Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1910-04-22

pn fnaf i'll liicg s IN
can do This Hlle But. - yo0 cali - ii
~ on the i,hone u my h1tel tonleht
and lei me Know how yosl go Iis 0lif
Esehf Don't forget thai. about q O'clock
Just give me ID line on how she taxes
! n ana so on. opsll WI come
port or other I'd ma I,ll bel. Needn,ts
make too much Of III the
business Just talk ike IA handed III
oyer i, You. as have YeSsre eqnai
to thar Job. aren't you r. ss
Now, Just what sort OF mental proc
sess went on In the brain Of Nicholas
zWalloway II would be vain tos ny To-
trace He was a complex product;
whose character had been nodded not
only by circumstan OF y birth and
breeding. but by the strong stamp OF
heredity
He was a young man chiefly distin-
sguished By q reserved stiffness h OF
manner, d quality which often inspires;
q confidence that Obvious genius fails
to command In hesitating to ac-:
cept the advantage ffered him by the.
impulsive Mi Devine, he was tr0u-I
bled BY roblems OF an ethical ma fl,ra.
he aIlowed a hem to be easil swept
away. For many months he had want 4
led to see the Count tess VecchL Earnest
W be had wished for d chance to .tisli Il
to her alone. and now this very oppor-
tunity WIS thrust upon him
Nv ell Cherub IL you think you had
better leave this to me. why. 81
food! And don forget about calf
ing me up tcnig to let me know
what luck yon have. y
No hint OF this altered program. of
course had reached Hewfngton Acres
so 1t happened that when 'Timminss
finally did bring up the lat hered cohss
with q fine flourish the whole house
hold was assembled to- witness the.
Cherub's much heralded return,
The Gounte vecch hi had at the last
moment abandoned her angelic pose
and yielded to curiosity ~ Mr.. Hewing
ton was even more eager to learn what
it was all about Mr.. Dexine never
knew Just what he missed BY backing
out.
In his stead there stepped from the
carriage N Nicholas Walloway. OUT
wardly cool and self possessed. but se-
cretly very much at loss to know just
how he should proceed. For moment
he regarded the expectant group with
some astonishmen L. Then Mr.. HeW:
ington voiced the common thought In
one questio I. .32Sl
s. Why. Nicholas. where sis Mr.. De.
vine !' Is! a; 8i5
Devine is on his way back To-
town 3 a
But he sent word \ began the
count ess, only to be stopped BY Mr..
Walloway's hasty explanation s
sEs He has asked me to transact some
business with you, countess. Might
---er'. = And he glanced significantly
at the door 5ss
The Countess vecchi promptly led
him into the library ,.H5 .5i :Ss
Well, Nicholas y she asked.
ls Mr.. Walloway had seated himself at
the library table and was sorting some
documents. 1t had been years since
| she had called him Nicholas. Well
this was an ;tusp icious eginnfng He
t5smiled indulg y. strai ghtened his
shoulders and placed his finger tips
together In a judicia manner. 1t was
rather an effective pose, indicating the
patiently receptive mood 6of q superior.
mind liS
tsMy dear Adele 4l.s
r WaIloway r. The Countess vec-
chi could be 4 most explosive young
tperson. and her brown eyesscould sim.
ulate indigna ton very conyincingly,
.But-but you called me eholas,y''
he protested st
/ e didn' ca rs you my dear Mic holas.
did IL want to .sslow why Mr. De.
vine sent you instead Of coming him.
self.
Mr. WallcWay proceeded to state
not at all Ia the wa he had meant to
put It his errand He told the count
ess the amount for which the stocks
had 4 been sold and Of her opportunity
to buy back Hewington Acres The
4 Countess vecchi heard him with wild
ening eyes!
And really have all that ~
The check Is dra wn for the full
amount. believe, less the brok erage
4 commission Here it is "A little
iawed. she accepted the slip of pink
paper and stared at It incredu lousl y.
OH are sure there's no mistake ~"
Mr.. Wallowa " was quite sure. He
i explained that the shares had brought
j $l,O0O each and that there were .
4 hundred Of them, q
81 don't In the least Understand
said the countess. referring orice more
tie the check. but 1 hope that who
ever paid that much for them could
afford why, here Is Mr. Deyine's