Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29

zH340 yx3e uRuIkT xuS 1a1ks& N-e | good fellow sne ali that. but if he cbose fo mo,p~ inactive in the bark ground let hEm stay there He Cher ab Devisleg would show him how to play the game boldly perhaps E.s~ to rIn
 And shen csme the thought woHid that ie absolutely jasi 10 the Count sss yeechgs She aaa Sirheias hstd been S3,oyny an eaah other for years aad she f.sfsf haf- fixed Siek He vas HsaA'e fellow. slean. stuFat sass4lanisas. tne ef iief oan risis~. aud oh ths. Hefsil, Narel ai thai lpe m nutD slIe a4nId csia a geftlenian. Yea. Ssck sgend mes<iire ais To all per demands s 10 what gentleman should be
 And had t f.eea rraiiy she who had bFoaen 0T tn. usb5h. er ~as | due to the amtifleus plans af heF fatbers Then after saa had come back. humI- bled in spirit. the Bewingfon fortune alssipated. had she perhaps held Nick al arms length becaase sf her prtdeg Was thfs the reason af his seeming inaetions Had he been aii the time waiting in fhe hope that some day she would releat. and might she not do so. now that in sofue ueasare her fortune had been restnredf Ought not she to have the chancef Was aot the oppor- tunity for free choice due to her? shouldn't Nick have another show too?
 Flounaering through some such
  maze of reasoning. the cherub at last came fe this brilliant conclusion. with only a faint suspicion that he was about to make an astonishing chump of himself He even experienced u glow of satisfaction as he hastily map ped out his ne@ program You would almost have thought by the cheerful manner lH wllieb he laid il before young Mir. WaIleway that he thought lie was atiainlag Ipng desired end.
 Well. Nick. lie began. this time giy. ing young Mr Walloway due warning of his approach. we're almost there. Now. the nFst tbi1g en the docket is for you te 6s np this business about tue house wlth he countess
 "Ife exclaimed Nicholas
 Why. sure You know her better than do Ton % ID and have I talk with her: tel her how you sold The stocks and what she can buy back the property for
 ''gut--buf- why don't you"-
 "Me. Oh. I've got to skip back 10 town on this train. Just wanted to get you starfed straight. You can do 1t so much better than l can. being one of her own kind. and all that Aren't afraid of the countess. are your
 Why. no. But see here. Gherub"-
 Now, that's all right, Nick. You can do this fine. But. say. you cali me up on the phone at my hotel tonight and let me know how you come out, ehl Don't forget that, about 5 o'clock. Just give me a line on how she takes 1t and so on. You'n have some re port or other to make. I'll bet. Needn't make too much of my share in the business. Just talk like I'd handed fl over to you. as have. You're equal to that job aren't youY"
 Now. just what sort of mental proc ess went on fiji the brain of Nicholas Walioway 1t would be vain 10 try te trace. He was Il complex product whose character had been nodded not only by circumstances of birth and breeding. but by the strong stamp of heredity
 He was q young man chiefly distin- rsuished by reserved stiffness of
 
 a confidence that obvious genius falls h command If. Tn hesitating to ass cept ihe advantage offered hiin by the impulsiee Mir neyine he was troo b.ed by problems of an ethical nature. he allowed them to be easily swept away Ear many months he had want ed ta see q he Countess SecchL Earnest |, ae had wished for chance Ia talk to her atone. and now this very uppor, tunity was thrust upon him.
 Well. Cherab. If you think you had better ieave this 10 me, why, r.
 .'t:oud And don't forget about call ing me up tonight to let me know what luck you have.
 No hint If this altered program. of course. had reached Hewington Acres, so il happened that when Timmins finally did bring up the lathered cobs with the flourish the whole house hold was assembled lo witness the Chernhs much heralded return.
 The Countess Necchi had at the last moment abandoned her angeIi pose and yielded to curiosity. Mir Hewing- ton WAS even more eager to learn what 1t was ai about Mir bevine never knew just what he missed by backing cut
 In his stead there stepped from the carriage Mir Nicholas Walioway. out- wardiy eeol and self possessed. but Sc eretiy very much at loss to know just how he should proceed. For ii moment he regarded tho cxpectant group with some astonlshment Then Nr flew ingtou sulccd the common thought in one question.