Introduction

Rn: Thomas Anstey Guthrie I. Title 823'.8[F] PR4729.G5

ISBN 0-947898-48-4

Publishing History Tourmalin's Time Cheques was first published in 1885, by J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol and is reproduced now exactly as the original edition, complete and unabridged.

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Printed by Antony Rowe Limited, Chippenham, Wiltshire.

CONTENTS.

Page PROLOGUE.

On Deck--Curry and Culture--Alternative Distractions--A Period of Probation--The Oath and the Talisman--Wavering--A Chronological Error--The Time Bargain--Tourmalin Opens an Account 1

CHAPTER I.

=Tourmalin's First Cheque, and How he Took It.=

Fidelity Rewarded--Love's Catechism--Brain-fag--a Timely Recollection--The Experiment, and some Startling Results--Question Time--"Dear Friends"--A Compromise 21

CHAPTER II.

=The Second Cheque.=

Furnishing--A Cosy Corner--"Sitting Out"--Fresh Discoveries--Twice a Hero--Bewilderment and Bathos 38