The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-01

tain"
yes. that seems to be the word.
: What does the countess say about it p
II never discuss matters of business
with my daughter. Women do not
understand such matters. OF course It
is necessary to have her sign papers
now and then. The lawyers insist on
it, some. Of the property having been
left to her, but + never try to explain
things which: L do not fully compre-
bend myself. The sale of this place,
for instance, still perplexes me. 1 did
. not desire: it at all. I suppose, how.
ever, that It was necessary as a: mat
ter OF form, Probably you. have 1
clearer notion Of 1t than !, Mr.. De-
vine" =: :: -.
Your idea is q bit hazy," admitted
the Cherub. !:
Perhaps 50, but I presume that
your possession here is only 4
temporary arrangement. Matters; viii
soon be adjusted. I suppose, when my
attorneys finally get around to 1t. Ny
daughter was more or less worried IN.
til I assured her that I would attend
to the affair personally"
"Then she cheered up, did she?'' Mr..
Devine appeared to ind the CONVERSE
ton entertaining.
'tShe was relieved, Of course. But
/ have been 50 engrossed In preparing
a pamphlet Orwell, on q scientific
subject which would not be of inter
est to you-that I have neglected to
take the proper steps. However, now
that you thoroughly understand the
situation, trust that you will not
act hastily"
"Oh. l shan't put you out or any
thing like that, Mr.. HowinRton. Make
your mind easy on that score" !.
1T y very confederate OF you. Oh.
OF course until the affair 10 eettaed "
shall not encroach on your technical
right Of possession more than - abso-
luteay necessary. II the present o..
rangemeut IL satisfactory would sue-
gest that It DO continued
The Cherub favored Mr.. 'Hewington
with 9 whimsical smile. "Well, ven
let the thing drift for awhile anyway:
Only you don't have to act as though
you were prisoners. Why don't you
and the countess come down to your
meals Just az though wasn't here1'' :
my dear SIR Here Mr.. Hewnx-
ton began an exhaustive review Of the
situation. When he was through Mi.
Devine chuckled gleefully. It was IN
amazingly simple proposition: The
Hewtngtous were the :Hewingtons, and
newell, he was Cherub Devine. That
told the story.
1t was all done very courteously and
dehcately in Mr.. Hewington's nne, aris-
tocrattc manner, vet nothing but the
superlatfve buoyancy Of Mr.. Devines
audacious soul saved him from being
utterly crushed.
II wish I could have dreams like
that" soliloquised the Cherub when
: he had been left alone.
The possibilities incident upon &C.
quir1ng a quiet county house were
surprising to Mr.. Cherub Devine.:
LETS see" he reflected; I'm not ex-
actly what you'd call an unwelcome
guest, am 1? guess I must be an
unwelcome host, then, and hanged If
that isn't new one on me. But there's
worse and more Of it. I'm no gentle
man, for one item. Then, If I'm to be-
l1eve all hear about myself, I'm 4
deep dyed villain and an unregenerate
sinner who has butted into his own
house. Take it all around, things are
pretty badly mixed. Wonder what
program ought to follow"
More or less thought did Mr.. Devine
.bestow upon the Countess Vecchi dur
ing the next half hour. He had a
well defined idea, had the Cherub,
that his knowledge Of women was vast
and Deep. oh, he had seen lots Of
them! They had been of all kinds too.
It was part Of his philosophy that the
wise man kept out Of their way, that
generally they meant mischief and
that when they didn't they were most
dangerous. il:
mo, thank you" This was the
Cherub's attitude toward the sex. One
experience was quite enough for him,
for there had been considerable to his
affair with Kittie O'Neill, whom he
: had mentioned to the countess. He
was hardly out of his teens then, to
be sure, and K1ttie, having achieved
one and twenty and a position in the
second row Of the chorus, had viewed
his awkward advances with. silent
scorn until one eventful day when
she had fully revealed her attitude by
q sudden burst of derisive laughter.
Cherub Devine's faith in womankind
had been destroyed. i.
But in the presence Of the Countess
Vecchi he forgot all his suspicious. He
was quite sure that no one just like
her had ever existed before. There
fore 1t was amazingly unjust that she
should look upon him as an outcast or
as a: burning brand Of sin. He couldn't
tell her what good; fellow he was,
and she had no chance Of finding 1t
out for herself 50 long as the old gen
tleman regarded him as socially unfit.
II seev' exclaimed the Cherub at