The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-23
Mr.. Nelson's VIII.
By Il. RIDER HAGGARD.

will find il will take lot Of choking; ana
now, Mr. Mccson, with your permission
Twill say sord and try and throw a new
light upon very pcrplexing matter. 1t
never seems 20 haze occurred TO you what
an out and out blackguard you are, so
may as well put it to you plainly. II you
arc not thief you are, at least, very
well colored imitation. You take . girl s
book and make hundreds upon hundreds
out Of il and give her fifty. You tie her
down so as 10 provide ffs successful
swindling Of the same sort during future
years. and then. when she comes to beg
few pounds Of you. you show her the
door. And now you wonder, Mr.. Neeson,
that respectable people will have nothing
10 do with youl Well, nov, tell you,
my opinion Is that tho only society TO
which You worid be really suited is that
Of q cowEidc. Good morning and the
large Young nan walked OF. his very
mustachc5 curling with wrath and con-
tempt. Thus. for o second time, did the
great Mr. Mccson hear the truth from tie
lips Of babes ard sucklmgs. and theworst
Of Il was that be could not dislnAerit
Number Two rs be he'd Number Ono
Now this viii strike the reader as being
very warm advocacy on the part Of Mr..
Tombey, who, being called in 80 console
and bless, cursed with zach extraordinary
vigor II may even strike the discerning
rcader-and all rcaicrs. or at least nearly
all readers. are Of course discerning, fan
too much so, indccd-that there must
have been reason for it, and tho discern
ing reader will be right. AuCustg's gray
1 L. fIfaf1.N ...tr
as they had bocu too much fer Eusiacc
Mceson before lin. His passion had
sprung up ard ripencl in that peculiarly
rapid ard vigorous fashion That passions
do on board ship. 4 passenger steamer IS
Cupidg own hot bed, and in this way Gii-
fcrs from selling ship. On the sailing
shipindCol, tho preliminary stages arc the
same. The seed roots more strongly, ana
grows end flowers with equal yigCT; but
here comes the melancholy part-it with
ers and decays with equal rapidity. The
VOYAGE Is too LONG Too much is mutually
revealed Tho matrimonial iron cannot
be strucl; while it Is hot, and tng before
tho weary ninety days arc over 10 is once
more cold and black. or at the best CLOVIS
with bat feeble heat. But on the stccm-
ship there is no time for this as any
traveller knows Myself, the historian
have. with my own eyes, seen o couple
meet FOR the first time at Madeira, get
married 1T the Cape and 90 GA - man
and wifc in tho same vessel 30 Natal
And. therefore. it came to pass that that
very evening 2 touching, and, on tho
whole. mchnch0iv, little sccno WIS en-.
To- 81 ooh Of +l4n j.
CARGO.
Mr. Tombcy end Miss Augusta Smi.hers
were leaning together over iho buwaiks
and watching the phospAoresccnt ioc;n go
flashing past NJ. Tombcy wa5 nervous
and i'll al case. Miss Smithws very much
at case, end rejecting th.t hcr con-
panion's mustachcs would very well be-
como a villain in e novel.
Mr. Tombcy looked % tho stor spanglcd
sky, on which TIE Southern Cross hung
low, and he looked q. the Aosrhorescent
sea; but frcm neither GiI inspiration
come Inspiration IS from within, and
not from without at last, however, be
made o gallant and desperate effort.
Miss Smithosa," he said, IN voice
trembling with Grltatioa.
eS' Mf' lo'loel, una"eiVu aug u''"'
quietly "n., is ~ AZ.
MISS oIn', he.s' nc "cny Vi III I'm,
augusta / gon AAy" Mh@s yoh Ni.-
thlhN Oh me- Out "'''S. teu o@' e., = '"''
Augusta fairly jumped. Mr. Iomboy
had been very, even .er.sodly, polite, and
hhc' not ochG p l,y.' i.-a 1-.A .l'"l ~
admire" hSri oH, $40 AAu let'F g';i5- ~
TINS ana inc s1~ef'iNea9 WIN "nio" nc
shot N"s itcI "ss sc'--eVA", DeNlico'lng'
why, ~. IoMoey, she seiI, III
surprised voice. Yen have only Known
me for li..io mere iA'h lcf'nlghl'
Il icil ih love Wall So" 'heh D." Only
known You for an Lo1r' De answered
with evident sincerity Please llsten 10
ne. know Az -t- worthy OF YOU Dut
DO love you so V,i. ccany' ana YOU'D
mako yoa &o' "o ''aaa' mecca /
would. ein ven Oh. though OF course,
that D. nothing, .ll d yon don IKE Rev
Zc2la-N would .iye il up and SO % live
In Enc iand D. sen thllk that You can
take mct If you o-lv 1uow how dearly
loyc you EN- saIo goa would.
Augusta collected her wits ae veil as
she co..ld. The nal evidently did love
her; thclc ve8 10 d,cJ,ing tho sincerity
OF his words. end SEC liked him, and hc
was gentlemen. is Size married him
there would DO an end q all her worries