craig, are the last mem
bera Of your respective families, and
you cannot overcome the fact that
Nahum Meade left a perfectly valid
will, and you cannot eyade the re-
sponaibility he has placed upon YOU
In making you half owner OF the
Meade Boiler works"
cedelia Meade listened impatient
II 10 the lawyers prosy discourse.
When be had concluded her red lips
parted IN protest.
Suppose both are dissatisfied -
demanded cedelia.
'sThen the entire estate goes 20
the Railroad hospital, = said the law
yer blnntly.
~Nhat 3 bother to he poor" sigh
ed Cedelia. .'and have 10 accept such
unreasonable termsl With all due
respect to my Cousin Nahum, whom
/ never set eyes upon, il seems TO me
that he was more deeply concerned
ia renniting estranged branches Of
his family than he wAs in the ac-
snal good his money might do. I'm
tired 81 teaching school. and the
idea Of a long vacation appeals 70
me. but ! much prefer the sound Of
surf breaking on the oceans shore
than 70 listen 10 the noises IN boil
er factory
~Ar. Meade had his peculiaFities,
and this letter Of personal insirnc-
lions. Of which : copy has gone 70
Oliver Craig. outlines his most fla
grant one.v Alr. Ashbee gave Ce-
della . folded paper, and while
abe read Il he retired behind a news
paper. "a il for protection from the
storm that might follow.
There was az ominous calm on
Cedelia's side Of the room, and when
the little lawyer dared peep around
his paper foriifcation be saw Miss
Meade sitting pale and side eyed
and exceedingly wrashfnl, and 80 he
lodged back again out Of sight
~The very idea. breathed Cede-
ia at lasi-Aihe very idea Of Cousin
Nahum embodying such 9 restric-
ton in this natter You know the
contents Of this letter, suppose,
Mr.. Ashbeefy
Mr. Ashbee lowered the newspa-
per and bowed his head. Il read It
after Mr.. Meade had written il, !" he
acknowledged.
@Ife could not have been in his
right mind TO thus insult somebody
whom he had never even seen
And then, referring TO the letter,
Ccdelia quoted scornfully: In case
. marriage should BE- arranged be-
tween ms estimable cousins, and
there II no reason TO believe that
this might not happen even IL they
meet each other for the FIRST time
amid the din Of their boiler factory,
then, and only then. may they dis
pose ~ the factory property. Other
wiee the property must be worked 70
the best advantage, and in the event
81 the death Of either or both Of the
leeatces the property viii pass into
me poescssinn of the railroad hos
pital. But because I feel positive
that Cupid is hidden in that boiler
factory / am making q special be-
quest to the Railroad hospital.
After Cedelia had taken her state
" self away from the lawyers Office
Agr. Ashbee bumped himself over
some neglected papers and smiled
erimlv. II told Nahum Meade that
crunty old bachelor like himself
had better not conjure with love or
Cupid or anything Of that sort. Let
well enough alone, say, and /
ought to know" Mr.. Ashbee was
bachelor. too. and knew whereof |
he spoke.
There came e glorious October
morning when Cedelia Meade was
obliged 10 take her place as trcasur- |
er Of the Meade Boiler works. A
handsome private office was assigned
"a her by the obsequious superln-
sendens. Mr.. James, who assured her
that It was Nahum Meade's own
aanctum and had been reserved for |
her use by Oliver Craig. who had |
been elected president Of the COM
pany al a meeting where Cedella
was represented by Mr.. Ashbee.
Cedelia removed her hat and |
gloves and sat down in q giddily |
revolving chair before the great ma
hoenny deak. A row Of electric push
buttons were ranged beside her
desk. Over each one was tiny
card bearing the name Of some slave
of the button who would appear II
she touched ii. Miss smith
that would be the typewriter girl;
eAEr. James, the superintendent;
aWilliev-that must be the office