TIIK CITIZEN, ritlDAV, Al'IUIi 8, 1010. Cherub Devine By SEWELL FORD Copyright. 1909. by Mitchell Kennerley CHAPTEU VII. "B itJT why should I stay hero? Why do you want mo to stay?" The countess was asking Mr. Dovlno these questions with as much sincerity as if there could be no posslhlo reason why he should object to her leaving Hcwlngton Acres. "Why why, because you ought to. because I want you to stay. Don't you see? I want you to stay." For the better part or the day the Cherub had been waiting for Just this opportunity. Now that it had come be stood staring at her with a blank, baffled look in hls'bluc eyes. The countess glanced curiously at him with a light laugh. Ho had found her in her favorite retreat, a rustic summer bouse perched on a little point of rocks which Jutted out into the sound and marked the eastern boundary of the estate. "It's very kind of you, Mr. Devine," she said. "I'm sure, but I don't feel that 1 can accept such n favor from well, from a stranger, you know." "We'll get acquainted then." But tho countess firmly held to the point Hewlngton Acres was no long er her home; therefore she must leave It at once. "Perhaps it Is mine, but 1 don't want tho place," urged the Cherub. "I Just bought it for a Joke. I'll tell you what I'm going to do I'm going to sell it back to your father. I'll let it go cheap for the sake of getting rid of It" The countess shook her head at this proposal. "Father could not buy it back," she said. "Or I may rent it to him." "No; we must go away somewhere and get another homo a home of our own." "1 believe it's Just because I am here that you're in such a hurry to go. If I should clear out now and not come back until" "No, no!" protested tho countess. "1 shouldn't feel like staying a minute .after you had gone not a minute. While you are here I am, in a way, your guest but if you were not here I should not have even that standing." "Then I'll stay," declared the Cherub "I'll stay here a week, a month, nny time." "Oh, no, you wouldn't!" quickly re plied tho countess. "I have seen stock speculators before. They aro Just as much slaves of the market as the wretched men who haunt the gam bling balls of Monte Carlo are slaves of tho roulette wheel. No; you will be back in Wall street tomorrow morn ing, eager for the game. It is all you live for speculation, speculation!" The Cherub was dumb before this outburst It had been so unexpected. "Of course I have no right to say such things to you," she continued more soberly. "I did not intend to say them either. You have been very kind to us, and I I admire you in many ways. But you should not have tried to make me believe too much. I am not a silly schoolgirl, you know. I I have had one experience with a man who was" she hesitated at the con fession "who was a gambler." She had turned to hide the sudden flush that crept into her checks. Sup pressed emotion was gently shaking her shoulders. As in a Hash Cherub Devine knew exactly wHat ho wanted to do now. and It was only by clasping his hands resolutely behind his back that he kept from taking her In his arms and otherwlso making a spectacle of hlm: self. He saw it all. Even if alio rtld despise him ho was in love with the I Countess Vccchi. Tho revelation came with stunning abruptness, like the glimpses of flood-' luaunuj nucj iuu utiuiuuii; uuu il luminated their way last night. Yes. ho loved her. If she should know! He was fairly appalled at his own audacity. Sup pose she should bo at this moment making the discovery which he had Just made! ' Would sho shrink away from him in terror or would sho laugh scornfully at him? She was sticking a long silver hatpin through tho top of her hat and listlessly watching the dingy sails of a coasting schooner that was crawling up the sound. Ho breath ed more freely. She did not kuow, thon. "There, you'll forgive me, will you not?" sho said, turning bo quickly to ward him that he started guiltily. "I didn't mean to lecture you really 1 didn't And now I must say goodby." "You must say goodbyl" Ho re peated tho words dully. "Why, yes, I havo decided to go to town tonight I shall ask you to let Timmlns drlvo mo to tho station this tlm. You will not go until morning, I suppose." "But I can't let you go away In this fashion. I don't want you to go at all. There's no need for it" "You said that before. We've set tled all that you know." "Wo hadn't settled it. though," ea gerly protested tlio Cherub. "You said you wouldn't think of staying after I went back because there wouldn't bo any host And then I said I'd stay. Well, I meant it You can wait a day or two until wo mako somo ar rangement You haven't any particu lar place to go to, have you?" "There nn lots of hotels In New York." suggested tho countess. "Hotels! Do