The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-25

Shakespeare, MAD translated ms WORKS
and desired TO have them acted. Ser,
consented and Wilhelm. not yet cur.1
by any means of his love for the stag-.
PLAYED The part of Hamlet in th.
tragedy OF the Prince Of DcnmarE
The part OF Ophelia was taken ~ ID.
sister of Serlo, AuTeiia, who did NOT
need to simulate the madness Of tla
daughter of Polonius-she had Il
Some unfortunate love affair hal
brought her TO this condition. Aur,.a
was a widow and had with her q boy
three years old whom she called h.r
son. -Oh | have found out all about
her" said Philina to Wilhelm. her
husband died more than three Years
go-th boy IS three years old-auI
you know she had a love affair vita
q nob,eman named Lothario." Poor
Aurella was rapidly approaching her
end. Al length she died. But before
her death she confidcd TO Wilhelm
packet, which she made him promise
to take to LOthari Wilhelm oteN.l
her dying Injunction.
He found the Baron Lothar'o at his
castle. The Baron was ~astonish=d al
Wilhelm's visit and the cause OF r.
1t was true. he said. that he had. in
former years, paid some attention IT,
Aurelia. But nothing in the way Of
love had ever passed between them
liz Z III o. IL ~ NJ H.
the managers Sster and this was the
first intimation he had ever rcceiN =
tia she was in love with him. A.
to the BOY it could not be his. IT,
was only the wanderings of the poor
girls mind which had weaved out OF
nothing this romance. W lhelm Was
convinced that the Baron spoke the
truth and this incident again called
to his attention h unreality OF the
world in which he was living. He had
been in search OF the Art site. the
Poetic. and had found s~ordidness. in
sanity, ingratitude and stupidity oil,
all sides. Where was the real rom
ancc Of this world anyway:
He thought Of what Werner had
once said to him about the romance
of business. believe me" Werner
had sad, you need only to look upon
some great scene of business activity
to make yourself ours forever. cast
a look at the natural and the artificiaI
productions Of all the regions Of tile
earth: consider how they have become,
one here and another there. articles
of necessity to men. How pleasant
and intellectual a task it is to col
culate. at any moment, what is most
required and vet IS wanting or hard
to find: to procure for each easily
and soon what he demands; to lay
in your stock p~rudently beforehand
and then enjoy the profit Of every
pulse in that mighty circulation. Visit
one or two grea seaports and see If
you can Withstand the impress ON.
When you see how many men arc
busted, whence SO many things have
come n whittier they are going, you
will feel that there is nothing paltry
Or unromantic in business.
IF the princes of this world hold
the ravens and the highways aud levy
tr butte for everything which passes
we merchants embrace with JOY he
opportunity Of levying tax and toll by
our activity IN those commodities
which are the real, or the fancied.
wants of men. Our goddess bears an
Div branch rather than q sword
dagger and chain she knows not. But
she, too. can give crowns to her fay
orites and her crowns are pure gold
from the furnace and the mine and
glance with nu-n pearls which she
brings from the depths of the ocean.
The crowns of the goddess 0 fol-
llow-what are they but the paste
board and tinsel?"
Then Wilhelm thought. among
other things, Of the wiles OF Philina-
That lively person had left the com
pany-eloped, in fact, with young
Frederick, her quondam page. And
while he thought of this who should
appear at Lothario's castle but
+. ederick himself. He was Lothian oS
brother: The young S~capegracc han
for years iyed q ~vagabond life from
preferences. LOthario and Wilhelm
became warm friends, and the young
merchant felt no disposition to return
for q while. at least, to the unreal
existence he had been pursuing un-
der the name of art. LOthario's uncle
had Just died, LEAVING the baron Il
large estate, and he confided 10 VIII
helm that he needed a man with SOM.
knowledge of business to set the af-
falrS Of his deceased relative Ill
order Wilhelm gladly undertook the
task, and the two journeyed TO the
castle Of the dead uncle.
what was the establishment. the
rapture of Wilhelm to find there the
beautiful Amazon who had ridden out