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

nlayars. made a brave re-
/ sistance and Mi-non, catching up ths
sword of & fallen freebooter, stcou
over him when he was anu
PROSTATE. until, partly through az
mirat.on Of the girls courage and part
IL because they had all the plumber
they could set, the f~reeiances left the
fallen hero alone and rode on their
way. All the company had tied IN ter
ror after being robbed excepting only
Wilhelm. who could not fly for ms
wounds. Mignon would not desert
HIM. Philina, who haV ng hid Tor j
while in Il hicket. came forth ana
supported his head (When the robbers
were gomez and the old harper VINO
hurried to the nearest town Tor q
physician.
As Wilhelm lay there sorely wound
ed there came riding out Of the woods
a cavalcade of rooms and servan
and a troop of hussars. They were
escorting a handsome woman mounted
upon a gray horse and accompanied Dy
an aged man who rode bes de her.
The u lady turned ~astonisheo
eyes pom the group. 1t your
husband?t she inquired Of Philina.
only q friend" replied Philina in a
tone which Wilhelm liked extremely
i'll. He had fixed his gaze upon
the soft, elevated. calm. SNmpath ZlnS
face Of the strange lady; he thougnl
he had never Seen anything more
noble and more lovely. Her shape he
could not see: it was hid in q mans
great coat which she seemed to have
borrowed from one of her
to screen her from the chill air OF the
evening which was now settling down.
The lady dismounted. as did some
OF her attendants, and TO
her a man, who by his appearance was
a physic an. she bade him dress the
WnuDNS of Wilhelm None Of the
wounds were dangerous; they were
dressed on the spot, and though the
strange lady, whom Wilhelm had al
ready in his mind designated as the
fair Amazon" seemed loath to tear
| herself from the side Of the wounded
man, she at length saying
to the old man who had ridden by
her side: Dear uncle. l must be gen.
erOus at your expense. She toOk
OF the great coat which she wore and
babe that it be placed over the
wounded youth. Meantime. secretly.
III had gwen to Phil.na a consider
able sum of money to repair the
damages they had received through
the robbery.
Wilhelm saw Philina and the fail
Amazon talking aside. and Philina had
never until now appeared in SO un-
favorable a light. He thought she had
no right to come SO near that noble
~ AS|o ~ Noa&A ~
Scarcely had the fair Amazon rode
OFT with her train when there appear
ed the harper with a surgeon and a
number Of peasants. Wilhelm was
placed upon a litter and carried to
q neighboring town, whittier the
members Of the troupe had preceded
him. His wounds, though not serious,
kept him for some time confined to
his bed. and during hat time Phi lima
was his constant attendant by day and
night. Mignon lowered about, anx-
ious and willing to help, but Phi
lima assumed charge Of the wounded
man. In the town Wilhelm earned
that the honorable persons who had
assisted him in his need had shortly
before left their estates in order to
AVOID the mOvemen Of the contend
ing armies. and was told the name Of
the aged noblenan and that of his
niece, the fair Amazon. Incessantly
In his dreams he was haunted by
thoughts of the young, beautiful lady
who had so opportunity ridden to
him out of the woods. Philina and
her attentions became repugnant to
him.
The theatrical as Soon as
was we'll enough to hear their
mur1mers. began to reproach him bit
terly for their misfortune. He gave
them all the gold he had and sent
them with a letter of introduction to
q theatrical manager, Serlo, who had
a theatre in a distant town and with
whom Wilhelm had formerly been
we'll acquainted. Then, for a time.
he being recovered from his hurts,
pursued the business upon which his
father had sent him forth. One day
he received a letter telling him that
his father had died and that he was
the master of a handsome property.
His friend Werner begged him to re-
turn home and take a share il, the
management of his fortune. Wilhelm
wrote back that his fortune was in
good hands when it was in Werner's.
and he would travel Yet a little while
longer. He was astOnished at the
length of time he had already been
away from home when he came TO