THE WALLET | 1 |
THE FORTUNES OF THE FAIRBOURNS. | 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 |
CHARADE. | 11 , 12 |
AN OPINION ABOUT MACAULAY. | 12 , 13 |
JUSTICE IS SATISFIED. | 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 |
THE LAWYER’S STORY. | 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 |
THE WALLET MONTHLY PARTS. | 32 |
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THE WALLET
Fix this textPublished weekly as a Supplement to the “ Weekly Mail,” and
Fix this textin Monthly Parts.
Fix this textPart ll.]
Fix this textSaturday, January, 28, 1865.
Fix this text[No. 8.
Fix this textTHE FORTUNES OF THE FAIRBOURNS.
Fix this textBY ABRAHAM FOREST.
Fix this text(Continued, from page 203. j
Fix this textThe change from the orderly quiet ship to the hubbub of such
Fix this texta street as the one Captain Fairbourn and Don Piento entered
Fix this textwas not new to the captain, though it must always be strange to
Fix this textan Englishman. They landed at the custom-house stairs, and
Fix this textpassed through the yard, which was comparatively quiet. On
Fix this textemerging from the great gates into the main street, the scene was
Fix this textmarvellous. The street itself was extremely narrow. In the
Fix this textmiddle of it ran what would have been a gutter in England, but
Fix this textthis was full of clear running water. The houses were very high,
Fix this textand closely built, so that walking in the street you were in com-
Fix this textplete shade. There were many windows in all the houses, but
Fix this textnone of them glazed, and black heads of every variety were
Fix this texthanging out in clusters, calling and grimacing to those below. The
Fix this texthouses seemed full to overflowing. Most of the small black
Fix this textchildren had no clothing on, and through the open doorways the
Fix this textcaptain caught sight of many no longer children with very little
Fix this textmore on them than the babies. The captain and Don Piento
Fix this texthad to push their way through this motley crowd, which clustered as
Fix this textthick about the doors as at the windows. All talked and screeched
Fix this textto each other, at the top of their voices, so that sometimes it was
Fix this textimpossible to hear oneself speak. The languid little Brazilian did
Fix this textnot often come to this lower part of the town, which was princi-
Fix this textpally inhabited by free blacks, worn-out slaves, Chinamen, and
Fix this textapparently every other noisy creature under heaven. Going
Fix this textonward up the street, they came to an open space or square, where
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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