Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1910-04-22

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THE PICTURE WAS a LIKENEss OF THE
K IS COUNTESS vECcHI. ss3
of young Mr.. W alloway IA question
suddenly occurring to the Cherub, he
abruptly walked back. to- W here young
Mr.. Wal loway still sat, intently gazing
8at something he held shielded in his
two hands. It was not thing more than
the gold oval which he wore as a
+ watch fob. Dozens OF times the Cherub
had seen 1t dangling from the breast
pocket of Nick's coat without specially
remarking it Now be noted that it
was really a locket, for II was open.
CHANGING carelessly over Nick's shout
der, he SO W 1t contained picture. a
miniature on ivory. And the picture
on which young Mr. Walloway was!
gazing with such rapt pathos was a
likeness Of. the Countess yecchi. And
in an instant IT was made clear to him.
that the woman whom Nicholas Wal
loway had loved and lost and still con-
hnued to love was the Countess Vec
chi. 81
Fortunately Mr.. Devine had not spo
ken. and the roar Of the car wheels
had drowned his approach. Swiftly
he wtthdrew Then he sat down to-
ponder on the situation Quite abrupt 81
" the Cherub no c,tl1lp upon the rpal "a
sization of his own purposes. He was
a little staggered BY a he "a iscovery %
his audacity but this was no new
sensation. His auGacious flights weln4
always more or less of an improm III II
nature. Ina moment he was smiling
confidently. as was his custom when
once he had decided upon line of
action. however unpromising might be
the future. The heavier the .lorids.
ahead the lighter the smile. Nick was
q good fellow aud all that, but If he
chose to NOPE inactive in the back
ground LET him stay there. He Cher
ub DeVine would show him how to
play the game boldly perhaps how TO
| win s
And then came the thought. Would.
that be absolutely just to the Count
Sess vecchi? She and Nicholas had
been spoony on each other for years.
Land she must have liked Nick He
was a likable fellow. clean, sturdy.
substantial, one Of her own class. and
I-oh. the Cherub WINGED at that one
| whom She would call gentleman.
Yes, Nick would measure up TO all her
demands as to what a gentleman
should be. .ss3s
And had II been really she who mad
brok OFF the match. or was ii due 10
the ambitious plans OF her father:
Then after she had come back / hum.
lsbled in spirit. the Hewington fortune
dissipa ted had she perhaps held Nick
at arms length because OF her pride !.
Was THIS the reason Of his seeming
inaction? Had he been all the time
waiting In the hope that some day she
i would relent. and might she not d., 81.
] now that in some measure her fortune
had been restored Ought not She ii,
i have the chance? w as not the opi,pr.
tunity for d free choice due to herr
i Shouldn't Nick have another show too?
Flonnd through some snt- Ii
maze Of reasoning. the Cherub at lasI
4 came to this brilliant conclusion. with
only q fart suspicion that he was
4 about to make an astonishing ehuiip
of himself He even experienced Il
4 glow of satisfaction as he hastily map.
ped out his new program You would
almost haye thong hit BY the cheerful
I manner ia which he laid 100 before
young Mr.. Walloway that he thought
Il be was attaining a long desired end
lex IS, 'sii be began this time Civ.
4 4 ing young n " allows due warning
of his approach. we're almost there
Now, the firat thing on the docket Ii
4 for you to dix up thfs business about
the house with the countess !;
4 n r. claimed Nicholas.
sure gu knpws her better
Z than DO ron go tip and hare d iaih
8 With her tell her how sysu sold the
stocks and w3at she can buy back the
Improperly tor. ~ Ss
But bi1t why don JON
Met Oh. I've got to skip back Il
3 town pI his ira Ia Jnst MED Il
8 yet 5pu started stral glt ON al
Il Ii sosmuch better than 4 can. beiIl,g, s,tls
Foe her own kind and gill hnt rem
Il sfraid o the ssilt IS. ares you
hys nd. but here ,,ber1its -
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