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ing. Very soon he made her ac
quaintance, and during the visits he
paid her he would read aloud while
she Piled her knitting needles.
When tired of reading. William
frequently suggested ramble in the
fields, but Nellie always refused,
giving as her reason that her work
must be attended to, and that she
dare not lay it aside for pleasure
Of sourse, her lover admired her in
dustry, but be could not help won
if some means could not be discoy
cred by which stockings might BE-
made more quickly. .
In time William became a clergy
man and married Nellie. But his
income was very small, and they
had to save In every possible way.
Nellie saw with pain stbe careworn
look on his brow; she knew too well
why it settled there. AT length a
happy thought flashed across her
mind-she would send lor her knit
ting needles, and begin her stock
ing knitting. She knew there would
be no difficulty in selling any mum.
ber of stockings she might make.
Her needles moved so quickly that
before long the amount of work com,
plcted was sufficient to offer for
sale.
As William sat watching his
wife's needles he carefully observed
how the loops were made and how
the same thread travelled round and
round the stocking, forming new
loop every time it passed through b an
old one. As he watched Nellle's
fingers the idea gradually dawned
upon him a machine might be in
vented to do the work instead; and
after much planning he succeeded
in making small model of knit
ting frame. Delighted with his
success he went to London, where, af-
ter much difficulty, he gained &C
cess to Lord Hunsdon, one of the
queens ministers, who informed
Queen Elizabeth that a poor parson
he knew had wonderful machine
for making stockings which he
wanted her majesty to inspect. The
queen refused the patent because
the machine only made woolen stock
ings.
William was very much disappolnt.
ed, but he resolved, nevertheless,
to carry out his plans. For seven OF
eight years he patiently worked
away,inproving his machine, until he
completed a frame delicate enough
for silk work. With this he made
a pair of silk stockings, which he
forthwith forwarded to the queen.
Elizabeth praised their beauty and
elasticity, but gave him nothing for
them.
AS the time passed on, Williams ex'
penses increased, and although be
had made considerable money,it had
been necessary TO spend so much on
his machines that very little profit
remained. The sale, too, Of the wo
ven stockings was hindered by pop
ular prejudice, and added to all this
bis friend at court was dead.
| At this crisis Lees stocking loom,
which was discussed far and wide
became an object of interest to Hen
ry w. of France, who sent William
an invitation TO remove TO the coun
try. Thither the inventor went
hoping great things from royal pat
ronage and taking with him a few
workmen, set up his machinery a
Rouen. For short time he carried
on brisk, thriving trade, anc
began to indulge the belief that hi
last days would be his brightest
when suddenly his hopes were crush
ed by the assassination Of Henry By
Ravaillac. This sad event put al
end to the success of William. TIL,
French people regarded him will
suspicion, both as a Protestant an,
as an Englishman, and after wan
dering about from plaUO to place h.
died, broken hearted and almos
starving, In PARIS,
To day machine made stocking
are worn by the people Of al civil
ICED countries and thousands Of dol
lars are made w their manufacture