The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-04-05
Cherub
DeViine
By SWELL FORD
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By SWELL FORD

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. yo1 luck, Oh Ean-"
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! pE1sed by tbs Unexpected display q
! emotion from the usually Eeser 81
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/ aside
| Lack nothing, Nix. Much obliged
+! for yogr god wishes, 2y boy, bat
| haven't the ghost Of a show. Now. Il
/ was a chap Ike yoG tAe-e'd be so-e
; hope for ne. Say. Nick, / WONDER you
| never took a.
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| 10 the point I should Tot Presume u
iatrute ny advice on personal mat.
| ters. but i, were you wo1!d drop
/ F., H. and y. Until you can gre YOU:
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! nssA Why don't you pull oUI:
| TIE Cherub cea seti 70 stare creaZ.ly
Nix" be said abruptly. III tell you
something. I've changed NJ plans
/ I'm going TO do something bes.des
| speculate n that stock I'm going tc
! b1y that road, ard I've got 10 get
| control before ne1; Friday noon"
"CherUb. you're crazy: lis imposz!
bic. Why, The Bates-Riune. crowd
! scoopei IL two-fftEs Of tie stock -
/ terday. 80 they say Yo1 know VIVA,
that neaus-they'u wreck Il, wiring il
dry. The small outside holders have
! been tunbl!Ug over each other TO N
| load See here"-aDd be pointed 10 a
| newspaper on his knee-"Atty lots OF
fered during the first half hour today
and the quotations dropping By guar
ter points- Why, you can't stop en-
man. They've got you On the rUn-"
Yes, yes, IL looks Ike II, | know
But wait until I've had chance al
! them Let me think this thing over"
Mr. Nicholas WzI!oway withdrew
into It's corner OF the smoking com
partuent TO stare absentLn!1deGly out
| Of the window. The Cherub w1s sOol
apparently engaged IL a profound con
temptation Of the end OF his ciga-
You would not have guessed, 10 HOOK
| a. him. that be was considering any
| thing more serious than the favor Of
the tobacco. Not until they were OF
| the ferry did he break the silence
Then. briefly and crispIy. be outlined
bis plan Of action Nick Wallowa!
heard him through with a glow OF ad
j miratton in his eyes.
II you can DO that, Cheru5. you'll
win" he declared; but II the scheme
slips up
. Then In down and out But It.
got TO go through" and Mr. DEFINES
| mouth lost some OF its cherubic curves
You'll do your part, Nick Oh Il
| VIII be easier than you think. They
never suspect you're In It And don''
Try to report until Il tonight Then
you know where 10 comeprivate din,
Ing room, tenth floor. III have EN- al
! there AZ IL
When Cherub Devine appeared or
! the floor a half hour before closio :
/ time the rumors OF bis defeat were
passing from mouth TO mouth The
Bates-Rim mer retaincrs were iCdulg
! ing In a war dance OF victory.
Silently the Cherub passed to his &c
| customed corner aud began tearing
| pieces Of paper into small bits with
! the same calm. uuhurrisd air Of ab
! straction as usual Many glances were
bestowed on him, most OF them Gu
! rious. a few sympathetic. some trI
| umphantly vindIctive- Everywhere b
was regarded as q beaten man Now
and then gray uniformed floor boy
handed him messag es, which he read
leisurely and as leisureiy reduced &C
| fragments Just as the session closed