The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13

Td be- civil TO old Harry himself, mo
lad. II no could bring cargo to the
aoad ss sps IL III as not to 's start sa Ss' a
ter. and It and listen se whilst 10 sstrut!ad
En ms y IL w. o1 hs decay Of British
sarnie admitted. "lIut you said there
M was ANOTHER ansr reason you wanted him to
,,s We'll Isn.n ao AL Ike that glr1 kaeWf
as mate. I remember tho hrst time /
saw her az 4 4 was yosteraay; vas
s staea nnbs up assnr s.tas e aHyn de ~
cargo list as they hove stun UP and
dropped It In tho surf boats. 1t was on
tho old Fernando Pc. that beat her
t potion out afterwards when Williams
a,t 70 er drive her over Monk bar ut halt
double diamond that was O'Neill and
Craven's constgning all right. but with
no game O. a factory know old swiz-
enough already, and didn't know wv sla mH,,
and 30 naturally l thought smith should
have 4, and ordered the case back again
lh'9 ,tt inc hold hold; But Jus. then up camo
years old. as self-possessed az you like,
and says. Are you Mr.. ImaRe7, THAT'S
me. says ]. What's the messenger
s o n tSaiI sfsaase say says she, only daddy
your heels and not bother may stay
aboard, but Il not I'm to go ashore BY
The the next I,,l boat and get on with my les
s sons. We'll. 1t didn't take much seeing
through what was meant there
mo. SIR" said Mr.. Balgarnle heartily.
by al accounts old Cappie Williams
was the .l hardest y case they, ever knew
Ing a lot only knew him for year,
and wasn't particular In those days:
but ne was more than even I could
HE was the limit. Well, me lad. that
was the first time ] saw Laura. and she
stood beside me half the day at the
tally desk there. and thanked me. for
boy to take her ashore. She gave me
a kiss when she turned to go down tho
forgotten tina. kiss, Baiearnie me lad"
rather thie1y KID sal once Mr kls aafarn s
Of her own blessed accord. too Ike that.
1t sort Of burnt In. beg your pardon,
sir. for intenupting."
Not at all. me lad. Here you, stew
ard. HI. Bratss-Pan.''
A Krooboy ran up.
We mt for two cocktail. plenty-long
ones. Well, as was saving. Balgarnie,
me lad I've always had a bit OF soft
place for Laura, though l suppose she
rightly Is snun and butter; by Crumbs.
you'd never guess 1t from her looks
unless you went over her with lens,
and I'd Just feel all broken up II she was
to go the way that lot usually do go.
So II this young Carter. who seems a
nice. clean-run sort Of lad. will marry
her with ring. I'm going to weigh In
with at least a best afyer-plate teapot
for wedding present"
you can put me down for the ditto
sugEr and cream" said the purrer with
emotion. TT was Riddle just Ike
only Well. Skipper. suppose a good
many OF us are blackguarda down here
on the Coast. Why the sulphur doesn't
your boy bring those eocktails|
said he, heres Miss Kate And then
he did thing that made Mr.. Balgnrnie
whistle with sheer surprise. He went
NOW. IL had done that" the purser
a lot But. my whiskers! l never
Image trotting down onto the front door
steps to receive a mere female passer-
ger. The old man must see enough solid
dollars in that girl to buy himself that .
hen farm out3ide CardlH ne hopes 10
Captain Image stood on the grating
at the foot Of the ladder. and waved his
panama in respectful snasas a'on. the 1ss
steamers rusty flank foot beneath
him, and the nungent smell Of crushed
marigolds which 1t carried made him
cough. The sun shimmered exactly
overhead in sky q the most ext srp,ah
fenced in the Shiny mud banks hung in
the breatlless heat without SO much as
Miss Kate o'Nein was seated in a
Madeira chair. which stood on the aoos
OF big green surf boat. and the Rieam-
ing Krooboys perched on the gunVaies
padded with more than their usual in.
dustry. The headman. who straddled mt
the steering oar in the stern, wore
tail-coat Of an extremely snorting cut
and pattern. and woven grass skull-cap
In honor OF the occasion, And all this
pomp and circumstance was unlimited:
But. somehow. people had the knack OF
Offering special service and Difference to
The only other woman on the Mposo.
the austere wife Of Benin trader,
looked over the steamers rail in gloomy
dlsapproval. These were no modes Tor
Coast wear. A billowy grass-green mus
lin dress that no Krooboy d mnndry una,
narrosx nipa-claYed shoes with no thick.