you suppose we're go ing to let yon run off to New York nloue?" "We?" "Yes: your father and 1. Ve hnvp had a little talk about you." "You and my father!" "Yes." "Why, ,you you surprise me. Mr. Devine. I had no Idea that my father over consulted you." The Cherub smiled complacently. "He has. though. You're thinking of what he said last night when we camo back from tho village. Hut he didn't know how things stood then. We had an understanding this morning, and we agreed that wo would try to make you see how foolish it was to run away. Hasn't be said anything about it?" "Nothing that has Influenced my plans." "But you can see how I feel about it can't you?" Mr. Devine flushed at his unfortuuatc wording of this ap peal. What he was trying to do most was to conceal his real feelings. Hut he plunged boldly ahead with his ar gument "That's why I am going to stay here until you have promised to bo reasonable." was his closing dec laration. "Indeed!" A man wltli such deep knowledge of womnnltlnd as tho Cher ub thought be possessed would, have detected a note of challenge In her tone. Mr. Devine, however, thought that he was managing the affair very cleverly, when she continued, "1 sup pose I may have time to think it over, if I nm to reconsider?" "Of course, all tho time you want." ho assented readily. The countess looked up quickly and replied: "This is Monday, Isn't it? Well, by Wednesday night 1 shall probably bo able to tell you exactly what I mean to do that is, providing I am still here." "But you can wait two days, can't you?" "Yes; I can if you can." Then the Cherub understood. Sho meant to take him at his word and hold him to it Although he thought of many things which might happen to P., Z. and N. if for two whole days his watchful eyes should bo taken from it he did not flinch. "I'm game," he said. The clanging of a big gong announces tho daily openings of the New York Stock Exchange. During flvo years there had never been a morning when Cherub Devine was not to be found within earshot of that gong when it rang In Wall street's brief but tumultu ous day. He was to bo found waiting with calm confidence whatever crisis, big or little, might arise, and generally there wor something of the sort Yet here he was at opeulng hour on this post-holiday Tuesday morning only vaguely conscious that he was miles away froni-it nil. If ho remembered It was only tho troublesome thought of a moment What did he care if a thousand gongs were ringing to open a thousand stock exchanges? They might stay open forever or close for good and all; ho was helping the Countess Vecehl .toss bits of sweet crackers to a pair of white swans. Perhaps It was tho .clear, crisp Sep tember air, perhaps it was something else, which caused the Cherub to feel within him a new glow and thrill of mere existence. He himself did not entirely understand tho origin of this feeling, but he had no inclination to analyze it. Ho was glad he was there. Especially he was glad that the count ess was there too. Beyond that noth ing was to bo desired. Thus it happened that the advent of a red headed boy on a bicycle seemed almost an impertinence. The boy drop- ua was HEi.riNa the countess veccoj FEED TUB BWAKS. ped his wheel on the lawn, putled a thin, black book from bis pocket and held out a yellow envelope to Mr. De- vine. "Message for you," announced tho boy. "Well, young man, you take that precious mcssago back to tho bouse, chuck it on the porch and get Epplngs to sign. Hero's a dollar." He of tho red hair grinned expan slvcly and retired. For another deli cious period ' they threw pieces of sweet crackers to tho swans. Then tho boy camo back on his bicycle. "Prepaid reply message 1" was bis second announcement "Want to earn another dollar?" ask' ed Mr. Dovlne. "Yep." "Here It 1s, then. Chuck this mes sage where you put the other one and tell whoever sent It that I'm very busy or sick abed or gono fishing anything you think best and sign It yourself." "You don't seem greatly Interested In your "telegrams," Mr. Devine?' ""6b iscrved tho countess. "I thought thai 'telegrams nlwnys meant something important" ' "Not this kind. I'll read them Thurs day morning. Isn't there some plact we can go where that boy can't And ua again?" "There's the garden. And you have not seen the dahlias yet" An hour later, when they returned to the house, they found tho red hair ed boy perched on tho horso block. "Three morel" ho announced, pro ducing his book. "And they nil want rush answers." "Goodl" said Mr. Devine. "Give me your book n minute." On tho receipt blank ho wrote "He fused" opposite his name. "Guess that'll do the trick," observ ed the boy. Ho of the red hair was correct No moro messages were sent up from the village. to be