The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11

exact character of her figure 4
one time 1T seemed all stateliness. a
announcer tfmc elegance p~ersonlfied
floWlng righteousness at another time
She was Juno. PSYCHE, Hebe bv turn:
and, for ought we know, at will.
Nane felt oNerpovvered 1T this clos,
contact with the great actress, tn.
great beauty whom he had so Ions
Worsllipped from afar. The others saw
only a pretty actress studying hel
lines. Sir Charles Pomander pre-
scented Nane to the beWitching Pesgy
she scarcely noticed the gentleman
from the country. But there at one.
began a rapid and brilliant inter.
Change Of Wit and personalitie'
among the actor people. which from
It's freedom astonisfed and from it
briliiancy aazzled the ~Shropshir,
squire. Sir Charles watched Van,
closely and watched Peg clcscly-ai
he had been doing before. h tim,
they being together (and this was VIII,
he had brought them together) h,
hoped he might, form their name
toward each other. el-rn if the evi.
dent attachment OF Vane was re.
turned by the actress. He only Learned
what he had known before as to tn,
state of Nane's heart-Peg Voting.
ton gave him DO linking as to hel
feeling toward her now adnliref.
In fact Mrs. Wellington soon disap
peared from the greenroom. Blu
she returned shortly made up as Mrs
B~racegirdle, and SO perfect was he
acting and her disguise that she sue
caeded in deluding them all. even Sol
ley Cibber. into the belief that I'll.
aged actress. the queen of the stage il
other days, vas With them. When sh,
fooled them to the top OF their ben
the lively Peggy retired for a molnc
ia rp3 nnn3r in her. nrnnar narSOn anf
hand to Cibber q note from Mrs
BraceSirdle, SAYING: "Playing cards
cannot ON tonight And Vet 70,
maintain that Peg is a poor actress
MIR CjbDer?" cried Peggy.
There was both mcrriment an,
chagrin among the actors when the
realized the joke that Mrs. Woiiirg
ton had played on them. It was
merry evening and Nane Wonderet
and became more II more enamorct
and bewildered in his love for the fai
actress who had captured his heart
It. was the beginning of an jntilnat'
though innocent connection between
them.
The next time Nane visited tn
green roOin-and be went this tim
without Sir Charles Pomander-
Peggy took him aside and said: DO
you know your friend SIR Charlie
Pomander? No ! am sure you Ok
not. Well, he is q man I do not like
He is deceitful, besides he is q wicket
man. When you came here before
knew he was watching us, SO ] woule
mot know who you were or anything
about You But you Iooked as if "
had never seen me before. 20
course I did well Sir Charlie:
has left London for a fortnight, so j
he is the only obstacle | hope o vii
know me every night You sent M
no flowers Yesterday" But | will to
night The next night when the,
met Mrs. Wotfington brought anC
placed in Vane's hands all the jewel:
which he had sent her. Il will no
give you back a single flower sale
She, "for [ low flowers, but these
cannot accept
His protestations We're useless; h
had to take back his jewels. After
this Nane made no more struggles. II
surrendered himself to Peg Wotfinstor
entirely. They wrote letters to each
| other every day; they went to church
together on Sunday: they called each
other Margaret and Ernest. 1t Was .
happy time for Nane-and Yet he was
frequently distressed and moody;
something would now and then come
across his happiness. Perhaps it Was
the remembrance of the scandals he
had heard about Peggy: perhaps the
in~sinuations of Sir Charles. who had
dropped his poison as frequently as
he might into Nane.s ear
In HI next fortnight Iane thought
he fathomed this Wornan's character
Fathom a wonlantS character? AS
Well plumb the Atlantic With al
eighty fathom line. One day she
made a little request Of him. 4 don,
want YOU to think me worse imam
am, l do not want YOU to think ms
better than l am. Sonle day | will
tell you my whole story. When
'fWhen [ am sure YOU love me Dc
I not love you noW?" I think SO, bur
am not sure. | Will tell you ali-when
you have Il right TO know
!. Sir Charles Pomander had been de
tanned in the country lOnSrr than he
had anticipated. but Ernest and Mar
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