Novelist. EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A MILLIONAIRE. ORINORA, A PACIFIC IDVLL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1994, 18 April 1885, Page 1 (Supplement)

Novelist. EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A MILLIONAIRE. ORINORA, A PACIFIC IDYLL.

Author of "Alice, " "The Mysteries of Melbourne" (Cc., rfc, dc, A young star .' which shone O'er life — too sweet an image for such glass ! A lovely being; scarcely formed or moulded : A roso with all its leaves yet folded ; [" Onnora " is a sequel to a "rtory that appeared some time iinco in these supplements, entitled, "Alice." In that tale a young gentlemen, Herbert Gifford, found himself heir to an immenso fortune by the death of his father. Tho late Mr. trifford had woiked himself up from an humble position to bo one of the wealthiest men m Ausiralia. His past was not without a cloud. In the early days, himself and a man in similar circum«t»nces, William Whinstun, had been taken by the hand by a young squatter named John Morden, when he settled in Victoria. .John Morden and hii fathcr-m-law, Mr. Horton, were easygoing people, and John was of a pliant disposition. Their pirtner, Henry Allen, was a worthless person, who led John Morden into dissipated habits. In the end John Morden and Henry Allen were ruined, and disappeared, and Mr. Gifford and Whinstun took their properties by virtue of mortgages. Herbert Gifford had been a witness to the evil influence of William Whinstun, who had become manager of the Bovine Bank, orer hit father, and from early childhood cherahed a resentment against the bank manager, who ruthlessly swept from his path all those who interfered with his projects and ruined men, that himi elf and his ring might buy their properties at a sacrifice. Among others he had ruined Tom Horton, a squattr-r, brother to John Morden's wife, and his son had destroyed his daughter, a dear friend of Herbert's youth. Herbert resolved to thrust Whinstun out of the management of the Bovine Bank, whose funds Whinstun had used to holster up his speculations, and a great struggle took place between the bank and Herbert, who was the principal shareholder. While tho battle wat proceeding, Herbert cbanced to help a -young ' conjuror, Ebby, out of a difficulty, and through him was introduced Attco Mostyn, with whom no fell m love. When on the sea-betch they picked up a bottlo, which contained a message from John Morden, written from tho Paciiic. Herbert resolved to marry Alice, and by threatening to withdraw his capital from the bank, he secures tho dismissal of William Whinstun, and triumphs. It is then agreed that Alice shall go homo for a year or two to be perfected in her education, and Herbert, with Ebby and a young millionaire named Harry Forbes, proceeds in a yacht to make a tour of the world ; one of the objects being to see if they cannot meet with John Morden m somo of the Pacific Islands. At this stage the story of " Alice " closes, and that of " Orinom" begins, j