The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-14
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ing. but one from which Q con the
side" was not entirely eliminated.
Needless to say, he at once excited the
admiration or the envy Of all His Mai
estv's forces and was invited every
where, while while generals profusely
offered hin appointments on their
stats.
one day as Charles came thun-
derine down a Lisbon street, mounted
upon his proud and unmanageoable
! charger, that is, a charger which
would have been unmanageable to
any one but an O'Malley, the people
scampering away from him as he
rode, in terror and admiration. he
saw a beautiful young senorita who
was trying to cross the stfeet STAND
transfixed with fear before him and
his horse. The beautiful girl could
not move, and on the other side OF
her was a huckster's car drawn by a
donkey. Charles took in the situation
at a glance, and, giving his charge
the spur, raised him in the air ana
jumped him clean over the huckster,
the cart and the donkey. thereby say
ing the girls life, who otherwise
would have been trampled to death
beneath the iron-shod hoofs of the
charger.
Now, this beautiful creature proved
to be the daughter of Don Manuel de
Blancas-y-Silviero, who had money
enough to paw off all the MORTGAGES in
Galway. When Charley made the leap
over the cart the very air rang with
the a~cclamations of the m%ultitude,
n a thousand braves saluted the
feat, while the name of the daring and
gallant dragon was passed from
mouth to mouth. So it is no wonder
that h youth received that after
noon a note from Don Manuel inVit-
ing him to his house, or that all the
officers who had not yet had the honor
Of a presentation to the young hero
sought one Immediately.
When Charley heard the name OF
the girl whose life he had saved by
not riding her down he was struck
with a remembrance. On his arrival
OFT the Portuguese coast he had met
a young midshipman named Howard.
who had intrusted to him a packet di-
rected to this same Inez, and Charles
had promised to deliver it. The ensign
was on his way with his ship to the
mediterranean, and had told O'MalIey
that he was desperately in love with
Inez.
1t struck O'Malley that now was
a good time to deliver the packet.
Bright thoughts like this occasional
~ occurred to him. He quickly be-
came an intimate Of the household OF
Don Manuel, and was looked upon as
the favorite sutton Of the fair Inez-
When he delivered the packet from
poor toward the laughing girl asked
MIN what he had done with the lock
or hair which the midshipman said
IN his letter he had inclosed. Charles
though he might have left the packet
containing the lock Of hair at his
lodgings. But as search failed to dis
close 1t, he cut a lock from his own
mead, lust over the hight tempIe.
ana gave that to Inez, pretending that
II was the one Howard had sent.
But Inez. laughing in his face. toId
him that Towards hair was BLACK
Whlie his was "auburn'-and kept
the lock for O'Malley's sake. How
afd. she said, was only one of her
many admirers-she always had q
number-and she really did not care
for the sailor boy. So Inez firteG
with Charles and Charles made love
TO lnez, and neither of them took
the matter very seriously. But the
pupl!c die. and SO did a certain Cap
tam ~IreVyllan, who scowled at O'Mal~
ley when the two met at Don ManueIs
mouse. Now, before Charles had left
Dublin he had made a call upon Lucv
Eastwood, told her he loved her, but
knew he could never win her love in
return and 50 would say farewell,
Lucy had answered in a name
Mhicn oharles thought did not deny
mat her affections were engaged else
where. To Powers, Tucv had cor
ilded a packet for Captain
sley. Powers, being ordered to the
'front.' soon after reaching Lisbon. LETT
the packet with Charles. 1t was after
tne battle Of the Duoro, which took
pace not long after the arrival OF
tne enforcement (and at which
Malley performed with great vaIor.
ana was wounded in the arm) that
ne resolved to call from the captain
hain1nersley congratulated O'MaIIeT
upon his bravery and upon his pro
ilotlon to a l~ieutenancy. which had
come as a result Of his martial eX-
plolts, n remarked that Powers had
him.
Malley delivered the packet into
the captains hands and as he opened
II a mInlatuca fell ont Il w. a