The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-13

tNi''ii. tiI III Ht-I thoughts. sir
Mulberry Hawk and Lord Nerisopht.
tNo OF fealph's clients whom he WAS
running with great profit To himself 4
pursued Kate: and rs she would have
nothing 70 DO with them. they laid
siege TO the mother
MIS-. Nlckleby nodded II herself
with deep understanding Of Rates
coyness, and considered it very good
sign indeed. She was much irnpross-
ed with Sir Mulberry Both Sir Null
perry and Lord Nersopht had super
! latlNe clothes, Superlatlyc vhiskers
ana SuperlatiVe airs of the world. but
or Mulberry twho was plucking Lord
seiis"ph, very patiently ana THOR
oughlJ) had been on the town longer
and Was correspondence shilfuu in
paying court to Mrs. EickltbN
! Mrs Nlckleby dispatched the ccre-
| ihoIs q marriage promptly in her
| mind. t" the very wedding notice:
| ON Tuesday last. at st Georges. Han
! oNer-Square, by the Right Reverend
Hawk of Mulberry Castle. North
! Wales t" Catherine, only daughter Of
the late Nicholas Nickleby ESQUIRE.
| OF DeVonshire.' With the same ia
clllty of original discovery with which
( she mad invented the Castle, she pic
tured the long train Of honors and
distinctions which would accompany
Kate and herself in their brilliant
sphere. ON the anniversary of her
Dlrtn, winch was at ten minutes past
three CLOCK on the morning Of the
nineteenth of July, Sir Mulberry
| would give a great feast to his ten
ants and return them all three and
one-haf per cent on the amount of
their rent, as would be described fully
IN the fashionable lligence Hates
picture would appear liz 1t least half
dozen Ladies ANIMALS, and on the
opposite page would appear, in deli
cate type, Lines on contemplating the
Portrait of Lady Mulberry Hawk BY
Sir Dingleby Dabber' Some An
nual OF comprehensive design would
; probably contain also portrait Of the
mother Of Lady Mulberry Hawk, With
lines by the father of Sir Dinglehy
; Dabber. Less interesting portraits had
; appeared, reflected Mrs. Nickleby.
With her native foresight. she
, planned every detail OF, her noble SON
ln-laWs household. Her penetration
saw readily through her daughter
Kate S expressions of loathing and
contempt for the noble rock and re-
/ minded her only Of her own maiden
5 shyness when 4 young gentleman
made such love TO her in church that
! he had to be carried out screamin Q
and struggling, by his heartless adult
2 relatives.
While she was still arranging the
minor items in Mulberry Castle, hel
! ,on Nicholas arrived in London after
4 having given most tremendous
: thrashing to that worthy and one-eyeC
t peda gogue, MIR. Wackford Squeers. He
1 reached London just in time to learr
II Sir Mulberry. and he destroyed hi
: tlCal and excellent plan!
:, for the future by giving a still NOR.
a tremendous licking to that Virtuou
0 and eligible nobleman.
: Then he took Kate away from Mrs
G Wittterly and hurried with her TO hi
t mothers house to tell her that the,
+ must cast off forever the usurel
:, Ralph, who had thus exposed his help
less niece to insult for his own mer
T cenary purposes.
Y Dear, dear" sobbed Mrs Nicklehy
e ITO think that Sir Mulberry Hawl
a should be such an abandoned wretch
Y when | was thinking every day hov
It easily he could get you a good gov
S. eminent place as his brother-in law
There are such very good places to b,
n got about the court There was tina
g friend Of ours (Miss Cropley at Ex
d eter, my dear kate). he had one, ant
e l know that it was the chief part 0
S his duty to wear silk stockings. Nov
e was it Miss Cropley? No, it couldn'
d have been. But that doesn't alter tn
IS point. And now to think that it shoul,
n come to this-oh dear. DEAR Sh
le wept pteously. Then her practica
l. mind asserted itself again and sh
d showed her impractical children
le way to smooth it all over Why sal
st she triumphantly, why don't YOU as
l. your uncle, Nicholas, what he mean
by it,
~ She cried again when they decline
ar to take her advice, and said 1t wa
"a enough to kill any one. Fortunately
~ when they deposited her in a coach t
hn1 -ir.hx
~ rented she lost a shilling in the strav
ar | and this occupied her attention an
r conversation until they reached til,i
ir new home. where she became bus
1e arranging the family possessions an
ir re-assuming her dignified place as tn
er manager VINO mao S0lOed tae ta'Il1l
It, successfully through taeir troublc
~ with the designing British mobility.
n Her faith in her wisdom and s.
gacity was restored entirely whe