The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-14

tcris,ic Of the works OF Lever. ~
.n.d it and thoroughly enjoy IL one
wants to III not over t"entS-oht: -,
that ,o, one can split their sides
laughing over the sayings anu uD'.7-
of Mickey Free and will see mourning
;n,nrohab bic in the remarkable expiOits
of the Youthful hero. IN mature
wears one is apt to regard HaiIes
as a bombastic young ruffian NIfo2e
morals and education sadly hecu
lookin" after. Iike all OF Lever
works. also, the story is Inahted py
his bitter attacks upon the clergy OF
the Catholic church. which are cal
cuiated to offend not only eati'oi,o
but men Of every religion by reason
of their self-evident unfairness ana
patent animus. Thackcry's burleSque
of Levers works, Phil EO@flartS, Is
scarcely an e~Xaggeration OF "eifrie'
O'slalIey.' Yet Charles MaIIcy was
immensely popular in its day-it was
published in 1S11-and is much rcau
now. For, with all their defects ana
the Iu%dicrous bombas which, Ills
them. levers works have a
place for themselves by sheer force
of their literary merit, which is not
inconsiderabIe. In depicting army lie
and scenes of the battle and the march
Lever exceIS and his charter drawing
is adnirabIc-eyen though tho chaTac-
tiers he draws are not.
Mr.. Godfrey O'Malley, member of
the Irish Parliament, was deViSing
with his friends, Billy" Considine,
who had seen service in Austria, won
q title there and was generally called
Count. and Sir Harry Boyle. Ihe
question before them was how OMal-
ley could get safely down to his cas-
tie in Galway, where he proposed to
stand for q reelection. His creditors
in Dublin, where the session of Par
lament which gave him exemption
from their annoyance being ended,
were hot upon his trail. Once down
in his native West creditors would not
matter. A devoted ~peasantry would
go to any lengths for Godfrey O'Mal-
tey-except to the length of paying
cent-and would break the head of
any bailiff who dared to put in an
appearance on the ancestral domain
Of the O'Malleys.
AS a way out of the difficulty O'Mal-
ley resolved to die temporarily and
after rejecting a death notice writ
zen by Sir Harry stating that he had
'dropped down dead after dinner Of
a lingering illness brought on by the
debates in the House. the three
friends succeeded in connecting a more
convincing statement, the Count
announcing that he would challenge
any one who dared to doubt its truth.
Considine was a duelist whose name
inspired terror. SO Godfrey O'MaIley
died" in Dublin. had a mock funeral
which got him safely into the country
and came to life again to hasten to
Ma1ley Castle and begin his can
.ass. The story of how he had out
f0itted his Dublin creditors reached
galway n added immensely to his
popularity.
o'Malley lived at his castle in a pa
trlarchal way, and if people seldom
paid OMalley, O'MalIey seldom paid
anybody. and so managed to keen un
q bountlful hospitality surrounded by
q small army of ragged retainers and
roIllcklnS friends. He had GOOD
horses in h stables. had his huntine
ana his carouSing: ale and wine flowed
ana the Kitchen chimney was always
Sendlng out an oily smoke which
saNored of rough but plentiful feast
ans within. At O'Malley Castle lived
Hodtred nephew. Charles. 2 hoy Of
eighteen, an orphan both of mother
anu father. and a good deai of a chin
OF the old block. He was the hest
noFSeman IN Galway, lived an out-of-
doors life and was q marvel in oil
athletic sports and pastjmes AZ ~ -
ms skill with the pistols. his marks
manshIp was little short Of q vondar
1t was resolved by Godfrey and his
advisers to send off his modest and
unaSsumlns youth to the house Of >
MI. stake a distant relative. who
!INed some twelve miles from ~
castle, to see what could be dow ~ ~
ward winnine him to the side Of COD
Trey in the impending election C0G
frey ana Blake We're not ON o ooo,
terms but Blake might be approaches
- vas agreed. By a Younger member
OF the family with proprietv E.
should be stated that Godfrer rd9
lohg been a widower, and some i 10
OF the character Of the friends I'D
s~pIFo9naed him may be cleaned fr mro
tne ADVICE showered upon CbarIaS IL ~
he set out for Mr.. Blake's as
Insist upon il thai
me election anyway" said codo!
uut ina for family reasons he eba,is
S''"o ov me-people are talking about