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

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self and replied: How You must IN
prove. with such principles and such
talent Why. Alsy, all London talk,
Of your industry and your persever-
ance. You are not merely a philoso-
pher. man, but YOU must hay, got the
philosophers stone-look at all This
elegance. and all for two hundTcd
year" DO YOU mean the two hun
dred hat YOU do not pay me-" said
Algy, getting sarcastic. The yert
same, my boy" replied the Earl. wiki
perfect good nature "Tcu mo Your Sc
cret.' Won young TriSnegistUS." NJ
lord cried Algernon. looking all pa
tience. will you be good enough to
tell me what this visit means You
leave ME to Starye for all YOU care
and Their grow mighty facetious as t.
how l earn my bread. You find me
in prosperity Exactly" interrupt
ed the Earl, land because YOU are "a
prosperity / sought You. Keep Your
temper and pass the bottle. WHY the
devil should [ bother my head about
you? Did 1, Or your poor mother, or
your family ever get from You q single
afectionate feeling? Were YOU ever
known to be guilty OF a single honest
! and generous action? Alsernon Deuce
ace, do You want I'll father to tell
you that you are a sWindler and a
thief? I awe paid thousands Tor the
fdebts OF yourself and your brothers,
and / am determined that II YOU pa4
nobody else you shall repay me. fou
would not pay nfe when | asked you
for a loan: / NEW you would not
That's why I am here. SO help your
self and pass the bottle.
Algernon made a long grafton, dur
ing which the Earl appeared half
asleep. When Alsy had finished he
said: Better give me E1,o0. my
boy; it will cost you mbre if you d"
not - Tho r0JlJIn of Charles lanes
Yellowplush-Who had not been on
the GRAND assigned him at all, but
listening at the keyhole- closed the
afTectionate interview between the
Earl and his son. Charles" said the
Earl, take q candle and light me
downstairs What. q servant 10 do
that while your son is present." said
Algernon with deep, filial feeling
ALLOW me-" And taking a wax taper
he lighted his fathers rather IN
steady steps down the stairs. Good
night, my dear boy said the Earl
Good night, my lear father. God
bless you returned the dutiful Al
gernOn.
Algernon arose the next morning
with a dismal c~ountenance. His ia
Tiers visit, he knew, BODIED him no
good. When he took Lady Griffin
Lady Griffin showed him with erea;
exultatOn a note from Lady Bob
tai inviting Matilda and herself to
dinner at the Embassy. His father
is the game? At Lady BobtaiI's d.u-
net. naturally. the Earl Of CRABS
made the acquaintance of Lady Crit
fin and her Charming" daughter-in-
law. He was filled with satisfaction
that his Algernon had found so re
spectable a friend in Paris as Lady
Griffin. Algernon had been a sad trial
to his piOus father. He was a good
boy. but wild. t~houghtless and en-
earrassed "Enbarrassed!" aid Lady
Griffin; "he told me he had two thou
sand a year left him by his god
mother Lady Griffin. he has not
a cent except a thousand a year which
| allow him Gently. SO gently that
Lacy Griffin could not say how, the
Earl i~nsinuated that Algy was fort
une hunting.
Lady Griffin TOOK alarm. The next
time Algernon called Lady Griffin.
under pretext of asking his advice az
to the investment of a certain sum
of money just received from Cal
cutta. read D~euceace an extract from
a copy Of the will Of her late hus-
cand. In which extract he bequeathed
his property to trustees. the income
to go equally to Matilda and Lady
Grlfhn until Lady Griffin's death, when
the entire fortune was to b. Matilda's.
A1gernon paced up and down the
room for a minute. and then said:
'hihiii, 4 am sorry you fedh
me that will. For an attachment such
as mine must seem, 1 fear, m~ercenary.
Miss Griffin-Matilda. I need not tell
you nor your mother-in-law how
long. how fondly I have loved you.
Matilda. dearest Matilda, say that You
viii be mine; say that you love me"
Il DO Matilda. az her
head dropped upon his shoulder-he
was kneeiing beside her by this time
Lady Griffin looked at the pair with
the eyes OF a tigress and
then bounced out Of the room.
AlgernoR now thought that lie
might snap his fingers at his father.
and dreamed dreams Of what he
would do with his fortune when he
got Il Lady Griffin wrote Algy a