The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-14

80, charles had the good fortune 70
saye I1lcv Eastwood from the naIroo
Of some rufians who had Seizeu .no
carriage in which she was uAiS
When Charley tried TO relahe ~ a.,
rage one ruffian took Lucy IN ms
arms and threatened to throw her lnto
rha river if O'Malley did not deslst.
Rut Charles. with great bravery
leaped into the carriage. dld LOT tIs
ruffiiau and saved Lucy-for Whlcl Oh
course. Sir George was deeply gra'e-
full and vowed himself his fast Iilehu.
In fact Charles had 50 'iHi-
self that not only his uncies frlenus
but all of the opposition regarueo LII
with wonder and admiration.
Now though Charley was versed on
many things, his knowledge OF BOOKS
was extremely limited, and after the
excitement of the election was over
| Uncle Godfrey bethought h1mselI tnat
it was time to pick out q career ioi
his nephew 1t was resolved III SOL
emn council of Godfrey and his cron1es
that Charles should go up to Duollh
and become a lawyer. Charles MN
self wanted to be q SO1dler-a ORA
COON for from his experience at Mr..
Blake's house he was Of the OPINION
that the profession of arms was the
only one which was calculated to lena
glamour to a young man in the eyes
Of the fair sex. But Godfrey could not
think of letting his beloved nephew
go away from him into h dangers
and separations of a campaign and,
as the Napoleonic wars were then
on, soldering was a trade which took
many away from home never to re-
turn
Now. with all his marvellous abiii-
ties ana projections, Charley O'Malley
was a dutiful nephew. and 50 he went
to Dublin and was entered at Trinity
College. Here he was assigned as
roommate to a Mr.. Weber, who had
been three years at the college and
was still in the freshman class. Mr.
Webber's ~undoubted abilities were de-
voted to such learned pursuits as mid
night suppers, making things lively
for the faculty, parading Dublin
streets in disguise as az old begga1
woman, and raising rows and rue
tons with the t~cwnspeople. O'Mal-
ley entered heartily into these learned
pursuits. and would probably nave
been still at Trinity in the freshman
class-as Mr.. Weber was at last ac-
counts-had he not found in the Irish
metropolis his friend, Sir George
Eastwood. and his daughter.
Sir George, of course, invited him
to MS house, and Charles had an CD
p~ortunity Of becoming more and more
enraptured with the charming Lucy
But the nthere was Captain Hammers.
ley always hanging about, and, though
the Captain and Charles had become
the best Of friends, it was an under
stood thing between them that the
captain was the accepted sutton OF
Lucy. The Peninsula war was COINS
on then-the n which Sir Arthur
Wellesley and O'Malley afterwaro
TOOK charge Of and carried to such a
successful issue against the legions OF
france. one day Sir George Dash
WOOD announced to Charles that he
had a him gazetted as a cornet in
d cavalry regiment which was abou,
20 sail from Cork to join the army IN
Portugal, He had, Sir George said
consulted Godfrey O'Malley about the
matter, and Godfrey had consented
form. 80
Charies was delighted. To be sure
ms foreign duty would take him awaI
rom Lucy, but then Captain Ham.
tiersleE was already in Portugal wifi
MS regiment, and as a soldier nigh
not an OMalley hope to win such dis
pho'lon III arms as would recommend
nini 10 d soldiers daughter and en-
apfe MN to "cut out Hammerslev
Fred Powers, a great friend and hoo,
companion Of Weber, was going on
on the same transport, and Charles
= Malley now began to pay his Vows
20 Mars with the hope that they
would be needed at the shrine O.
Cupid. - -
After having been nearly entrappef
INTO marrying the daughter OF a ma.
Jor IN the comnissary department. =,
oork, CHARLES got safely aboard tn
transport, and in due course arrival
at Lisbon. The incident of the mo
jors daughter at Cork was soon for.
gotteh. Tor Charles O'Malley love-
Lucy Eastwood. However that sus
S?puoie irish heart Of his might make
h!iii appear at times to wander fron
MS allegiance, his condition was wei
expressed by the words of a once Don.
ular song: P
no matter what you do if your baor
be true,
ana ms heart was true to Pcll,
i was a new world into which
iCh3rfQS O'Na1Ior - III