Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1910-04-08
you had better wait until morn.

II LuC i 1CASA NlANoWS Ill A1OuI kOOL.
\ turned the catch and stepped out on
the veranda. Mr.. Devine followed.
4 81 do not wish for your company.
I Mr.. Devine."
3, ~ suppose you don't. but I'm going
just the same. I'll get my coat and
hat" D., '..
4 As. he ran back into the hall he
heard the countess leave the .veranda.
Snatching up an opera bat and rain
coat, he hurried out Though the win
dow after her. She was easily over
/ taken. for the suit case acted as a
brake.
You'd better let me carry your
bag" he said as he overlook her. but
the offer was ignored, and the repulsed
Cheub fell back pace. Thus they
started down the narrow graveled
path which wound leisurely course
in and out among the shrubbery to-
ward the main road.
"See here" he said sternly as he
stepped forward beside her; 'tyou must
let me take that bag
/ 81 shall not! don't need your
she began bravely enough, but the
Cherub had already lifted it from ner
numbed fingers.
81 know you DON'T" he said. "but
I've got the bag"
/ low grumble Of distant thunder
caused the countess to slacken her
pace.
"Therew he exclaimed reproachfuIly.
| $r ,.osv,
hear that?''
| "Yes, l heard"
But where are you goingT'
The countess stopped abruptly and
turned to say:"I think told you, Mr..
Devine, that l did not care to discuss
my plans with you at all. Will you
give me my bag?"
| NO." said the Cherub. II shall lug
it myself, and I shall follow you until
l see you safe somewhere"
With gesture of Impotence the
countess resumed her way.
| A brisk breeze sprang up somewhere
| The treetops began to rock and sway
| like drunken men. Several sharp
| crashes of thunder came in quick sue
cession, and the bare highway emerg-
ed for an instant from indistinct gloom
| as the lightning revealed every detail.
Then there came hush. Big drops
| of rain fell with menacing impact on
the crown of the Cherub's opera hat E
"There! told you it was going to
rain" he announced. "Hold on, now:
I'm going to put this coat on you"
The countess hesitated.s. He had
dropped the bag and was holding up
the coat by the collar Another and
more vivid fash than any which had.
preceded it revealed him with photo
graphic dfstinctness. She could not
help noting that he looked very we'll
In evening dress. He did not seem so
much inclined to stoutness as in
business suit. @
No; you need the coat yourself
You'll be wet through in moment. =
The big drops struck through her thin
silk sleeves coldly on her arms.
Then she allowed him to help her
into the raincoat. $,i5 .j5E 4
Come on, = he said, picking up the
bag and starting ahead. The rain was
now drumming a roaring tattoo on the
crown&of his hat. u 5s33
you must take my arm or you'll
fall, ]" ordered the Cherub Meekly she
obeyed, and they went plunging and
sliding through the storm.
oh, you're being drenched r, said
the countess. Apparently he did not
hear. .'Y GU are wet through, aren't
you ~ she shouted In his ear. s}S
Not quite, he answered calmly
Come on. = A VI iis
There ensued a period during which
they stumbled and slid along IN ST.
lence AT last they discovered several
houses near the road.
We're getting into the village 2 an
Iounced the Cherub. 81 Isn't that where
we want to go ~ 81
Yes,' = said the countess. III suppose
90, ,,s
.'But where whereabouts il the
village r 3s E
.gThe railroad station. {,
he railroad station! =, The Cherub
echoed this as ii he had never heard
the words before. hat do you want
to 60 there for ?9''
Because / am going away, said
the countess YEARLY n going
away
Five minutes later, when they reach
ed the station, he saw with joy that
it was one Of those low. wide rooted
affairs, under whose caves they could
Eat least find shelter from the pelting
rain. ssg
The station was dark and all the
doors were locked, Of course, but there
was q baggage truck He dropped the
9snit case with a sigh of relief and
gently helped the countess ID seat
son the; baggage truck ssS *
on, this Is something like, isn't
U Great eh r. be demanded. Az
every step his shoes made d slushing
sofind
our feet must be terribly wet,s
suggested the countess