Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-05-06

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much rs I;,i":< al WIS laughter
in prop. r:ion vas COLI: C'JD:ful as
To wht.hcr or not Air. Eichol's Wal
loway could be seen. He : lrveyed tie
Hewinston cobs with wthe ring scOru
and glanced with disappearing eye at
Mr.. Deyine's tobacco brown waist
coat.
Il don't think Mr.. Waloway is re-
ceiving today" he observed.
oh that'll be all right. fatty. cEeer-
fully remarked Mr.. Devinc. You
trot along i'll and tell Nick that Cherub
Devine is out here"
The Walluway butler gasped. Tim
Minis trembied in his seat. Two min-
utes later Mr. Nicholas Walloway,
much perplexed and not little embar-
raised, was escort Mr.. Devine past
the awful presence of the stout butler
and into the house.
A clean cut young man of sedate,
somewhat stiff bearing and with sober
gray eyes was Mr. Nicholas WallO-
way. No one but the Cherub. not even
Mr.. Walloway's most intimate friends.
ever dreamed Of calling him Nick.
Mr.. Devine had never hOnored
young Mr. Walloway with social
call before. but he had dropped in
once or twice at the new offices of
Walloway 4 Co.. and his reception had
been extremely cordial. In fact. Mr..
Nicholas Walloway had felt himself
singularly favored. and lie said so.
for his firm, in spite Of the heavy
mahogany desks and other expensive
/, office trappings which seemed to pro-
claim a prosperous stability. was wcs-
fully lacking In just such customers
as Mr.. Devine could be II he chose.
To have the handling Of some Of the
| Cherub's extensive business would es-
| tablish the firm ON q basis where ma
hogany' furniture would be something
more than an enterprising presump-
| ton.
Mr.. Devine assumed that II Mr..
Walloway was glad to see him In his
office he would feel the same about
welcoming him to his home. That
| this was hardly a safe line of reason
ing any one who knew the Wallo-
J ways at all would have known. Just
q glance at the slight wrinkle between
the gray eyes should have suggested
that Mr.. Walloway was somewhat per-
picked and not little Ill ut ease. But
If the Cherub saw these indications he
| gave 10 hint. Mr.. Walloway MUIR
INJURED something about stock deal.
| "DealY" responded the Cherub light.
ly. NO; I'm not anxious about any
deal. at least not today. But. by the
way. l expect your firm will get some
orders along about Tuesday. Sure
thing. Yes: 1t is something about r..
z. ana y. Heard about that. did you
Well. II! need you Tuesday. I've had
my eye on you for some time. and now
that I'm neighbor OF yours Yes;
that's right. Got the next place above,
uewington Rods. or Acres. or some
thing"
| DO you mean to say that you own
Newington Acres? When did you get
possession"
"Oh, bought it a couple Of months
ago. but / just ran up Friday night to
look the place over. Say. 1t isn't a
bad place. is 1t. NickY"
"NO. indeed. Eut what has become
of the HewingtonsY
They're there yet. but they don't
mingle much with me. I'm not in
their class, 1t seems. Say, Nick, wish
you could have heard the countess tell
ing me what she thought Of me last
night. You know the countess. of
courseY'
Mr.. Nicholas Walloway looked a bit
uncomfortable for a moment. II used
to know her very we'll. but l haven't
seen her since she went abroad and
married the count"
shes good deal Of hummer. the
countess is" suggested the Cherub-
mot one Of your front row amazons,