The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22

and, as she revived and st .7
glossy locks, he babe her f.. -'
Byzantine Tor financial holm .r ID
an old flame OF yours sra was
captain. But before Morrfe ..e
on her mission the captai~ T". |.
what little change she had
that she had to walk-an8 Ord
bottle OF wine. At first Af-~--H
said mat after what had 0as--.
tween them h could not % fl. r.,
tine. But Walker said. ,,Yor .-
to Byzantine and ask him p. -'
note for the amount Of tn d
ful demand of his. and he ...s
With a look which made his VII.
and consent. This shameful d.r....
was a bill of the perfumer,s aogr,
the captain for supplies for five
and figured among the a.-st~I
which had been put in against -,3
captain.
DOR MOrglana was nearly faint
from want of foo and from har
ertions Of the morning when SIN. -,
rived at Mr.. Egiantine's 'Emparum,
Byzantine. left to himS,if. Eyaull
nave been moved to pity and eomoI.
ance, but the firm was Mossr,ea :
Byzantine now and the finance. ~
Of it was entirely in the hands of ~.
senior partner. So that expedition IL,
search Of succor for her adored How.
ard was futile. The distressed ua-
man staggered out Of the shon ana
as she did SO encountered Mr Wool.
ey. Good heavens, Mrs WaIkar,s
cried he, and soon Noreiana W. fem.
ing her troubles to a sympathetic ear
Help had come at last. and for tn,
rest OF her life Morgiana had TIA
sheltering care of the honest and
. Isxynf~,.1 4-SI>~
less to try to MAKE any settlement Of
Walkers debts. the captain himzerr
said it was useless, and determined
to "gO through the courts as he had
so often done before. OF course he
loudly berated his wife and told her
and everybody else who would listen
to him hat her e~XtraVagance mad
brought him to ruin. And the faith
full. trusting creature began to really
believe that it was through h.r that
her husband had come to grIef. As
% the number of "Guaer" concerns IN
which the captain was interested that
matter was a public scandal when il
came out, but he had kept iust ms lie
the line Of legality so that they could
not send him to prison for fraud.
though the fraud was apparent
enough.
So We now behold the RdveLea'ng
installed with her mother and d little
baby-yes, to make matters more com
plicated, a little Wanderer from the
regions unknown had come 10 Nor
giana-installed. ] saY. in a little cot
tage in a modest quarter OF london,
where. with the help Of Nj. N0olsnv.
skilifully and secretly bestowed and
the income Of her mother, the once
dashing Mrs, Howard Waller gos
~p~o~ l~-G - ~.,I -a~wlEyyr al
the while for the hard fate of her
husband and giving him every penny
she could lay hands on in order that
he might Iuxuriate in the Fleet prison.
to which he had been removed. she
paWned everything h could and gave
the money to Howard, who grumhi"d
because il was not more, ana mao q
royal time in his dungeon cell. she
carried the baby on one o. II r 1aIY
visits TO the Fleet IN 0rder that ~
fond papa might see il: but the cap
ain was SO visib1v annoyed. ana 50
evidently considered the child as an
other Of Mcrgiana'S eXtraVgance@. max
she didn't take him again. The '"'S's
Of Mrs. Walkers self-ahnegatlon came
when one day the baby, in InfanF'i7
play, pulled off it's mothers cap. anu
Mrs. CruTnp and Woolsey. VINO nap
pened to be present, discovered ihNs
Morgiana had cut of her beant'tbi
hair.
Then the whole story came ""t 9u0
had cut off her hair and soid ~ ~
order that her husband might NAYS
money to gamble and drink VI" .
prison. Mr.. Woolsey forced FROM mr.
the miserable story Of her S@"f'' .
for her unworthy husband. and Sd'N
that II she would promise 10 disr""-
tinue sHch practices he w"ntd XIV"
Captain Walker q certain 8Ho"a''0
regularly. He went to see the cap17.'
and, as much as he loathed an" ="
spised that adventurer. made the S""'g
proposition to him. The CAPITA" 80
OF a certainty instead Of the info'Nt''-
tent amounts Morg5ana coni4 @'
him. accented. after hagg!tn&
large an mount as he coulo E"'
How to help Morgiana was % @++'
ton: she would gladly accept h'."
her worthless husband, but W@"'- w.,
allow Woolsey to help her
knew ii. The kind-hoarted taii'! "''
at the sale Of the furniture 10
house in EdgWare road, Durcha~t'