Sewell Ford

"Cherub" Devine, so-known for his "buoyancy of soul" and "pink chubbiness of face" has gone, in a few short years, from starving office boy to one of the richest, most skilled speculators on Wall Street. A city boy to the bone, all New York is shocked when a sudden yearning for home and hearth of his own inspires the "Cherub" to buy, spur of the moment, and lock-stock-and-barrel, the venerable "Hewlington Acres" estate up on Long Island for $60k, cash. What seemed folly, even to the "Cherub" himself, takes on a brighter complexion, when he finally gets around to visiting his new holdings, finds the former owners still in residence, and catches a glimpse of the beautiful daughter of the (his) house, Adèle, the Countess Vecchi. But could a sheltered, cultured, blue-blooded young woman ever love a man as self-made, as unschooled, as improper as the "Cherub"?