Chapter 29 MR. TOOSYPEGS IN DISTRESS AGAIN.

The time I've lost in wooing,

In watching and pursuing

The light that lies in woman's eyes,

Has been my heart's undoing.

Though wisdom oft has sought me,

I scorned the love she brought me;

My only books were woman's looks.

And folly's all they've taught me.

-Moore.

Admiral Harry Havenful sat alone in the parlor of the Whi