The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

Soui CoiiUi SSaoH. t.. llOe6O. re-
piled Harry. mighty kind and con-
.siderate-sinee / have come into q
fortune Well, l cant bear malice
against the daughter of my lear old
friend. nor against her husband. Per
haps I will visit them at Paris
later"
Harry sat down and composed a
letter to Lady Annaly. asking for per
mission to offer himself to Florence.
He sent it off by a messenger whom
he told to wait for AT nswer The
messenger was gone a considerable
length of time and then came back,
saying that there was no answer.
What, no ansNer Your honor,
the lady said as there was M answer"
Harry ordered his horse and rode
straight over to Annaly-he was de-
Etermined to get In answer of some
sort. The servant at the door refused
to admit him-said his orders were t6
admit no one. Ormond insisted that
the servant take his name. The man
came back and said hat the family
could not receive him hat day. Harry
mounted his horse again in a rage.
The horse reared, scared by the flap
ping of a blind blown open by the
wind. Harry locke through the win
dow and saw Florence Annaly stand
ing there. Kneeling at her feet was
young Albemarle.
He rode like a demon to Castle Her.
maage, ordered his portmanteauN
he was going to France. Well, we'll,
boy" said Sir Ulick, suspecting
something Of what had happened, "a
trip to Paris will do you good. [ Will
look after thing. here for you. BY
the way, I nave a good investment
for that sum of our in the three-per-
cents. If you will sign a power of
attorney I will %einvest it for you"
Certainly said Harry. And just as he
stepped into the travelling carriage
which vas to take him to Dublin he
signed the paper Sir U1ick presented
to him. Ormond flew to Dublin. cross
ed to England in an xpress boat,
travelled night and day to London.
from thence to Dover, crossed the
channel in a storm: and made his way
with the utmost expedition to Paris.
All, Paris was Paris in those days
Of the life OF Louis Nv, and the reign
OF Madame du Barre. He found the
Connals established in a magnificent
house. entertaining everybody and go
ing everywhere in the best society.
He also found that Mademo iselle
lO'FaIey, Dora and the Captain, were
partners in a fare table, from which
they drew their principal income.
Harry was presented at court, made
q hit in society and became known as
l1IS bcI L L Oil xii TX " ID ~ IliSS
of becoming a ~voluptuary and various
other things-for the women would
make love to him.
Dr.. Cambray wrote to him now and
then and from him he learned that
the Annalys were gone again to the
south of England. Florence was no
married.
One day lie was astonished to meet
on the street his old retainer. Moriarty
Carroll MOriartV had been accused
of numbering the supercargo of a ship
| which had come ashore lea Castle
Hermitage. The evidence against him
was circumstantiaI and he had been
sentenced to transportation. But he
had escaped from JAIL, however, and
made his way to France looking for
Mr.. Harry Moriarty told him tina
| Sir Ulick's affairs were in a bad way
and everybody was predicting bang
ruptcy for him. Ormond started. The
fday before there had come to him
an agent of Sir Ulick who a that
in his haste. the baronet had placed
in the power Of attorney which Harry
had signed only permission to sell out
the three-per-cents. Sir Ulick desired
Ia full power Of attorney to sell out
and reinves HaFry's other funds.
Harry had signed the document pre-
scented TO him..
When Ormond resolved he acted
quickly. Within an hour he was on
his way to England. He arrived just
in time to stop the power Of attorney
he had given in Paris. The next day
Sir Ulick O'Shane was declared a
bankrupt Harry's 10000 pounds in
the three-per-cents which Sir UIick
had drawn were lost: but he felt only
pity for his former guardian and mas
tened to Castle Hermitage He ar
rived too 1ate-Sir Ulick was dead,
probably by his own act. Harry took
charge of matters at the castle and
paid the s%ervains their arrearages Of
wages in full. He had brought MORT
arty home with him, and. by good
luck, the supercargo whom Carroll
was accused of having murdered ap-
tpeared on the scene, not dead at all,
but only having departed suddenly on
business to America. So the faithful
folfow woc ca o aoair