Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-19
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ACTII.


r-onar-orc voung. the other about
6ftvNsst in the yeranda of small bunga.
low. II WAS after breakfast. They lay
back in long bamboo chairs, each with
cigar. II looked as If they were resting;
in reality they were talking business ana
Yes. air" said the elder man with
something like an American accent; i
have somehow taken O fancy TO TINS place.
The situation is healthy"
"Well. l don't know: I've had more
than one touch Of fever here"
1.-THE climate is lovely
Except in the raius."
1.-THE soil is fertile" =,
"Pve dropped 5000 in it. and they
haven't come up again yet" =,
.Thev will. / have been round the
estate and see money in 1T. Well, SIT,
here's my offer 5000 down. hard cash. as
soon as the papers are signed"
Reoinald sat up. He was on the point
of accepting the proposal when q pony
rode up to the house and the rider, a ma
tive groom. jumped off and gave him a
note. He opened it and read. 1t was from
his nearest peighbor, two or three miles
away. Don't sell that man your estate.
Gold has been found. The whole country
is full of gold. Hold on. He's an assayer.
If he offers to buy, be quite sure that he
has found gold on your land.-f. u.
He put the note into his pocket, gave
verbal message TO the boy. and turned Ia
his guest without betraying the least
astonishment or emotion.
Il beg your pardon. The note was from
Bellamy, my next neighbor. We'll! You
were saying"
"Oniy that have taken q fancy-per-
haps foolish fancy-to this place OF
yours, and I'll give you. If you like. all
that you have spent upon It,"
"Well,n he replied, refectively, but with
alittle twinkle in his eye, THAT seems
handsome But the place isn't really worth
the half that have spent upon it.. Any
body would tell you that. Come, let us be
honest, whatever we are I'll tell you @
better way. We will put the matter into
the hands Of Bethany. He knows what a
price, and If We can agree upon that, we
will make deal OF IT,
The other man changed color. Hewanted
to settle the thing at once ~ between gen
tlemen. What need of third parties? But
Reginald stood firm, and he presently rode
away, quite sure that in day or two this
planter. too, would have heard the news.
A month later the young cofiee-planteI
stood on the deck of steamer homeward
bound. In his pocket-book was a plan OF
his auriferous estate, IN bag hanging
around his neck was small collection OF
yellow nuggets. IN his boxes was chosen
assortment Of quartz.
ACT III.
"well, SIR" said the financier, you've
brought this thing to me. You want my
advice. Well. my advice is, don't fool
away the only good thing that will ever
happen to you. Luck such as this doesn't
come more than once in q lifetime"
II have been offered ten Thousand
pounds for my estate.n
"Oh Have you Ten thousand Thai
was very liberal-very liberal, indeed. lei
thousand for gold reef"
but / thought as an old friend OF my
father you would perhaps"
Young man. don't fool it away; He's
waiting for you, suppose, round the cor
ner, with q bottle of hzz ready to close"
well, 60 and drink his champagne
Always GET whatever you can. And then
tell him that you'll see him"
81 certainly will. sir. if you advise it
And them"
And then-leave it to me. And, young
man, / think / heard year or two age
something about you and my girl Rosie. "
There was something. sir. aot enough
to trouble you about it,"
"She told me. Rosie tells mo all her love
affairs"
us she is she unmarried 7"
"0h yes, and for tho moment i believe
she is free. She has had one or two en-
Vagements, but somehow they have come
TO nothing. There WAS the French count,
but that was knocked on the head very
early ia consequence of things discovered
And there was the boom in Guano. but be
fortunately smashed, much to Rosie's joy,
because she never liked him. The last was
Lord Evergreen. He was o nice old chap
when you could understand what he said
and Rosie would have liked the title very
much. though his grandchildren opposed
the thing. Well, sir, lsuppose you couldn't
understand the trouble We took to keep
that old man alive for his own wedding.
science did all it could, but twas OF nc
use" The fpancier sighed. The ways
Of Providence are inscrutable. He died
Dir, the day before"
That was very sad"
"a dashing of the cup from the lip. sir.
NV daughter would be . countess. Well,
young gentlemen, about this estate OF
yours. think | see q wsy-I think, l am
not yet sure--that 1 do see way. Go
now. See this liberal gentleman and drink
his champagne and come here IN week.
Then, IL l still see my way, you shall un.
derstand what 1t means TO hold the posi-
ton in the city which Is mine"
And-and-may call upon Rosie?"
Not till this day week. not till have
made my way plain"
ACT w.
And 30 IL means this. Oh, Rosie, you
look lovelier than ever, and Pm as happy
~ king. II means this. Your father il
the greatest genius in the world. He buys
my property for Geo. 000--sixty thousand
That's over two thousand a year for me-
aud be makes company out of it with a
hundred and fifty thousand capital. He
says that, taking ten thousand out Of il
for expenses, there will be . profit Of eighty
thousand. And all that he gives to you
eighty thousand--that three thousand a
vear Tor you; and sixty thousand, that's
Two moro. my dearest Rosie. You remem.
her what You said. that when you married
Won should step out of one room like thil
Into another Just - good?"
"Oh. Reggie -she sank upon bis
boeon--" you know / never could love
anybody but you. It's true was engaged
10 old Lord. Evergreen, but that was only
because be had one foot--ycu krow-and
when the other foot went in, too. just q
day too soon, actually laughed. So the
pafer d going 70 make company OF II, i
keY Well, / hope he won't put any Of mis-
own money into u. I'm sure, because Of
late 8 The companies hsys turned out %
Bat my child. the place y full Of
STken vhy did hs turn Il into DOM.
rany. my dssr boys And Why didn't be
kofS v0m ntiok 70 Il! but ron know