The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-07
CHAPTER XII.
rrsTAcE Euys : PAPER.

tho teleoraph had been fGster al the
evening papcr3 had como ouf with &C
counts. more or les accurate, OF TIER cs-
cane. and most Of them had sddcd that
the two survivors would Icech Waterloo
bv The j:0i train Tho consequence was,
tlat when the train drcw up a. the plat
form Augusta, on looking ont, was hor-
riicd to Gee dense mass Of human beings
being kept in check by line Of policemen
However. the guard was holding tho
door orcn. 90 there vag nothing for il but
10 rot cat. which &c I'D. taking Dick by
tho hand. proceeding thct neCessariiy
put her identity beyond 4 tCubt Tho
moment she got her foot on to the pet
form the crowd saw her, and there arose
such q tremendous shout OF welcome that
she very nearly took refuge again in tho
carriore. For moment she stood hest
tafine, and the crowd, aceing how sweet
and beautiful she was flor tho three
mouths of sea air had made her stouter and
even more lovely, Cheorod again with
peculiar enthusiasm which discerning
Iublic always shows for q pretty face
But even while she stood bewildered on
the platform she heard loud Mako
vay-makc way thereI' and saw tho
multitude being divided By little knot
Of officials, who were escorting somebody
dressed in widow seeds.
In another second there was q cry Of
Joy, and sweet, palcfaced little lady had
run at the child Dick and was hugging
him against her heart, and so5bing and
laughing both at once.
oh my boyi my boyT cried Lady
Holmhurst, for it was she, Il thought
Won were dccd-long ago dead!'
And then she turned, and, before ali the
people there, clung about Augustus neck
and kissed her and blessed her. because
she he'd saved her only child, end half re-
moved the dead weight Of her des0letion.
Whereat Che crowd cheere1, and wept,
and yelled, end sworc with excitement,
and blessed their stsrJ thct tney were
there 90 see
And then. in e haze of noise and excite
ment, they we.c led through The cheering
mob to where carriage and pan wero
standing end vcro helred into Il. Mrs.
Thomas being placed on tho front seat
AID Lcdy Holmhurst and augusta Gu the
back. ne former With the gasving Dick
upcn be- l-nec
Ard now littlc Dick IS out Of 1he ctory.
Then another event occurred, which We
must 10 bacl. li.tlc way 10 explain.
Wien Eustecc Meesoa Lad come to
town, after being formally disinAerited,
he Lad managed 20 ges : billet rs Latin,
French end cid English rs-dei-in G pub
ish.hg house Of iepGtc. IL i. happened,
on This very clt-r5cn he vas st.oiiing
down the Strand, having finished rather
sliLi day Is WORK, and with mind filed
with those idle and somewhat confused
odds aud ends Of speculation with which
most BRAN workers will . acquainted.
lie looked older and paicr than when we
last met him, for sorrow and misfortune
had laid their heavy hands upon him.
When Augusta had departed lc had dis
covered that he was head over heels in
love with her in that unfortunate way
FOR ninety times out of @ hundred
il is unfCrtunate--in which many llen OF
susceptibility do occasionally fall in love
IL their youth-a way that brands the
heart for life in q fashion that can 10
more be- efiaced than the stamp OF q hot
iron can be cffaced from the physical LOdy.
laurtNit utAA nfhai of'iA %AN- ANNtf NfAN
twice in his life: but then yassion does
not necessarily depend upon constant pre-
yions intercourse with its object Love
at first sight is common enough. and IN
this instance Eustacc was not altogether
dependent upon the spoken words Of his
adored, or on his recollection Of her very
palpabic beauty, fer nc had her books.
Thus il seemed TO Eustacc, who knew
"Jomima's Vow, and also her previous
abortiyc work, almost 10y heart, that he
was very intimately acquainted with
Augusta, and as ne was walking homo
that May evening lie was rejecting sally
enough If all that be had lost through that
cruel shipwrcck tic he'd lost Augusta,
and what was more, he had lost his uncle
and his uncie's vast fortune. For he, too,
had reen the report Of the application 70
Mecson IN Tho Times, and though he
knew that he Was disinherlted, IL was q
little crushing. Tie had lost the fortune
for Augusta sake and now nc had lost
Augusta also; and nc reflected, not with
out dismay, on the long drcary existence
that stretched away before him, filled up
as il were with prospective piles Of Latin
proofs With a sigh he halted at the
Wellington street crossing in the Strand,
which, owing 10 the constant stream Of
traffic at this point is one of the worst in
London There was n block at the mo-
ment, as there generally is. and he stood
for some minutes watching the frantic
dashes Of an old woman, who always tried
TO cross at the wrong time, net without
some amusement Presently, however.
2 boy with a bundle of unioldcd Globes
under lisarm came rushing along making
the place hideOu9 with his bowls.
Wonderful escape Of lady and han
hinfant" he roared. Account Of the
survivors of the Kangaroo-wonderinl
escape-dcsert island-auiyal Of the
Magnolia with the criminals"
Eusiace. jumped, and instantly bought
copy of the paper stepping into the
doorway of shop where they sold Ia
sonic jewels Of every size and hue in order
% read il. The very first thing that his
eye fell on was an editorial paragraph.
Il another column, ran the Paragraph,
will be found "A short account, tele-
graphed 10 MS from Southampton Just rs
we are going to press. OF the most re-
markable tale Of the sea that We are ac-
quainted with The escape Of Miss Al
eusta Smithers and of the little Lord
Holmhurst-Gs we suppose that we must
now call him-from the i'll f0ted Kan
CARGO, and their subsequent rescue, on
kerguelen Land, by the American whaler,
will cont oinItr faEa youl- ~ sla most