Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-06-03

u - WHICH Ut 1ouuu HlluScA.
IF ever l needed the help Of slick
lawyer, l guess It's now." unused Mr..
Devine. I'll 60 to town and look up
Bob Driscoil."
Mr.. HewingtOn was content THAI
Count Vecchi was no longer. a menac-
ing figure to him and to his daughter
Mr.. Devine was seeing to that. Be
sides, there were more cheerful things
to occupy Mr.. Hewington's mind. He
had learned only a 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 Mr.. 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 1t
was well enough. established as fam
HES 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. 1t might
be we'll to 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
eyes seemed to glow with q rapt ra-
dance ut the first mention Of the Cher
ub's name.
What absurd notions We did have
Of hun few days ago." she observed.
Her father waved his glasses In
mild protest.
I'VE took only reasonable precaution.
my dear"
Against what. daddy? He didn't
become intoxicated; he didn't carouse;
he didn't ill the house with sporting
characters. You remember how you
stormed when you heard about his
| party"
~ admit being somewhat concerned
upon your account. Adele. I feared
that his guests might be-
"Yes: know. was looking for
crowd Of prizefighters and gamblers.
and the Walloways came with Bishop
Horton! How silly feltr' she ex-
| claimed.
but he is crude-very crude-in man.
ners. bearing, speech. especially In
bis speech. Now. compare him with
Nicholas Walloway. Nicholas Is a
well born. polished, refned"-
"Blockhead!' broke in the countess.
| Hes wooden all over"
| my dear. my dear! Nicholas, you
/ must remember. Is a gentleman
$50 have always believed" replied
the countess. But I don't care. ]
prefer a live ran to a wooden gentle
man,
Mr.. 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 Mr.. Hewington
stated as much.
Then you should be thoroughly sat.
isfed." responded the countess. 'for
soon after lie 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 little matter in which Mr..
Devine has undertaken to give me u.s.
sistance"
Daddy! You haven't borrowed my
money from him. I hopper"
Il? Borrow money Of him! Ger
tainly not. 1t Is quite a different af.
fair"
Mr.. Hewington clearly saw that the
time had come for him to employ that
! superior mind Of his In the skillful
management Of daughter who was
at times presumptuous enough to form
opinions Of her own. And what
shrewd old gentleman he was. to be
sure! How well 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. q competitor In businessv'
laughed the countess. II shouldn't
expect him to be generous In busi-
ness"
I'm the instance l had In mind"
suavely continued Mr.. Hewington,
twirling his glasses slowly. "he was
not dealing with business competitor.
believe / said rival"
you don't mean a-a''-
Exactly. A man who stood in his
way in what presume Mr.. Devine
chooses to regard as an affair Of the
heart"
"Why-why, I don't understand, dad
dy! What man can you possibly
meanT
"Now. now. my dear! There you 70,
wanting to be told things which you
probably could not understand and
which,
But I can. l do. Tell me at once.
Was it Nicholas Wallowayr"
Mr.. Hewington waved his glasses
most impatiently.
Most assuredly not What strange
NOAA~Spesoh tudt 2NiNuOiuS uuu MI, De
vine should be rivals In love. No.
quite different person. And what
does MIR. Devine do when he meets
him and learns his identity? Seizes
him forcibly. drags him into the near.
est building and locks him up without
law or license"
Father. can't believe such a story
Where did you hear such preposter.
GUS taleY'
Prom Mr. Devine himself"
But how! Where did all this oc.
curY
Only this afternoon"
''Since he was here? But you have
not been away. Then-then It was
here on our grounds. Do you mean to
say that Mr.. Devine has some one
locked up In one Of our buildingsr'
Mr.. Hewington could only take ref.
uge behind his dignity.
THAT Is quite sufficient, my dear.