The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

WHAT you aro Eniggering ABOUT IN that
| ridiculous way. oh! ! see. You think
| I have never seen Mr.. X, and am talking
through my hat. Well, my dear. II you
had ready fifty times over every letter
| TINT X. has written to Mnlla-Null fac
| tory during tho last eighteen months,
you would know that man and his likes
| and his dlslilses, and his ambitions. nnd
his cranks. 5ust about rs accurately as
do. Anyway, I repeat, he'd hate to have
you here In charge"
| Just remember that don't agree with
you ono bit, Mr.. Carter"
| VERY we'll Miss Sladc. you can jolly
we'll do the other thing. But tako charge
hero / shall, and go to the Islands you
! must There's a 3. and "A. boat due to
call at Monk River the day but one after
| tomorrow. I'll send for our surf-boat
and we'll take you there In style. Won't
you have ripping time of 1t at Las
| Palms and UP in tho Monte! I wonder
what the new hotels like up there And
| I say, Laura. go down to that farm mt
| the bottom OF the Cnldera. and bet YOU
| a new hat 1t takes you half an hour
longer than my record time to get up
| again ms far as Atalaya--Hullo, what's
| the matter now"
"You are making things rather hard
for me- Id go away from this hateful
| Coast II could, but we simply can't
| afford 1t, and there you have tho bare
| fact
But Thought"
ooh! yes, of course you did, that fathe-
| was sort OF local millionaire. Well,
he isn't He did once have private
means. but that, I think, was before
was born. and only the reputation OF
| them remains now. He's made big COM
| missions on the factorys trading. know.
| hut he's Invested badly, and I think he's
been robbed Probably, too, I've been
| extravagant.
Rubbish
"Well, anyway, the moneys gone. and
! the brutal truth is, haven't sovereign
| in the world
Good Lord. You ought not to have
| been left here Ike that. 1t was oeasty
careless OF Slade."
"1Ia never thought Of It. And II he
| had he couldn't have done anything HIS
| equipment, OF course, came from ABOUT
| the factory. but as regards money, no
went away without a pound In his pocket
| There aren't shops that one can spend
money In to be found up in the bush.
ITS disgustingly awkward said Car
| ire frownIng "Of course, every penny
| that I have in the world would he as
| much yours as 1t ever had been mine.
! but the fact Is, my dear, I've paid 1t
| all away as 1t came. You see, In way
| was n sort OF bad egg before l got
| billet out here on the Coast. where, /
| suppose II you come to look at 1t, there
| are small opportunities of registering. Be
| sides with Mr.. Smith always before one
| rs an example of what not TO De. IL
| doesn't take very much resolution to keep
| straight. Anyway, in ancient days ran
| up all the debts l could get tick for,
| and landed in the poor old Pater for
| a lot more than n younger sons share.
| Well, what with selling curios through
that old BLACKBOARD Balgarine on the
| NJ poso (who I know robs me or mar
| the proceeds). and commission on our
| turnover at aIalla-Nulla, which has In
| creased lot since I've been there ttiil
| of course this row cropped up)r and my
! small bit of regular screw, altogether I've
| made a very decent income, and I've
! taken bit of pride In paying on the
! old debts with ten per cent. OF interest
| added I knew that extra ten per cent.
| would tickle some of them frightfully 1t
| was Just that chunk OF interest that
/ cleaned me out down to the bone. and !.
| chucked 1t in because I thought one
| could not possibly want hard cash down
| on the Coast here. What idiots men are
| to let themselves run short OF money.
| However, shall have another quarter
! screw due IN couple OF months time
and in the meanwhile you must go TO
| the Islands on tick
You're a dear good boy. but 1t can
| be done. I shall stay on here and make
the best OF things"
you will do nothing of the kind, young
woman. You will travel on Nader
| chair In palatial surf-boat as far as
| Monk River as we just now arranged
and then I shall walk on board the d
| and A. boat with you, and explain 10 tn'
purser who You are. and everything Wi.
be right as ninepence.
She looked at him with fun eyes. you
make things difficult for me.
"Not bit of it. I'm the man that's
| going to shoulder the difficulties
ooh. YOU didn't know 1t But If vol
asked a favor of for my fathers daugh
tel from the purser of the Secondee-
she's the boat that's due-you would ge
an unkind answer. We're IN dept III
ro1,nd and I'm afraid he didn't behave
very we'll to either the purser or TN
captain of the secondee. Now. pleas
do not press me any more. 1 stay mere
at Smooth River factory.
George Garter hit the table with hi
fst ,Then j stay, too. The da SllVa
viii put me up. and If they object, ~
turn them out into the bush and live ],
4 +ta,r house alone Malla-Nulla must lool
after itself /"
"What Will Mr.. X. say to that?"
"Ha will approve. ks a tough nut y
business matters, but he's man al
through"
rs her" said the girl with quee
smile. IT don't agree with you.
Zone may not at the moment like tn
way he hlstles one along in his letters,
said Carter stoutly, "but he's a man al
through and If he was TO get to know
} how things are fixed here, and to hea
I'd stuck to my own job at Malla-Null
and left you in the lurch at smoot
River, he'd fire me one-time, even
he had to get a steamer special
stopped to land his mail. No. *. O'Nei
would have no use for brutes of tina
description in his employ. Now. If YOU
be so very nice. my dear, as to pic
up that swizzle-stick and make me
good grippy cocktail. when I've had tina
I'll go out and do what 1 can to dis
/ courage the Okky men II they see f
to pay CALL
> Now, his Majesty the King of DIX