continued. ASQUITH'S MAJORITY 106. Opposition's Amendment In Favor of Lords Beaten by 357 to 251. London, April 5. In tho house ol commons the Opposition amendment to the veto resolution which was in troduced by Sir Itobcrt Flnlay was re jected by a vote of 1157 to 231. The Finlay amendment declared thai a strong and efficient second chamhci was necessary nnil that the commons is willing to consider proposals for the reform of the present second chamber but declines to proceed with proposals that would destroy the usefulness of any second chamber and thus remove the only safeguard against any great changes being made by the govern mcnt of the day without the consent and against the wishes of a majoiitj of the electors. After the Flnlay amendment had been rejected a motion by Prcmlei Asqulth to commit tho veto resolution was adopted without division. CHARLES GULICK A SUICIDE. Well Known Princeton Man Shoots Himself In Trenton Hotel. Trenton, N. J., April r. Upon breaking open the door of a room Id the Trenton House the clerk of the hotel found the dead body of Charles Vandyke Gullck, a well known busi ness man of Princeton, lying upon th bed. In Mr. Gullck's hand was a re volvcr, with which he had shot him self through the head. The cause of the suicide is not defi nitely known, but It is attributed bj Mr. Gullck's most intimate friends tc business troubles. It Is known thai for some time he had been short ol funds and had a considerable amount of outstanding paper. It Is also known that there had been a number of In qulrles from creditors regarding his financial standing. These facts are said to have weighed heavily upon him. BLAMES CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. Woman Shoots Herself Twice After Eddyites Fail to Cure Her. New York, April 5. "Christian Sci ence has driven mo to this. I'm sorry that I didn't make a good job of it,' said Mrs. Emma Beatrice Gray Sutton after she had tried to kill herself In tho apartments of her brother, Uupert A. Ryley, in the Hotel Schuyler. Mrs. Sutton had been ill for some time, and several Christian Scientist practitioners attended her, but with out giving her relief. She went to hei sister's room and complained bitterly that Christian Science practitioners had not done her nny good. Mrs. Ityley was trying to soothe hot when Mrs. Sutton drew a revolvei frofn her waist and fired two shots. The first shot was dellected by a rib. but the second entered the left breast JuHt over the heart, Inflicting a wound which is likely to prove fatal. ban on &ilk 3Toc:::Nse. Newark Woman Won't Pay Any More for Her Daughter. Newark, N. J. An unusunl method haB been adopted by Mrs. L. W. Hayes of 1.09G Broad street, to prevent her daughter from Indulging further In tho purchasing of expensive silk stock ings. Mrs. Hayes decided that, as or ders and requests had had no effect, she would try a euro by means of pub licity, and Inserted tho following ad vertlsomont In nowspapers: To whom It may concern Mrs. L. W. Hayes will not bo re sponsible for any debts contract ed by her daughter, Miss Hayes. Mrs. Hayes said sho had been dared by her daughter to tako that mothod of procedure, and came to the conclu sion that it would bo wlso. Miss Hayes, who Is noted In Newark for her beauty, read tho advertisement and retired to her room, refusing to attend a dance to which she had been invited. A Hcinarkablo Aeroplane. Thomas A. Edison believes that tho aeroplane will not bo of real practical use until it Is mado on the helicopter principle. "However," said Mr. Edison, tho other day, "I heard of a now aero plane that went without a hitch last week all tho way from Chicago to Philadelphia. "It wont." he added, "by train." Philadelphia Press. Saturday Qight 0a!ksD"t!i." DAVISON Vt THE MESSENGERS OF THE KING. International Bible Lesson for April 10, 10 (Matt. 9:35; 10:40-42). It Is an lntorcsting study to note tho beginning of Christ's dlsclploship and the organization of that llttlo company of men which has changed tho whole character of humanity. What a varloty of personality was there. Tho doubting, tho Impulslvo, the affectionate, tho practical, nre all there. And every man, In all time, finds himself represented among tho apostles. All kinds of men aro used. In this kingdom, all sorts and condi tions of men nre selected. Contrasted Workers. One of the most effectlvo ways of bringing out the disciples' perfections wns tho grouping of tho orlglnnl num ber In their work. They were sent out two and two. But they were not Bent out in harmonious likeness; they were sent out by contrast Peter, tho bold, impetuous man, act ing on the spur of tho moment, Is Joined with Andrew, tho apostle, in stinctively chosen by tho Scotch as their national patron, as