Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-15

T lawyer, I guess it's now," unused Mir Devine. 'T'll go to town and look up Bob Driscoll."
 MT. Hewington was content that Count Vecchi was no longer menac- ing figure to him and to his daughter. Mir. Devine was seeing to that. Be sides, there were more cheerful things to occupy MT. Hewingtons mind. He had learned only half hour before of some very good news. Hewington Acres was no longer owned, even tenn porarily. by another. In some way or other the estate had been restored in- tact to his daughter. He had not grasped the details of this fortunate transaction, but he understood vague ly that young Mir. Walloway had been largely instrumental in clearing up the difficulty. Adele had mentioned him. He was an excellent young man, Nicholas Walloway. True, his family was not of precolonial origin, but it was well enough established as fam flies went nowadays. And he was so distinctly superior to such young men as this Cherub Devine, who had his good traits doubtless, but who was so lacking in the finer instincts. It might be well 10 talk the subject over with Adele
 He could have found no topic better suited to the mood in which he found the countess that evening Her brown tr s,lD dance at the first mention of the Cher. ub's name
 What absurd notions we did have of him few days ago!" she observed.
 Her father waved his glasses in mild protest.
 We took only reasonable precaution. my dear"
 Against what. daddy? He didn't become intoxicated; he didn't carouse; he didn't fill the house with sporting characters. You remember how you stormed when you heard about his party?"
 q admit being somewhat concerned upon your account, Adele. feared that his guests might be-
 "Yes; l know. l was looking for crowd of prizefghters and gamblers, and the Walloways came with Bishop Horton! How silly I felt!' she ex- claimed.
 But he Is crude-very crude-in man. ners, bearing, speech, especially in his speech. Now, compare him with Nicholas Walloway. Nicholas is well born, polished. refined"-
 "Blockhead!" broke in the countess. He's wooden all over"
 My dear. my dear! Nicholas, you must remember, is q gentlemanw
 50 have always believed" replied the countess. But don't care. prefer live man to wooden gentle manr'
 Mir. 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 Mir. Hewington stated as much.
 ''Then you should be thoroughly sat isfied," responded the countess, flor 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-a little matter in which MT. Devine has undertaken to give me as- sistance."
 Daddy! You haven't borrowed any money from him, hopeP
 q? Borrow money of him! Ger tainly not. It is quite a different af- fair"
 MT. Hewington clearly saw that the time had come for him to employ that superior mind of his in the skillful management of a daughter who was at times presumptuous enough to form opinions of her own. And what a shrewd old gentleman he was, to be sure! How we'll 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, a competitor in businessw laughed the countess. q shouldn't expect him to be generous in busi- ness"
 "ln the instance 1 had in mind," suavely continued MT. Hewington, twirling his glasses slowly, "he was not dealing with business competitor. believe l said rival"
 "You don't mean a--a"-
 Exactly. A man who stood in his way in what I presume MT. Devine chooses to regard as an affair of the heart.'
 "Why-why, I don't understand, dad dy! What man can you possibly mean?"
 "Now. now, my dear! There you go, 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 Wallowayp
 MT. Hewington waved his glasses most impatiently.
 Most assureuly not What a strange conception that Nicholas and Mir. De