Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-05-13

TN RETREAT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN, DE-
vfNEY'
drew down the princely salary Of s.
a week. was saving to go into busi-
ness for myself. There was a pie
and coffee stand around the corner
from our office. and had my eye on
that. l thought it would be a fine
thing to sell pie and coffee and be my
own boss. So l got the fellows price
for the outfit. He wanted $75, and 1t
seemed to me as though he'd asked
for enough to pay off the national debt.
But saved the seventy-five and few
dollars more for sinking fund.
Then l resigned. l rather expected
the firm to go under when they got
that blow. They didn't. though.
when l went around to the pie and
coffee man with my seventy-five he
laughed and told me to brush by. His
sales had jumped ten pies a day. and
be had put his price up to an even
hundred. For about five minutes
things looked to me as the wash does
when they get too much bluing in the
tub. Then braced up and squan-
dered 80 cents on the first real feed Id
had for year.
After that It was sunrise again. l
drifted into a place where they were
selling dollar options on July wheat.
and the first thing knew l was plung-
ing like porpoise. Inside Of two
hours had almost $500 in my peck
ct, and 1 knew how ROthschild feels.
l went back to the stand. shook my
roll ut the pie butcher and did a lot Of
other fool things. all meant to show
the folks that was 1t.
Next day I hunted MP a regular
broker and began to speculate. n,cs
and proper. on margins. hadn't
been ut that more than a week before
I hit the market right. and I've been
hitting 1t ever since. except when it's
hit me. Oh. yes. 1t hits back now and
then. Just to show me-
He ended his story abruptly.
whats that. Eppings? Did you
say supper? Coco: Come on. folks;
let's see what the cook has found In
the icebox."
Probably the Wilburs and the Nil.
ler-Tremways had never been sum.
moned to dine In just that fashion be.
fore. Perhaps the novelty pleased
them. for they were In high good hu-
NOR. They told each other that Mr.
Deyine was delightfully."- original.
In spite Of Eppings' fears It was O
very good supper. but Mr.. Devine tool
no note Of 1t. He was thinking about
the countess.
1t was toward the close Of the af.
fair that the bishop took Mr.. Devine
one side and asked. do you know
what has become Of the HewingtonsY
"Sure!" said the Cherub They're
all upstairs In retreat"
"ln retreat: What do you mean
DevineY'
Its because Of me. you know
They don't approve Of me. Mr.. Hew.
ington's writing book about my
wicked ways-gets his material from
the newspapers. It'll he n thick book
! guess"
"Now. II that isn't just like De C0ur'
ceyr exclaimed the bishop. splendid
fellow. though. In his way"
$50 I've heard"
IF you don't mind. Devinc. I'll run
up and see him for a few minutes be-
fore l CO."
"Oh, help yourself. They're some
where on the top floor behind a barri.
cade"
"rll bring him out Of that" said the
bishop. But he had not reckoned on
the full strength Of Mr.. Hcwington's
prejudice.
Its not on my account. my dear
bishop" said Mr.. Hewington, but
must guard my daughter from such a.
ISOLATION"
Nonsense. De Courcey! Devine
lacks polish. perhaps, but at heart he
Is an honest chap. Come down and
meet him and bring Adele"
mo. no; I couldn't think Of It." firm.
" responded Mr.. Hewington. I'VE
shall remain here until he goes away"
So the bishop went back alone,
When 1t was over. when the last Of
them had gone. Mr.. Cherub Devine,
cropping about for some fitting term to
express the situation. remarked enig.
matically:
That's what l call playing a four
flush against a full house. Guess III
take another stack. though"
Which meant that the audacious
soul Of Mr.. Devine was humbled, but
not crushed.
He had tried to demonstrate to Mr..
Hewington that his estimate Of Cherub
Devine as one Of the socially unfit was
a mistaken judgment. But evidently
he had demonstrated nothing Of the
kind. The Hewingtons had given him
no chance to show what he could do
IN that line. Well, should he quit
then? Mr.. Devine allowed himself to
smile grimly. Almost any one In Wall
street could have told you what that
meant.
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