Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1910-03-18

Twas an accomplished 1act. anu i. rs
Devine now sootned by one Of tlts
black cigars. set out for more ex
tended tour Of the grounds. He DIS
covered the path leading to the SOUND
and had spent some time on the @port.:fa
of the boathouse watching the steam
ers and coasting vessels crawl pas,
when Timmins came down. evidently
In search Of him.
maybe | didn't mention last night
sir" began Timmins suavely. any
thing about the HewingtOns? ?"
Il guess you didn't. Timmns.
"The fact is. sir. they haven't gone,
Haven't gone. Why. where are.
they?"
Back al the house. sir It's ali on
account of the old lady. sir. Mr.. Hew.
ingtous sister. who has took SO bad
she couldn't be moved. Perhaps r.
It's all right There's Mr. Hewing-
ton and his sick sister. is there? That
all?"
And The Countess Vecchi sir"
The which," Mr.. Devine grabbed
the cigar from between his teeth and
turned quickly On Timmins. ~
THE Countess Necchi, sir as stayed
TO look after the aunt. The countess Is
the married daughter. sir. The counts.
been dead two years, sir. and"-here5
Timmins coughed alphabetically be-
hind his hand-"the Hewingtons want.
precisely sorry to lose him.
Not a bowling success, eh?"
"Harlly. sir. The countess left him
| two hours after the wedding"
she must be a hummer" observed
the Cherub. and then refectiveIy::
''Countesses are hardly in my line
Guess YOU can hook up pretty soon
and drive me back to the station. /
don't want to disturb the old LADY,
Lord sir, you won't see any Of
them. No sooner did they hear you
were coming than they moved into the
top floor of the east wing, and there
! they've shut themselves up like the
house was quarantined. Besides, sir,
there isn't another express you could
get to the city until the 1898 tonight
"Oh, well. there's plenty of time
then. Perhaps you'll be able to dig up
some more reports before night"
Mr. Devine was thinking Of the
young person he had seen in the gar
den. 1t didn't matter who she was. Of
course. but it might be interesting to
know.
The day passed, however, without
further discoveries, although at any
moment the Cherub was prepared to
find himself confronted either by Mr.
Hewington or the countess or the
young woman of the roses or some
wholly unknown person
He had seated himself for another
solitary and stately meal when bell
rang somewhere, and Eppings excused
himself to answer it. Then ensued out
in the reception hall a whispered con-
yersatlon, part of which Mr.. Devire
could hardly avoid hearing. although
he was certain it was not intended for
his ears
rs that-that dreadful man in
there 2. asked a voice.
~ Eppings reappeared to announce i'm
pressiyely The Countess Vecchi sir"
''Oh, the devil"' Mr.. Devine grab
bed his napkin end from between the
second and third buttons of his waist
coat and dropped it across his left
knee. He had a vague notion that all
countesses We're large, stout women,
who wore crowns of some sort ermine
trimmed robes and a multitude of
rings.
Through the doorway stepped the
big eyed, slender young person whom
he had seen before breakfast in the
garden. She Wore neither crown nor
ermine robes The braid of dark hair
had been transformed into a simple
but effective setting for the long oval
of her face.
Hello. Your" he exclaimed. Say.
honest, you aren't the countess, are
| you? &"
She bowed an admission of the fact
evidently much disconnected by this
| greeting.
We'll. I'll be hanged!' continued
Mr.. Devine Say, have seat. won't
youf"
She walked resolutely tosthe oppo-
| site END OF the ia Bile from Mr.. DeVine
and nervously clasped and unclasped
her fingers as she spoke.
My father wishes me to say that
the serious condition Of my aunt makes
it impossible for as to leave the house
at present. just as soon as. she i'm
proves we will so away q
"Oh, that's all right! Stay as long
as,you like i53
t But we don't want to stay at all.
4 My father wishes you to understand
/ that tit Is very painful for him
Ito accept q; favor even liberation. from
you Fffe charged me not To apologize.
1 shower er, 4as he circumst are be-
YOU'D our cSfntrol. a ain not appl sgia..
ling. YOU see. only EXPLAINING
b, your doing dne.' said Mr..
Derine assiiringl I. An ything else the