In Search of an Unknown Race — page 262: what you’re looking at

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248 VAN. As for himself, I am sorry to say Mr. Briscoe is a fatalist, andso had remained behind with the majority of the Itambaz people till the destruction of the city was assured. Then, he very prudently got away as fast as possible. Well, my story is drawing to aclose. Mr. Briscoe has bought a beautiful home not very far from the old Peterson homestead, and it is currently reported that he has asked Miss Martha Peterson, his former love, to share it ; this with the entire concurrence of his daugh- ter Ninada, who, never having known a mother’s love, naturally reciprocates Miss Peterson’s warm affection for herself. Mr. Briscoe is known simply as a wealthy American who, having spent several years in the far interior of Brazil, has returned to his native country to pass the rest of his life. Ninada is loved and admired by every one, and has became a most accomplished, but I am happy tosay, nota fashionablelady. Manolaand Tom are retained in the household, whose affairs, indeed, would hardly run smoothly without them, and Bob Martin is a frequent visitor. As for Van Briscoe, withwhom I have become quite intimately acquainted, he gives promise of an admirable manhood, and I feel confident will do great good with his wealth—for it is not impossible that some day in the near future he will be a very wealthy man, as Miss Ninada Briscoe herself is the presumptive heiress to a large property, to say nothing of riches inherited from her deceased mother which she brought awav from Itambez with her. For as you may have guessed, Ninada and Van are EORMICLOOKS.e