Guy Boothby

“ Everyone could see that he was in a fair way to being desperately in love.
The young couple had innumerable opportunities of meeting, and her ladyship felt so certain of success that she began to wonder what she should give them for a wedding present. But she was counting her chickens before they were hatched, for just at this juncture Mrs. Tom Guilfoy returned from England, and the Aikenhead family went terribly near losing the sum of one hundred thousand pounds. ”

“ That is why so many men leave England for Australia.
There are three classes who find their way to the Colonies. First, those who come out to make money; then those who hope to marry it; and lastly, those who wilfully desire to misuse it. Horace Tufnell Aikenhead was of the second class. ”

“ Love in a Cottage A CERTAIN amount of wealth is absolutely necessary for every amusement in this world, from pitch and toss to the game of life. "In der Beschränkung zeigt sich erst Meister" is all very pretty and nice as as art is concerned, but when it is applied to the gratification of expensive tastes, on an income of five hundred per annum, it loses a good deal of its originality. ”

“ It was Miss Moneybags!
The clock struck twelve. The door opened, and Mrs. Guilfoy on the arm of the Governor stood before them. They had unwillingly, of course, heard everything.
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Aikenhead had the sense not to make a fool of himself when he saw how he had been tricked, and Mrs. Guilfoy assured him in a note next day that his fiancée knew nothing of the business.
We all attended to see them married, and a large party of us went down to the steamer to see them off to England. I am told the heiress makes him a capital wife, and he is as happy as any average man has the right to be. ”