Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-03-15

ceived this communication
from MI Devine: wait.
~ Coming up tonight Impor-
tant."
AS a result Hewington Acres hum
med with anticipation. What could 1t
mean? What had happened? What
was going to happen?
! Eppings was certain that Mr.. Devine
was bringing home some titled guest,
possibly duke or lord, and he pre-
/ pared dinner accordingly. The count
ess was puzzled. Even Mr.. Hewing
ton emerged from his study and want
ed to know why every one seemed SO
disturbed.
Its because of Mr.. Devine. SIR"
said Eppings. Hes coming up on
special train. sir, and must see about
the table at once. sir"
Surely the particular frame Of mind
which Mr.. Devine had conjured up for
himself was quite worthy Of better
audience than he gave it, although he
was neither serene nor filed with con-
tident joy. But he was very much
alive He bubbled, sparkled. scintil
lated. His mental faculties, never dull,
were at their keenest. His spirits
seemed to be lashed by a veritable
storm Of animation. one moment soar
ing to giddy heights. the next sinking
to dark depths.
Young Mr.. Walloway. who was his
sole companion, was somewhat dis
gusted with this illogical behavior.
Much against his will be had been
dragged from his Office to accompany
the Cherub just when there was much
work to be done.
"Oh, the railroad be blowed, Nick!
Lots of time to attend to that. Forget
it."
Yet now that they were well started
toward Hewington Acres the Cheru6
evinced desire to talk, although the
precise topic at which he was aiming
was not clear. 1t was unrelated to
railroads, for the opening was of an
intimate and personal nature.
Mick, you rascal" he suddenly ex-
claimed, why aren't you marriedr
"Why aren't you, Cherub% he re-
torted.
"Mew Mr. Devine affected to be
profoundly surprised at such ques-
tion. Now, come, Nick, what sort of
a fine woman would have Cherub De-
vine2"
You're too modest, Cberub. You
underrate yourself. / suppose you
never tried? p
"Never had chance. my boy. Wbs,
see here, Nick, there's never been a
time In all my life that I've had even
a speaking acquaintance with a real
good woman, such as you know by the
dozen-that is, leaving out the last
few days, of course. Now. with you
it's been different. You've had a
chance to pick and choose"
"Ah, have II"
Cherub Devine caught the subdued
note of pain in the quick rejolnder.
"You don't mean. Nick, that you got
a rundown"
Brusque as were the words, they
carried a message of sympathetic feel
ing which rang true, and that was the
quality which made so many friends
for Cherub Devine. Young Mr.. Wallo-
way was certainly not the one to make
offhand condolences, but he nodded his
head in assent.
Unexpectedly finding himself an in
truder on private grounds, Mr.. Devine
curbed his buoyancy and gazed with
embarrassed emotion at the proprietor
thereof
"Oh, WELL" he observed. maybe
you're Just as well off. Guess 1t was
some time ago, when you were young
and vealy, eh?"
Il was young ass, If that's what
you mean," cynically responded Mich
olas. II was too sure of her and
played the fool. You see. we were
youngsters together. playmates. 1t
was one of those affairs that every
body understood was settled from the
time we were a dozen years old. l
took 1t as a matter of course that
VAS the only person she could ever
Gale for. In time she resented it, and
before knew 1t | had lost her"
Went off with some one else, did
she%
Again young Mr.. Walloway inclined
his head He got up. took a seat on
the other side of the car and unfolded
newspaper.
1t was less than an hours ride at
best, but before it was half over
Cherub Devine was consulting watch
and time table and had again shifted
his seat to the forward chair. where he
could watch for the name boards on
the stations.
Perceiving this unusual agitation o.
a mind normally free from such dis
turbances. you might suspect that MIR
Devine was about to make some great