The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-09

,.tare 70 have been there youiSe''' 'N'
,onarlcd Tommy, fippantly'
IN BEAUTIFUL Jim felt hail as eois'Nlps".
o,.s as lie looked at that moment nc mus
i.ve attained 10 the very iuithes' iIni's
of disdain. for his ugly face see'heo penn
fsd with unuttcrsble disgust.
like 20 have been there ne repeated
"Wly. you young idiot do you suppose
,bore's single woman. married or maid
in The whole Of BlaukhalnptOn. that world
dive von so much as look If ] took the
,ronhle 10 be civil % herr Bless you.
child don't natter yourself. Why. its
because these women think yon re such a
b,hv--snch anothing such non danger
ous scran Of lnmanitv-that they let You
mako the Young show of yourself that
Won do But what ! want 10 Know IL.
What the devil do you mean 10 come 10,
well. really jim Tommy replied,
with certain "last o. the Earles haughti'
ness in his tone. "it seems 10 me YOU
Troubling Yourself IN very unnecessary
way about ms private affairs, and '---
But Beautiful Jim had broken into
shouts OF derisive laughter. Tommy,
Tommy. You'll be- the death OF me yet
YOU will indeed he said. Your private
aGairs-whv. bless ne. child. che last
Joined sub hasn't got any private affairs
except ia applying for leave. Private
affairs indeed Well. IL $ too lovely, that
simply too lovely,
Tommy looked dandy blank II dare
say it's very funny, Jim, he said. easily,
but where the joke
The joke. In Yourself, Tommy, my
child, and YOU can't be expected to see 1t. Do
But. after that, jim gave up trying to
keep he lad from making a fool Of him
self with the Blanhhampton women, and
gained nothing whatever by the attempt
he had made. except ~ make Tommy
firmly believe from that lime forward that
the senior suhaltcru was eaten alive with
iealorsy Of him And if he had only
known that Beautiful Jim's whole heart
and mind was wrapped up in his own sis.
teri II he had only known that 70 him,
he-Tommy-w simply nothing but an
impudeut Young cub whose only calm to
interest. or even notice. lay IN The tact he
was the brother o. that Insignificant and
not to-be-c0untci creature, Nancy Earle
well il would have helped 10 take down
the Young gentleman idea Of his own
greatness and his own importance mar
velously
Unfortunately however Jim had not
during all those months the ghost OF a
chance of fuuhtlng lis position with
Nancy fol almost immediately after
Tommy Joined the regiment Mr. Earle
was seized vitha somewhat severe at
tack Of bronchitis. and by the orders Of
his medical advisers was on the very first
f opportuuity ordered of 10 tie sunny
+ shores OF the Mediterranean. there 10 stay
until the very last cast vina OF orr IN
/ genial spring time should have taken its
departure from bis native shores.
II had been q bitter blow 10 him, but Il
was useless % fight against fate. and
/ though be iIicd hard Tor foreign leave.
| he was. owing toyarious rum0rs Of dis.
turbance floating about the country al
| the time. unable 20 get II.
Just ct Gr-t De was rather elated at the
prospect II d change There was q some
/ thing iaun'y aud soldiGly about march
ing out col0is living. band playing, and
q dozen broken hearts behind them, and
for q few hours Tommy went airiy round
announcing that they were off to Nalms
/ bury next week with fresh fields and
pastures new air about him that was u
resistbly funny TO those Of his brother
/ officers who knew what manner Of place
Walmsbury really was.
But the elaiionof this young Alexander
longing for more worlds to conquer, did
not last long From "the fellows he
learned nothing indeed, fol any inform
alton he would have had from them lac
would have remained in the Ignorance
which is bliss doubly so in this case,
until he reached Walmsbmy itself. but
in Blankhsmpton 1t WAS. different.
Going to Walmsbury, cried one lady
TO whom he told his news with very
girl leave behind me" sort OF air. Oh,
you poor dear boy. what a shame. Why,
you'll be buried alive in Walmsbury.
/ There nothing to DO and nowhere TO go,
and not soul in the place that you can
possibly know No society whatever