The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-03-19

AAer the old lawyer and his daughter.
Criah Heep let Copperfeld see that he
held not only the reputation. but the
liberty, of Mr.. Witkfeld in his hands
and under pr~etentions for the hand Of
Agnes till CopperfieId longed to catch
him by the throat and end him.
All helplessly he looked on, how
ever. till one day he received Il letter
i'll Mr.. MicaWber's W~ell-knOwn Orna-
mental and flowing hand. After an
eloquent Introductory passage, during
which he alluded to himself as a foun-
dered bark. and in which he stated
also that his object IN writing was not
one Of q pecuniary nature, he de-
clared that on a certain date he would
make important disclosures to Miss
Trotwood, copperfield and Traddles.
MIR. MicaWber Proves His Worth.
P~unctualiy at the time set, Mr.. Mi
cawber, not in his legal attire, bat
CARRIED once more in a brown surtout
and black tights, appeared and beg
ged them to submit themselves for the
moment to the direction of one. who
however unworthy to be regarded in
any other light but as a Wait and
a Stray upon the shore Of human ma
ture, still was q fellow-man, though
crushed out Of form by individual
errors and the accumulatiVe force of
d combination of circumstances. HaN-
ing obtained assent. he asked them to
give him a start of five minutes and
then to proceed to the office of Wick
field and Heep.
After he had gone, MIR. Traddles
confessed that he and Mr.. Micaw-
Der had been in communication for
some time, and that he knew that
there was great Importance in the
disclosure about to come.
They found Mr.. Micawber at his
desk. pretending to write. The large
- ~ a. / -,a - Hs~ We irt1 eet
SO hat a foot or more Of it p~rotTuded.
lie arose with every appearance OF
surprise at the visit and uShered then
into d room where sat triah Heep.
Almost Immediately he drew forth
from his pocket a document in the
form of a large letter, which led the
somewhat irascible Betsy TrotwOod tt
observe: Bless and ave the man
He'd write letters by the realn II i
was q capital ~ofense.'
In appearing before YOU read Mr.
Micawber in a rich, majestic voice
TO probably the most con
sunate Villain hat ever existed, ant
) he pointed the ruler like a ghostl,
!, ~truncheon at rial Heep. who SD
staring at him in furious aStOnish
? ment. Il ask no consideration To-
myself. The victim. from my cradle
! of pecuniary liabilities to which
. have been unable to respo7d. | hay
q nave ever bSSft TIE SfoIt ~ 10Y u
q ! debasing circumstances lgnOnall
I Want. Despair and badness have. col
. lectively n separately. been the at
tendants of my career.
His emphasis showed the rels'
with which he described himself as
: prey to those dismal calamities, an
he repeated the list with "a roll of III
head. In still more flowing languag
he described his entra nee into the en-
: pioyTnent of Wickfeid and Hep. An
burst out suddenly and unexpectedly
4 "Heep, and only Heep. is the main
spring Of that machine. Heep. at
= only Heep. is the Forger and tn
Cheat
Heep. more blue than whit,
4 snatched at the paper. Mr.. Mica be
struck his knuckies with the rule
IL sounded as if it had fallen on Woo
and Keeps hand dropped disabled
n "Approach me again, you-Eou-yo
Heep Of infamy," gasped Mr.. Micav
d Der, making artistic broad-swor
guards with the ruler.
Heep did not approach him aga;
le and Mr.. Micawper passed graceful
S on TO a reference to the Swan OF Ayo,
the ii!uStrious ornament OF the Elizs
Y hethan Era. a passage whose heaG1
ia so pleased him that under pretense