The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27

We'll, you. see, me lads. slade owes
our foc'sle shop a matter OF four pounds
ODD. which we can't collect. and he's gos
Holland gun OF mine that shouidii
really like to lose. Besides, come TO THINK
Ing of 1t, ] suppose Laura's fond OF him
anyway. Couldn't you do something FOR
him?'
:. Carter stared Has he left o'Neil and
Captain Image stopped down the to-
bacco in his pipe with n horny forcinger.
Why no and you'll have to pay to get
him away
But what mortal use Is he to me?"
Captain Images pipe worked hard, and
he spoke in jerks. Rubber palayer.
owe-it SHADES the nartest man at dem
rubber palaycr on the Coast"
.'Pooh That slacks;erv'
"Thats where you're making the usual
mistake. SHADES got his faults. Hs
wastes his money, he never pays ms
bills. he sponges for adj eternity. and no
you believe him. Who got Miss Kate
all these rubber properties that she's
noated of into such whacking big com.
panies?''
MISS Kate o'Neill"
mo more than you did. me lad. i
was just owc-it sladc. And to think,
Captain Image added with q sigh, u
always put that man down as borrow
ing waster, and never even hustled him
to collect cargo for me. Why, II "a
known then what know now. ! could
nave DOuSnt TuDDcT tpuuS tHIOuSu Iuiu
for half surf-boat full OF gin, that
might have sold to a company myself
and dined Off turkey In my own housa
ashore every day for all the rest OF my
natural life. Why. my. Christian Aunt!
might even have married, II I'd WORKED
him properly"
Captain Image dabbed with his fore
finger on Carriers coat sleeve and left q
print OF tobacco ash. You buy up
owe-it slade. me lad, and not only ia
your fortune made, but-wel." he added
rather lamely. you buy. him up and just
remember / told you to-
.Well." said Image desperately, u
didn't intend to tell YOU. but all up and
down the Coast. and IN the hotels N
Las Palmas. and even In the bars ana
Miss Kate is playing II on you. It's al!
right for girl to take TO business. II
she's built that way but she ought 70
play the game. or course the general
s.yeethearting and had Il turn-up, but OF
course I'm in the know. and I've called
'efn dam liars every time they've started
that tale and told 'em about Laura, ana
how you were fixed up long before MISS
Kate came down onto the Coast. why,
Carter me lad. I've backed up my words
with bets to that extent that II you were
to marry the lady now 10y any KIND OF
accident / should stand to lose. wha!
with one iver and another. a matter OF
two hundred and fifty pounds ,,..
ont OF the region OF possibility. doesn't
it, / can't let you lose pile like that
But, all the same. I'm not going to inter.
fere with Miss O'Neil.sgf SHADES useful
to her let her keep g, poa h IDIOTS h hd 10.
sympathizing with me. but really they've
moving on lot too fast. 1t WIN DO
quite time for other people to be sorry
myself Besides / thought you, at any
rate. were strong admirer of Miss
o'Neirs?' ,,a.,.
lie ai Iva fiattered himself that he left
the more eloquent parts of his speech
at Sierra Leone on each trip north. anu
picked them UP again there next Toyase
his pride that he conformed most SUIT
ably to Liverpool's sedate atmosphere.
u admire Miss Kate as q lady more than thar.
any one kn9 uder and and The eov IaFe ao aa
4. wouldn't mind going In for hef
myself. But It's her business ideas. a,
she showed them over that factory o.
way she stuck up the rent on you. mo
lad Is the limit. Why, II that. sort OF
thing went on, nobocy would be SAFE.
It's Oil Trust morals. I'm Meish my
what. Welsh" said Carte, politely.
az should never have guessed It," -,
81 am" said Captain ,ean, lm IImss T Iooa
sturdy truth nro,a an o. IL an WHICH reminds
me that little red bearded Kettle that
you employed to run your launcn at,a
the mine Is Welsh also don't wan. 10
20 against -countryman who's
down on his luck, but | saw HIM ;m WIN
NV own eyes give old Kallee an mus
tr1ted Methody tract on bgamy when
he was the Mposo and II Els Is t trans.
late II for him. there'll be the devil to
pay Kaees nafh ;n, but 1t hes anv k man
tanner with his domestic happiness.
Now Now about slade-' -, o.>,.,,r.
We'll drop Slade. He's Miss o'Neilps
man. II Miss O'Neill chooses to amuse
herself by cunning ogt fo Shoot %e ba sha!s hef
CAPTAIN Image shook his head sadly;
well aa il y DON'T we see there's 1 any
tb;ng more to be said" He put his pipe
in his pocket stood up aaa any one tell
You about old Swizzle-Stick SMITH"
''Not dead, is hc?" ~, w.,
much the reverse. Look here, what was
your idea of that MANI