Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1910-04-15

the floof half hour lei ORE cloalniis
time the rutnors Of his defeat -
passing from month to- moutl So
Bates-R immer retainers were indula-
ing III a war dance 81 victory
Silently the Cherub passed to his NJ ~
cHstcmed corner and began tearing
pieces Of paper Into small bits VIII
the same calm. unhurried air of an.
straction as usual. Many chances were
bestowed on him, most Of them Gu.
rious. a few Sympathetic, some TIL
umphantly vindictive. Everywhere he
was regarded as a beaten man. Now
and then a gray Informed door boy
handed him messages which he read
leisurely and as leisurely reduced to
fragments. just as the session closed
Pop Rimmer passed near him and
turned to favor him with an apeiike
leer. The Cherub bIfnked unrespond-
ingly. He seemed too dazed by mis-
fortune even to disguise his chagrin, .
a somewhat different Cherub DE-
vine it was. however. who met his
half dozen lieutenants that night bat
hind the seclusion Of safely locked
doors on the tenth door Of a gaudy
Big hotel. He Had become an alert.
masterful, confident person. who thrill,
ed those about him by a revelation ofs
unguessed resources ard unsuspected.
reserves of force Il
The climax OF the struggle was
reached during Thursday Along
about the noon hour the members Of
the Bates Rimmer combination were
forced to admit that the Cherub was
still in the Eight They made the adj
mission With profane JUNCTION. They
did not understand why it was SO.
They only knew that In some mysteri-
GUS manner their triumphant career
had been checked.
Thus 1t went All that afternoon
the contest waged Now the price Of
p, q. and N. stocks slumped desper4S
ately. now It skyrocketed amazingly.
Other stocks were affected. The
whole list quaked and quivered as the
struggling giants of finance wrestled
heedlessly about the arena.
Placidly smoking fat. black cigar
and fitting comfortably back in one
u WallowaB s. Co.'S mahogany Office
chairs, Cherub Devine received bull
letins from the front. That was the
position in which Nick Walloway
found him when, after the day was
over, he rushed In. haggard Of face
and with an anxious look in his-eyes
Eve lack fifty shares" he announc-
ed briefly
eThen that's fifty we must get to-
morrow morning" responded the
Cherub.
Tt can't be done, Z declared Wallo-
way. dropping hopelessly into a chair.
The country has been raked with a
fine toothed comb. We can't get hold
OF another share. I'm sorry. Cherub,
but I've done my best for you. The
p, o. and sl.'ssannuaI meeting is held
at noon tomorrow. and the Bates Rim
mer crowd has practically got us beat
en- now If we only had fifty shares
more we could wipe them off the face
OF the earth y
You're as bad as the countess"
Schuckled the Gherub amtcably. Then
as this reflection recalled something
to his mind he thrust his hand into an (
inner pocket of his coat and drew out
#a long envelopes at which he stared
blankly ig
Is twinge of: guilt prickeds his con-
science. There he had completely forsg
gotten the first errand with which she
& had Entrusted him. Doubtless it was
to exchange this stock for cash that
she had been SO anxious to come to
the city. Perhaps she had been ex
specting a remittance by every mail.
5Shameface dlys he opened the envelope
to make an Idle examination Of the
contents AT the first glimpse his ex-
preston changed Hastily he ran
through the documents, then showed
them back Into, the envelope
"a moment later he asked quietly,
How many shares did you say we
lacked. Nick 2?
# Fifty. gloomily responded Mr., Wal
Sloway. his head Bet ween his hands.
4 Il And about how much would they
be worth ta me just now r. sis58
Worth! w hy. any thing three hun
bred. five hundred, thousand dol
lars a share II you could get them
which you. cant. = 3
No z, responded the Cherub. ell.
what do you say ~ those and he
tossed the. long envelope to Walloway,
That young man took bis head from
between his hands and glanced re-
proac hfuily al the Cherub 1t was no
time for Joking. But he took the pack
cot and began a spiritless investiga alton,
I Sudd enly he jumped to his feet.
Deville ". be exclaimed hoarsely.
These are r, 2. and n. preferred!e
Sure. The Chernb was watching
him with calm Interest.
And there are twenty-fiv fly
one hundred shares.
Right again, Mich. u
But where on earth Cherub. are,
you q wizard
Just make i note Of ~ that owe