Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-01
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 ' HAVING decided upon his course Fl of action, MT. Devine prompt ly sought out the obsequious \ \ Timmins at his office in the

Been here some time, haven't you Timmins?" he suggested.
 Game here as undergroom fifteen years ago, sir"
 Must know the old gentleman fair. ly we'll. then?"
 "Lor', yes. sir! And he's very fine old gentleman, sir, in his way"
 Sure" assented the Cherub. He had settled back in an office chair and was studying inteutly the vanished pine ceiling But what's his way?' he asked abruptly.
 Timmins looked perplexed.
 "Where are his short ribs?" went on MT. Devine. What's his strong suit ?''
 "0h" Timmins had translated Mir. Devines figures of speech. Well, sir, he's all wrapped up in the Countess Vecchi, sir, him being a widower for so long. Nearly knocked him out when the count turned out to be so bad. He was regular wicked, sir; played roulette most of the time. Why. they hadn't more'n left the church be- fore he asks the countess for money and chokes her when she wouldn't get it for him."
 "Who made that match, Timmins?'
 ''Mr, HewingtOn himself, sir. He was carried away with the idea of his daughter being a countess"
 Banks heavy on society. does he? Do the HewingtOns cut much of fig ure now in the giddy whrl?"
 LOT, no. sir. Since they lost their money they've kind of dropped out of it all. It goes hard with the old gen tleman. too. sir.''
 Ar. Devine smoked thoughtfully for several moments before asking, Any real swell neighbors around here?"
 Lots of 'em, sir It's very select neighborhood, sir, as you'll find Why. just above us are the Wilburs-Knick-. erbockers, sir. Above them are the Miller-Tremways - youngest daughter married into the Earl of Dippington's family and was received at court. And next below us are the Wallo- ways, folks that has their own coat of arms and"-
 NoI NICK WallOWay!
 Hes the head of the family now, sir, Nicholas is"
 "So Nick is neighbor of mine, is hep
 But they're very exclusive, the Wal loways are, sir. They entertain lots of titled folks They used to be very friendly here, sir, but none of them's been here now for nearly two years"
 Then it's time they came," declared MT. Devine. How about the other folks, the Wilburs and the Tremways?" ?"
 Haven't been here for long time either, sir"
 Very thoughtless of them, isn't it? But we'll fix that. Hitch up two or three of those gingersnap horses and take me over to the Walloway place."
 'Tcday, sir?" Timmins stared his astonshment.
 'No; right away"
 But it's-it's Sunday, sir. Begging your pardon for being so bold, sir, but the Walloways don't receive on Sun days, sir, and they've got bishop There'
 Good! I'm right at home when there's a bishop around. And I'll see about the receiving business. You Just attend to the hooking up, Tim mins."
 So Timm..,s uid, but it was with much concern for his professional dig hity that he drove up to the imposing farrlage entrance of the Walloway residence. The reception opened quite as he had feared. In fact, the Wallo- way butler, who weighed twice as much as Eppings and was haughtier In proportion, was coldly doubtful as to whether or not Mir. Nicholas Wal | loway could be seen. He surveyed the HewingtOn cobs with whitening scorn and glanced With disappearing eye at Mir. Devine's tobacco brown waist coat
 ''l don't think Mir. Walloway is re- ceiylng today" he observed.
 'Oh, thatll be all right, fatty" cheer | fully remarked Mir Devine. You trot along in and tell Nick that Cherub | Devine is out here.'
 The Walloway butler gasped. Tim mins trembled in his seat Two min utes later Mir. Nicholas Walloway, | much perpleXed and not little embar- rSsed, was eScorting MT Devine past tue 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 MT, Nicholas Wallo- way. No one but the Cherub, not even MT WallOway's most intimate friends, ever dreamed of calling him Nick.
 Mir. Devine had never honored | young Mir. Wa!lOway with social | call before, but he had dropped in once or twice at the new offices of WallOway x o., and his reception haG | been extremely cordial. In fact Mir | Nicholas Walloway had felt himself | singularly favored. and he said so. | for his firm, in spite of the heavy | mahogany desks and other expensive | office trappings which seemed to pro. claim prosperous stability, was woe fully lacking in just such customers a Np nnyinn nntlH hn bn oh,Sn l