Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1910-04-22
CHAPTER TX.
~ N Friday the countess re-
ceived this communicate ton.
from Mr.. Deyine: Walt.
Coming up tonight. Impor-
!. CHAPTER,.sIlIx X.

from MI. Deyine: .Wait.
Coming up tonight Impor-
.tant.' 1; s!sf t5
As result Hewington Acres hum
med with anticipation. What could It
mean? What had happened What
was going to happier? d
Eppings was certain that Nj. Deyine
was bringing home some titled guest,
possibly duke or a lord, and he pre-
pared dinner accordingly. The count
tess was pnzzled Even Mr.. Hewing- 4
ton emerged from his study and want
ed to know why every one seemed SO
disturbed RI n
TITS because Of Mr.. Devine, sir.'' 4
said Eppings. 'He's coming up on
special train. sir. and i must see about
the table at once, SIR. z Z.
8 Surely the particular frame Of mind
which Mr., Devine had conjured up for
himself was quite worthy OF q better
audience than he gave 1t, although he
was neither serene nor filled with CON
fdent JOY But he was very much
alive. He dubbed. sparkled. scintil-
lated. His mental faculties, never dull,
were at their keenest His spirits
seemed to be dashed by a veritable
storm Of animation. one moment soar
ing to giddy heights, the next sinking
toSdark depths.
Young Mr.. Walloway, who was his
sole companion, was somewhat dis
gusted with this Illogical behavior.
Much against his will be had been
dragged from his office to accompany
the Cherub just when there was much
/ work to be done. III
ooh, the railroad be blowed, Nick!
Lots Of time to attend to that. Forget
It" .s
Yet now that they were well started
toward Hewington Acres the Cherub
evinced desire to talk. although the
precise topic at which he was aiming
was not clear. 1t was unrelated to
railroads. for the opening was OF an
intimate and personal nature.
mick. you rascal he suddenly ex-
claimed, why aren't you married r.
Why aren't you. Cherub y" he re-
torted. st
81 MET" Mr.. Devine affected TO be.
profoundly surprised at such ques-
ton. y ow, come. Nick, what sort OF
I a fine woman would have Cherub De-
vine 2" 5sis \,
You're too modest, Cherub. You
underrate yourself. suppose you
q never tried ~ 81
Never had a chance, my boy. Why,
see here, Nick, there's never been a.
L time in all my life that I've had even
speaking acquaintance with a real
4 good woman, such as you know by the
dozen " that is. leaving out the last
Z few days. of course. Now, with you
it's been different. You've had a.
chance 10 pick and choose"
"Ab, have g. 5 ta
Cherub Devine caught the subdued
note Of pain In the quick rejoinder.
You don't mean. Nick, that you got
rundown? RI
Brusque as were the words. they
carried a message of sympathetic feel
ing which rang true. and that was the
quality which made SO many friends
for Cherub Devine. Young Mr.. VALID
s way was certainly not the one to make
offhand condolences. but he nodded his
head in assent.
Unexpectedly finding himself an in
trud Ter on private grounds. Mr.. Devine
curbed his buoyancy and gazed with
embarrassed emotion at the proprietor
4 Whereof
ESss "Oh. well. N 4 he observed. maybe
s@pu're Just as well off: Guess 1t was
sssome time ago, when you were young
and vealy eh r.
was young ass, II that's what
you mean,'s cynieally responded Mich
olas. II was too sure of her and
played the fool You see, we were
youngsters together, play mates II
was one of those affairs that every
BODY Understood was settled from the
time we were a dozen years old,
took Ii as d matter OF course that Il
was the only person she could ever
care for. In time she resented 1t. and
before knew 1t / had lost her. .
ent off with some one else. did
she ~
Again young Mr. WaIioway inclined
Z his head. He got up. took seat on
TIE other side Of the car and unfolded
70 newspaper
II was less than an hours ride at
best. but before 1T was half over
II Cherub Devine was consulting watch
and time table and had again shifted
6 his seat to the forward chair, whershe
could watch for the name boards on
the sta ions
Perceiving this unusual agitation Of
ID mind normally free from snch dis: