The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-03

clipped the above iTo4n CUPID fiei-
ala and Carried - o. IKE i"dge@.
the chlcf sport % MrE"it-FHie Ala
Ike vas Tim patron SAINT tlpuSH
said saint was n s~eif-"oh.ersed ipdIeI
and gambler. str lie went laShiph-
ably attiT"d and vas S~eh+EaIlt oeI.l'
lalornva IMAM any man IN MD4ditS
vile. TIM was aFs55 feadN ~ -
lEc.S bI.dIDR, yet would away nave
t. bear thc braht of ike9 pTactcdl
jokes.
1t war Ike who first taught Tim how
to swim by tying 25arde - his feet,
and later when tae poor fellow had
zone down the third time. il was Ike
Who rasaucd uim. and then convinced
him that he had put the gourds on
contrarr 20 his. Ike's. advice.
SO when Tim wanted a rich wife
was the only one VINO cpulu HeiP
nm.
1t was Ike who sent a dollar to. the
matrimonia agency and learned that
40. f89 was Miss Matilda Hayes, OF
316 turkey Heights. Pittsburg, Pa, 1T
was Ike who wrote the gushing love
letters above the signature OF Tim
othy l.. Singer, ana when an enquiry
came to the MOgartsVille Bank, rela-
tive to Tins financial standing, it was
Ike who put the cashier next to the
Joke and h~etveen the two they got up
= bogus letter hear purporting T. l..
Singer as president Of the Warrior
River Navigation c.. with a capital
stock Of several million dollars.
,fto, +hot Tho Isfta,e flow thick and
fatt ana Natfida the orsfwbiIa bciress
ana che n1crnbers of her family. in
Guiding = sister who was = grass
widow. and d dissipated brother, who
had made the inquiry concerning Tins
wealth. combined to catch the wealthy
Southerner. They invited hin to spend
Thanksgiving with them, when after
they had seen each other and in the
advent of a mutual agreement. the
wedding would take place imme-
diately
rir, +bror~b hi ,oonaear accan+-
;n-i ,Ia+iIL, eor+ hino
:" ~. nict,.rn If an aC+rass Who
a'.,i$ ,.eso,, b1ance to herself and
tbo nnn, faIInu- had ..cooeG, 70 if and
.tnI - an h. - % dao,Iv in love
,.itb Tho airI -. If he mad known her
~ - fis
al ms me-
Matilda was an employee at the
Armstrong cork WORKS at the tllne
and an the wages she drew, she Spent
on the thanksgiving dlhtler WIN
winch 70 tempt her ioVeE. me dl7sl-
pated brother invested thtee doIlafS
Tor a turkey. 1ne grass WIDOW ahd
Matilda borrowed silk dresses from
their better TODD nelghborS and all
the cheap, snowy JeWelf| they could
In the meantime. Ike Hodge get
busy at the other end of the line. He
carried Tim to a cIothicr's and after
giving a clerk the wink. they proceed
ed to rig Tim out" His number ten
feet were wedged into number IS.
tan shoes. They fairly
stretched a pair Of light streaked
breeches over his pipe stem legs. and
run him into d little Prince Albert
coat with the sleeves six inches too
short. This latter deficiency they made
good with a pair Of celluIoid cuffs With
huge brass cuff buttons hat ratified
loudly when Tim walked. They capped
the whole with a little brown DERBY
that was i'm etvle Twenty-Five Years
ago. then sent him sn his wav re-
ioicine
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