far-seeing, cautious, careful, full of the sense of difficulty. James and John differed greatly In age. John must have been very young, for ho outlived tho Master near ly 70 years. So they were paired off young and old together. Philip, the slow-witted, was paired with Nathaniel, the quick-witted. Thomas, the doubting, skeptical In tellect, was Joined with Matthew, one of the heroes of faith. James, the author of tho epistlo, tho most practical of men, was unit ed with Jude, the man of doctrine. Simon the zealot, a man of zeal, In dependence and patriotism, was with Judan. the business economist. So the Master made one whole man out of two half .men. Each man supple mented the work of tho other. And in heaven's arithmetic two Is a great deal more than twice one. Supplemental Workers. "So when two work together, each , for each Is quick to plan, and can the other teach; But when nlone one seeks the best to know. His skill Is weaker and his thoughts aro slow." We do not read much about what Andrew did, except that he started Peter, and It must have been a source of gratification to this disciple when he heard his brother preach a sermon on the Day of Pentecost that con vinced 3,000 people. If he was not their spiritual father, he was at least their grandfather. How rapidly tho number of the dis ciples increased those early days, and it was accomplished by each disciple bringing In to the servlco Just one more. How long would It take to win the world at that rate If there were but 100 believers In the world and each should win one other to Christ ianity a year? Just 25 years. Figure It up and see. The first year there would be 100; second year, 200; third year, 400; fourth year, 800; fifth year. 1,600; sixth year, 3,200; seventh year, 6,400; eighth year, 12, S00; ninth year, 23,600; 10th year, 51, 200; 11th year. 102.400; 12th year, 204,800; 13th year, 409,600; 14th year, 817,200; 15th year, 1.G34.400; 16th year, 3,268,800; 17th year, 6,537,600; 18th year. 13.075,200; 19th year, 26, 150,400; 20th year, moro than 52,000, 000; 21st year, more than 104,000,000; 22d year, over 209,000,000; 23d year, over 418,000,000; 24th year, over 930, 000.000, and in tho 25th year thero would bo 1,600,000,000. But will It be done? No. For there is little definite purpose In life on the part of the majority of bollov ers now. We sail for nowhore, and wo draw no ono after us. Thero ara multitudes of people who are mere "derelicts" on the ocoan rather than life-savers. Unity In Variety. - Tho solectlon of tho original group of disciples was nccordlng to a law as old as the universe the law of unity In variety. That law Is written upon tho book of nature and In the constitu tion of man. Attraction and repulsion, centrifugal and contrlpednl forces, the like and the unlike In harmonious re lations, the beauty and tho foil, this Is tho universal law. If you are going to chooso a mate for life you carry out that principle la spltoof yourself. You aro attrnctsd to your opposite, not In taBto, but In temperament. The blonde weds tho brunette, tho tall tho short, the thin tho plump, tho aesthetic tho practical, tho dignified the volatile. Often It Is, January and June, Beouty and the Beast. Nevertheless, thore Is a certain value to all this which addB a charm to life which similarity and uniform Ity would not do. Variety In 'unity, that is tho law. Everlastingly dis tinct but no quarrel. All stars do not shine with tho same radiance, all flow ers do not bloom with the samo col ors, all gems do not sparkle with the samo rays. It is the Infinite variety that adds tho charm to life. Do not, therefore, quarrel with your condition. If you cannot be a star, bo content to bo a tallow dip. If you may not be an oak, rejolco in being a violet If you aro not a skillful sur geon, bo a nurso to hold a light for the operator. Both aro necessary, neither can bo dispensed with, Fill well the place to which naturo has as- sirred you. Amrels can do no more. SKULL OF WOMAN . 600,00QYEARS 0L0 Pror. Keith Announces Conclu. Dions on Prehistoric Find at Gibralter SAYS THAT SHE COULD TALK Had Palate One-third Larger Than Female of To-day, and Lived on Nuts and Roots Had Large Nose and Prominent Eyes. London. Prof. Arthur Keith, cura tor of tho Museum of tho Royal Col lege of Surgeons, who has been on gaged in the examination of the fa mous prehistoric skull unearthed at Gibraltar some years ago, announced that the skull Is that of a woman who must have lived at least 600,000 years ago. The Gibralter skull has been the ob ject of the examination of many scien tists and of many theories. Keith ap proached the task of lifting the veil from Its past with a new system o( Intricate measurements and all the re sources of science at his back, and has