Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1909-08-28

along the coast OF the MedIteI-
.raneau. She was withia i few
miles If BelIeville, her destina.
ton. when Captain Philip Ram
saw. her owner, joined his broth.
or on deck. He was singnlariy
GOOD looking man, but bis lace
bore evidence that lie had gone
the pace, and his hand was apt
to be unsteady. He walked win
an indolent swagger, his VOICE
was low and insinuating. aud lac
was accounted one Of the most
fascinating men id town. Hav-
ing run through . considerable
fortune, he had resigned bis com
mission in the Guards and lIFed
as luxuriously as possible 81
credit, and other people.
His brother, Dennis Ramsay,
was a totally different type OF
man. While scarcely handsome,
he possessed strong face. with
a square chin and keen, deep sci
ewes. He had been in turn IL
sailor, an explorer and u mighty
hunter of big game; too interest
ed in such pursuits to enter lbe
lists as a sutton for the Iavors
of women. But now he had fallen
deeply and seriously in love with
a young widow, Mrs. Cochrane
by name, who was winterlng at
at Belleville-which was, there
fore, his destination.
Well, Dennis, old man, sup
pose you've made up your mind !!
said Philip Ramsay, laying bis
hand on his brothers shoulder.
AS to what ?
Matrimony! You mean bust
ness with Hilda Cochrane?
! intend to ask Mrs. Cochrane
to- marry me-yes. Whether
she will or not remains to me
seen.
Ha! ha! You're landed, then,
my boy. There aren't many
women who'd refuse such al ex-
emplary husband as you'd make.
You're mighty civil, Phil. Do
you want something
Ny dear chap, don't be so
blunt. Your speech sometimes
almost amounts to brutality.
l say what I mean. which
does't seem popular these days.
Well, you've brought me down
here on your yacht, and I've en-
ioyed the cruise. If | can do
anything for you in return,
please tell me.
Well, old man, to be candid, !
want some money.
can let yon have anything up
to $500, but I'm in want of some
myself.
Five hundred! my good Dennis,
five hundred! Make it five
thousand, and LII say thank
you.
What on earth have you been
playing at? | couldn't let yop
have anything like II. If old de
Cernay is at Bellevilie this year
intend to ask him to lend NE =
bit. / know of q magnificent
spec, a mine | came across 10
my last expedition. It would
make my prospects more tempt
ing for Mrs. Cochrane.
VII, if you dt mt manage him,
I'll try what my persuasive
powers will do, laughed Captain
Ramsay. I'm III nasty hole,
he continued, and I've got To get
out of it somehow. When I've
been at BelIeville few days !
mean to go on to Monte and see
if / cant raise The wind at the
tables.
Don't be fool You'll lose
what you have got
Then 1shap't lose much, laugh
ed Captain amsay, with
easy nonchalance. On second
thoughts I'll take that $500 you
kindly offered.
Right! I'll wire for it directly
we arrive. But how tile devil
can you afford this yacht if you're
so jolly hard up +?
It's much cheaper to have a |
yacht, my dear Boy, than to pay |
my creditors. A yacht is some
times remarkably good invest.
ment. one becomes vague per-
sonality when one is yachting
with an elusive address.
see your pOint-but isn't ii |
apt to prick?
Not in the least; iC is a merci-
ful dispensation of-Providence,
shall we say-that the suscepti-
bility of ones conscience dimin-
ishes in proportion to the reduc-
ton of ones income.
Well, I'm hard up myself. ]
u,irh r onnld take IL as easily as 1