The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-24


80 dark hair brushed UP into Iv'
- his forehead and parted IN Tue
niddla His legs Were very roouo.'
h,,t shorter than legs Of good propoi
+;rr,S o,,oht to be His chest ana bao
Iyara as much too broad as MS ie7 ,
,,-ora ,nucb too short. He was dreSseo
in a Newmarket coat ana tlSlt !
ting pair OF trousers, Wore
aronnd his neck. smelled OF lamp or,
straw. orange peel, horses PROV nv NJ.
and sawdust He was on Tie ~
instlv celebrated for his daring Fau,t-
INC act as the Wild HuntSman Oh eie
North American Pralries.
Mr.. Childers addressed himself 20
Mr. Gradgrind bat Mr. BounuelpH
answered with we are, and we nave
been kept waiting You SEE
friend We are the sort of people VINO
know the value of time and You are
the sort of people VINO 90 no. NJ .
the value of time. i nave liot'
.aid the Wild Huntsman of the North
American Prairies, surveying MI
Rounderby from head to loot 'he
honor of knowing you. But IL YOU
mean that you can make more hloies
out Of your time than L can out VI
mine, | should judge, by your dp.
pearance, that you are about rlshi.
After that all the members OF the
to soothe and console Sissy-addressed
their remarks entirely to Mr.. Grad
grind and whenever Mr.. BOundcrpS
attempted to take part in the con-
versation he was properly snubbed
Mr. Sleary, addressing Mr.. Grad
grind. asked: rs it your intention 70
do anything for this poor girl squire?
con the contrary said Mr. Grad
grind. who. in spite of his maine
matics was touched by the fOrlorn
grief Of Sissy and by the way in which
the women of the company tired 70
comfort her. 4 came to tell her 1ather
that she could no longer remain in
the school. Still. if this girl has real
" been deserted by her father, with
out connivance on her part-why why
Rounderby a word with you. He
took Mr. Bounderby aside and the two
seemed to have a pretty StlH argu-
ment They heard Mr.. Bounderby
say: mo, no advise strongly against
it. 1 say by no means. Still, they
heard Mr.. Gradgrind mutter, as an
example to Louisa of what the pur
suit which has been the object OF
her vulgar curiosity leads to--think
of that Bounderby.'
SO Mr. Gradgrind proposed to take
Sissy to his home and to provide for
her and to educate her But Bound
erby had to have his say again, and
began: Now, good people all, this IS
a wanton waste of time. Let the girl
understand the fact. Let her take it
from me. if you like, who has been
run away from myself. Here, you,
what's your name. Your father has
absconded, run away. and you must
never expect to see him again as long
as you live"
These absurd people, so far from
being impressed by this plain state
ment Of facts, were aroused to such
an extent that the women cried out
"Erute!" and the men ''Shame!" while
Sleary said in confidential tone,
which lost nothing Of its force from
being confidential: II say, my people
are a good natured people, but my
opinion is that you had better cut it
short. My people are a mighty good
natured people. But my opinion is
| that if you don't act upon my advice,
I'm damned if I don't believe they
will pitch you out O. winder' Mr.
Bounderby looked around, and believ-
| ed that Sleary spoke the truth. And
thus did Cecilia Jupe become an in
mate of the uncomprOmising castle
Of Stone Lodge.
| Once there. Mr.. Gradgrind took little
| notice Of her. She was allowed to
share in the "ologies'' Of the other
children, and devoted all her spare
| eiIiS " "ditIUS upon MIS-. GTaOST1nO,
who always wanted Cecilia-she was
Sissy no longer-by her side. In fact,
the quiet girl was popular with every
body in that gloomy households: for
ishe represented something which had
before been sternly kept out Of the
place and the lives Of the inmates
thereof-Imagination
Now. when Louisa had left the room
on the night her father went to look
up Cecilia's father, Mr.. Bounderby had
bent over her and kissed her, saying:
Always my pet. aren't you, Louisa %
And Louisa. when she was alone with
her brother, Tom, had said: tom
III you like you may take a knife and
cut out that part of my face where
MI Bounderby kissed me-" ''Oh. old
Pounderby is all right" replied Tom
and you are to marry him some time
you know. And I am going to live
with him and be in the bank as soon
as am old enough. And I look to
. Won l,O1liSa to plrI