The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-08

I~o. with every consideration and ar
ronge5 for the marriage 10 take place III
-, ,ittle sitting room where ne ai'o"
oil him TO come on parole.
Tho bride wore a plain traVeiiihS
-rs in which she had come from Ne"
york She had driven from the depot
49, stella Hollis home. and with her
straight 10 tie jail.
casron thought her the fairest Fisloh
,bat ever greeted the eye Of man as ne
etood BY her side. He had seen that
dav rbe soul of a radiantly beautlloi
woman in the %spiendor OF q love that
,-,ov no shame His soul was drunk
with the joy of II all.
standing there before the preacher
.bcm hc loved as his father, and ire
foster mother who had wrapped MS 1T
lie shivering body in the warmth OF a
GREAT heart that night the light 81 lie
v.enr OF, in his own mothers room, WIN
S-erIa Hclt's sympathetic face rejecting
hc,. friends happiness, the marrlaSe
ceremony was performed. He TOOK
| Sallie.s trembling hand in his ana prom
ised TO love. honor and cherish her as
Ions. as life endured. And under ms
| breath he added, Here and hereafter
forever" And then she looked into ms
emilicg face with her great blue eyes
| full of unspeaFable love, and in a soice
low and sweet as the note OF a rfute save
10 him her life.
Ard the preacher said, What God
! hath Joined together, let 10 man put
~asunder!"
Sho stayed there with him until the
gathering twilight.
..N-lu- nonct hurry hack to my
father and win him / will not come
to you a beggar. My father shall not
disinherit me. / an going TO bring you
my fortune. too"
"Oh, curse that fortune, dear I've
feared it was that keeping US apart SO
long"
going to win it for you. You are a man
of genius. Your success is as sure as
if it were already won. 1 Will not come
TO YOU a helpless pauper | have never
been taught to do anything. / should
like to cook for YOU f l knew how, and
| am going TO learn how. | am @oing
to rake you the most beautiful home
that the heart of a woman can dream.
I'd rob the world for treasure for it. |
am going to rob my dear old father. He
] IAdS SNoIH u ne l. me y
without his consent. He shall not do
it."
Then, don't be long about it. You
arc my treasure. | can build you q
snug little nest at Hanlbrisht."
Il will only ask four weeks. Now do
what | tell you. Sit down and write
papa Q letter telling him | am HOur
affianccd bride and ask his consent to the
celebration of our marriage within three
weeks. That VIII produce an earthquake
anG something will surely happen With
in four weeks
He wrote the letter, and she looked
ever his shoulder.
"You see, dear she said as she
kissed him goodbye, Il love papa so
tenderly. We are SO much alike. You
can't understand how close the tie is
between us, perhaps some day in our
own home Of which I'm dreaming you
may understand as you cannot now
she added softly.
Then for your own sake, dearest,
hope you can win him. But I'm afraid
of this plan Of yours"
Leave it with me for q month, do
just as l tell you, and then I'll obey
you all the rest of our liVeS-if your
orders suit me-" she playfully added
She returned to Stella Hollis, and
Castor went back TO his Jail room and
dreamed that night he was sleeping in
the Governors Palace.