Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-05-26

ana the wailoways came with b,snop
Horton. How silly feltr' she en-.
claimed.
nut ne Is crude-very crude-in man.
,'ers. bearing. speech. especially In
ms speech. Now. compare him with
Nicholas Walloway. Nicholas is a
well born. polished, refined"-
"Blockhead!" broke in the countess
Hes wooden all over."r
MY dear. my dear! Nicholas, you
must remember, Is gentleman"
80 l have always believed" replied
the countess. But l don't care.
prefer a live man to a wooden GENTLE
man,
MI. Hewington had hoped, now
there was no longer necessity for
Adele to propitiate this person, that
she would politely but effectually put
an end to their brief friendship. In
his own tactful way Mr.. Hewincton
stated as much.
"Then you should be thoroughly sat.
1sned," responded the countess, ..nor
soon after he had given us back our
home sent him away forever"
What! Forever! No, no, Adele:
that will not do at all. You must not
be so abrupt. The fact is that Ter
there is little matter in which Mr..
Devine has undertaken to give me as
sistance."
Daddy! You haven't borrowed any
money from him. l hope?"
II? Borrow money of him! Ger
fQfnvv II 10
fair"
Mr.. Hewington clearly saw that the
time had come for him to employ that
superior mind of his in the skilful
management of a daughter who was
at times presumptuous enough to form
opinions Of her own. And what
shrewd old gentleman he was. to be
sure! How well he understood the
limitations of feminine mentality!
For example," he went on, you
have never seen how this paragon of
yours can deal with a rival"
"Oh, competitor in business!'
laughed the countess. Il shouldn't
expect him to be generous in busi-
ness"
in the instance l had in mind"
suavely continued Mr. Hewington.
twirling his glasses slowly. The was
not dealing with a business competitor
believe / said rival"
"You don't mean a-a''-
Exactly. A man who stood in his
way in what l presume Mr.. Devine
chooses to regard as an affair of the
heart
"Why-why. don't understand. dad
dy! What man can you possibly
mean?'
Now. now. my dear. There you 60.
wanting to be told things which you
probably could not understand and
which,
But l can. l do. Tell me at once.
Was it Nicholas Walloway?"
Mr.. Hewington waved his glasses
most impatiently
Most assuredly not What strange
conception that Nicholas and Mr. De-
vine should be rivals in love! No.
quite different person. And what
does Mr.. Devine do when he meets
him and learns his identity? Seizes
him forcibly, drags him into the near
est building and locks him up without
law or license
Father. l can't believe such a story
Where did you hear such preposter-
Gus tale?'
Prom Mr. Deyine himself"
But how? Where did all this oc-
cur?'
"Only this afternoon
Since he was here? But you have
not been away. Then-then it was
here on our grounds. Do you mean to
say that Mr.. Devine has some one
locked up in one of our buildings?'
Mr.. Hewington could only take ref.
uge behind his dignity.
THAT is quite sufficient, my dear
We will not discuss Mr.. Devine and
his peculiar doings any further. if you
please. The subject is one upon which
| do not care to dwell just now |
must go to my desk Good night
It is hardly fair though to specu-
late as to the innermost thoughts of
the Countess Vecchi at that trying
moment. We know that she was rath-
er nice young woman, very good to
look at and more or less entertaining
IS companion. Suppose she did mar
row her eyelids and bite to ripper
redness her gracefully curved under
ftp. We may even admit that she
crushed the meshes of the silver girdle
until there We're red marks on her
white palm. She was no pallid COM
pendulum of all the feminine virtues
She was young person of high spir-
its and ready passions. And she could
not wholly forget those stories about
La Belle Sayoie and the dinner to
chorus girls Throwing q lace affair