Putnam patriot., 1910-05-20

\ kM I" ward the stables. ehuekllne
 softly at the odd dilemma in \ \ which he found himself.
 If ever ! needed the help of slick lawyer. I guess It's now.' unused Mir Devine. -Tli go to town and look up Rob Driscoll.
 MT Hewington was content that Count veccbI was no longer a menac- ing figure 10 him and To his daughter. Mir. Devine was seeing Ia that. lie. sides. there were more cheerful things fo occupy Mr. Hewington's mind, He had learned only Il half hour before of some very good news. iIewInHton Acres wns no longer owned. even tenn. porariiy. by another. In sunie way ur other the estate had been restored In tnet 10 his daughter. He had not erHspesi tine details of this fortunate transaction. but hc understood vague iy that young Mir. Walloway had been hrgeiy Instrumental in clearing up the difficulty Adele had mentioned him. He was an excellent young man, Nicholas Wailoway. True. his family was not of preeoionlal origin. but il was well enansb established as fam. lilies wen, nowadays And he was so distinctly superior io such young men as fhis Chernb Desine. who had his good traits doubtless. but who was so lacking in the finer instincts. II might be we'll 10 tax the subject over with Adele,
 He could have found no topic better puited to the mood In which he found the countess that evening. Her brown eyes seemed to glow with a rapt ra- diunce nt the first mention of the Cher ub's name.
 "Nhat absurd notions we did have of him few days agos' she observed. Her father waved hIs glasses in mild protest
 I've took only reasonable precaution. my dear
 Against what. daddys He didn's become intoxicated. he didn't carouse; he aidn'f ili the house with sporting characters You remember how you stormed when you heard about his parsygT
 T admin being somewhat concerned upon your account. Adele. feared that his guests might be-
 sYes; know was looking for a crowd of prizefghters and gamblers and the wasloways came with hishoT Horton. How silly feifF' she ex' claimed
 .Bui he is crnde--yery crude~in maa ners. bearing speech. especially h his speech Now, compare him witf Nicholas WaIioway. Nicholas k \ well born. polished. refined"-
 Block head," broke in the countess "tIe's wooden all over
 My dear. my dearl Nicholas, you must remember. Is a gcn,lemani-
 .so l have always believed" repiiet the countess Hut l don't care. prefer live man to a woosien sentle man.
 Mir. newington had hoped. new there vas 10 longer necessity for Adele to premgiate thls person. tha she would politely but eGeesaaliy pa an end to their brief friendship. II his own taetful way Mir. newIngtol
 
 stated as much
 ssrhen you should be thoroughly sat istied." responded the countess. "fo soon after be had given Us back eu home i sent him away forever
 .swhat. Forever, No. ne. Adele that will not do af all. You must no be so abrupt. The fact is that Ter there is a little matter in which All Devsne has undertaken to give ne al sistance."
 -Daday. Yoa hasen't borrowed an money from him. ! hopes
 TT Borrow money of hfm' Gel tainly not It is quite . different al fasr~
 Mir. Hewingfon clearly saw that th' time had come for him to employ tha superior mind of his in the sklllfn management of daughter who wa at times presumptnous enough to foru opinions of her own And what shrewd old gentleman he wA4 to b sure, How well he understood tn' Limitations of feminine mentalifyl
 .Eor example, he went on. "yo,