compared the skull with all othec available prehistoric relics. "I have little doubt but that tho skull Is that of a woman," he said, dis carding technicalities. "From tho size of her brain she must have been shrewd, probably a woman, too, of con siderable spirit One can reckon pretty accurately also the time at which she lived. It must havo been at least 600,000 years ago. "From the Jaws and the fact that the muscles of mastication are re markably strong It is possible to de duce what this prehistoric woman ato. Nuts and roots probably entered very largely Into her diet. "Men 600,000 years ago were with out doubt long armed and their legs short, and they had abnormally thick nocks. It Is clear, too, I think, that their brains were far larger than has been conceded. It seems reasonably certain tfcat they were able to speak to each other. From my examination of tho brain cavity of the Gibraltar skull I have been able to deduce qulto clearly that tho cells controlling speech were there. "The prehistoric woman's skull In dicates that she had a large nose. Her eyas, too, were much more prominent, and her palate one-third larger than that of the woman of to-day." BAD TEETH MAKE CRIMINALS. So Chicago Health Commissioner Says, and Gives His Reasons. Cleveland, Ohio. That bad teeth play an Important part In the making of criminals was the theory presented by Dr. Evans, Health Commissioner of Chicago, who addressed the dental convention. The convention was called to inaugurate a national cam paljn for the better care of teeth among school children and to teach them how to chew their food properly. Dr. Evans declared the physical and moral conditions of any Individual are closely allied and that faculty teeth in children meant imperfect Indiges tion, with consequent detriment to their morals. He urged the import ance of the dentition of school chil dren being strictly watched. AS TO MATINEES. Chicago Women Vote on Proposed Change of Time. Chicago. Out of 581 votes cast by women at a matinee to determine at what hour they would prefer to have all matinees In Chicago begin, 183 voted for 1.30 o'clock. Some of tho reasons for the early hour written on tho ballots by the women were: "To enable me to be home early so that my husband will not know I have been out." "So I can cook supper on time." More than two hundred women wero In favor of keeping the time at 2.15 o'clock, and eighty-two declared It was impossible for mothers with children In school to got down to tho theatre until a later hour. CROW BUTTS A LOCOMOTIVE. Pottstown, Pa. Whilo his train was running nt high speed through Lo raine, Edwnrd Gessler, engineer of a IWdlng Railway express, was startled by the crashing of the glass In his cab, agalnBt which a crow that came flying across the trucks had dashed. Cessler almost had his oyes cut out by the flying glass. He was painfully cut in tho face. Pigeons at Fancier's Funeral. Allentown, Pa. When tho body of Allen P. Solp, a noted pigeon fancier, wp.b being lowered to the grave his largo flock of pigeons flow over tho cemetery and settled down In the vl clnlty of the grave. Some people do claro it a mere coincidence, while others believe the birds, with real emotion, camo to pay their last re spects to their dead master. Bull Helps Get Himself Out of Well. Port Washington, Wis. Oh tho Klekhaefor farm, near Megnon, a bull fell into a twenty-foot well In which wero several feet of wator. On the suggestion of a farm hand It was de cided to put hay Into the well and lot the animal step on it and thereby work Us way up. This was done and in two hours the animal was on top. Three tons of hay wero required. World Not So Very Bad. That bad news travols fast Is an old saying, and In the present time of electric communication by land and sen, we got plenty of bad news every morning. The fact that we hear of so many crimes and misdoings In overy part of the world, far moro than were reported a quarter century ngo, probably accounts for a share of tho downhcnrtedi'.ess In respect to human naturo. which oppresses so many of us at times. But the fact remains that the misdoings often get notice in tho nowspapers because they have somu plcturesqtio or Interesting quality which obtrudes above the level of nor mal human life; if regular and do cent living should over become "news" we all should lr.docd bo In a very bad Way. Hence, It looks ns though wo ought to realize that the world Is no worse than It used to bo, but that wo know moro about It, and If wo are forowarned we should bo the better equipped for defending ourselves and helping our neighbor. Something Definite. Angelina Spring, in spite of tho beatific sound of her name, had a ha? temper. 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