The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-09-07

u / lou dOn ~ KNOW
She shook her head again.
"But Mr.. Jaggen brought her here or sent
her herc2"
"Broul ut her hero"
own YOU tell me how that came about"
! She answered In low whisper and with great
cautioni III had been shut up in these rooms
long time Il don't know how long you know
what time the clocks keep heTo), when I told
him that wanted little girl 10 rear and love-
| AMI save from my fate I had firt seen him
when sent for him TO lay this place waste for
me, having read Of him in the newspapers before
! and the world parted. Ilo told me that he
would look about him for such an orphan child.
Ono night ho brought her here asleep, and call
! cd her Estella."
might ask her age them"
Two or thrc. She herself knows nothing
ut that he was left al orphan and ! adopted
hr.'
so convinced was Of that woman's being her
! mother that wanted no evidence Ia establish
| the fact IN my own mind. But 10 any mini, ]
thought, the connection here was clear and
| straight.
! What more could hops to do Ivy prolongng
tho interview I had succeeded in behalf Of Her
| bert, Miss llavisham had told mo all she knew
| of EStclla, ! had sald and done what could to
ease her mimi. No matter with what other
words we parted; We parted
Twilight was closing in when ! went down
stair into tho natural air. | called to the wo-
man who had opened the gate when ! cnt,red
inaN WOllN liD lftlple nef ltlHt vet, hut MuIlI
walk round the place before leaving. For had
n prcscntimcnt that ! should never bc there
again. and felt that the dying light was SUIT
| eel to my las, view al il.
~ u, wilderness OF casks that had walked
| nu long ago ami on which tho rain Of wears hal
| fallen since roitng them In many places, and
leaving immature swamps and puOls OF water
upon tho'e that stood on end, male my way To
| the ruined garden. went all round it. roundhy
| the corner where Herbert aud had fought our
battle; rounl 10y the paths whore E,tclla and
hI walked SO cold. 30 lonely, 40 Irclry ALL
lakin- tine brewery N my way back, ! rIlsal
| the rusty latch ola little door at the garden oni
| ot u, and wlIkod throut h. ! was gong out At
| the opposite dOor-not easy to Opan NV, for the
| lamp wood hid started and swcllci, and the hin
.cs wcrr yicl ling, and tho threshold was enCum-
hcT,d with q growth II iIngus-whcn ! turned
| my hc.d ~ look back. \ childish association
revived VITA wonderful free in the moment Of
the light action and imcicd that ! saw Miss
| IaN sham hanging to the boim. SIstrUng was
nimp,essuh that stool under the beam shud-
ring from head 10 foot before know It was
nGy--though to DC sure ! was thero in an in
ant
The mourniulness Of tho place and time, aud
ltgrcat terror Of this Illusion though II was
u moncniary caused me to feel an lndescriba-
"a awe, rs came out between the open wOOlcn
gates whcrc had once wrung my hair after Is
| tela had wrung my heart. Passing on into tho
woman iu let me out at the locked gate Of which
she had the koy, ur Inst to 20 up stairs and
SURF mv1'li that Mi,, ia, sham va, . ~iic and
we'll ~ had lief her. took the latter courac
and went up.
lookol INTO the room where hal left her.
ard saw her seated in the ragged chair upon
| the hearth clJso ~ tie hIe with her back toward
Y | me.
e In ,hc moment when was Withdrawing my
, head to go quietly away saw great flaming
! light .pring up In the zane moment saw her
tuuuiug NJ me, sl.ickiug, with whiTl Of fire
llHZius I'LL about her, and soaring at least n,
1t many feet above her head, as she was feet
high.
i had douhlc-capcd great coat on, AMI ovc
" my arm another thick coat That | got then
:, OF, closed with her throw her down, and go
" them over her; that dragged tho great cloth
from tbs table Tor tine same purpose, aud with il
dragged down the heap IF rUtienncs, in the midst
and all the ugly things that sheltered there; that
/ We were on the ground struggling like desperate
enemies, and that the closer | covered her the
ID more Willy She shrckcd and tried to FREQ her
sell; that tbs occurred knew through the re-.
suit, lut mo- through uy,hiug iclt, or thought
., or knew dill. | knew uothin., until | knew
thtt We were M hc floor b., the great table an,
that pa'chco of timber 1t nlight were floating il
w the smoky air, which a moment ago had bon
her tdI' bridal dr..
.. Then looked round anil saw the distu-hc
beetle and ,pidrra running away over the hoor
md The servant coming IN with hirathless erie
~ 1t the doo-. | still hcll her iorcihly down will
'' az my trcnsth like a prisoner Who might 90
Uip; and | doubt II even knew who she WIS
H. ur why 81, had struggled, or that Size hid beer
!" in flames, 81 That the lImos were out until
y saw the patches Of tind that had 10 'rn her glr
nrnis no loug = alight but falling IA Llacl
shower aruunI Us.
I, She was n,cr-iblc and wa, afraid to have
pr her moved ar even touch I. Assistance va,
% sent for, aud hcll her un.l II came, as If un
n reasonably tan iel q think did that il | let
y her go the linz would break out again aud con
. sum her. When | got up, ON the surgeon,
coming To- her with other aid | was astonisheI
- to see that both my hands were huuNl for
" ha' no luovl'l1c oi ii through the ~cn,c oI feel
. lux.
~ Denomination it W., pronounced that III,
, had received riou- hurts, tut that they OF them.
Nrhc, Wrr lar from hopeless; the danger Law.
, however mainl, in the nervous sho Il. b. tho
.urgcons directions her bed was carried into that
room AMI iaid upon the great table which hap
pcncd to be well suited 10 the dressing Of her in
jurcs When saw her again, an hour after
ward she lay indeed where hil seen her strike
her stick, and had heard her say that she would
| lie ono daN.
Though cycry vcstigc Of her dress was burned
~ they told me -hr still had something of her
oil ghastly bridal appearance; iuI they had coy
cred her g. ,hc throat with white cotton wool and
q, III lay with white sheet loosely uy,hving
that, the phantom air ui something that had been
AMI was changed Wa still upon her.
+ found On questioning the servants, that f.
tclla vas in Paris, AMI got promise from the
surgeon that he would write u her hy the next
post. Miss llivisham's tmily | took upon my
elf; intending to communicate with Mr.. Mat
thew Pocket only, AMI leave him To do rs he
liked about informing the rest. This did next
DAY, through Herbert, as soon rs / returned to
! town
IhcrcW stage that evening when she spoke
collected, Of what had happened, though with a
certain terrible yiNacilv. Toward midnight she
began to wander IN her speech and after that il
gradually set in that ,hc said inuuinnrihlc times
in low, solemn voice, "What have | dono,'
and then, "Whcn she first came, Imcaui Ia ,s,yo
her FROM misery likc mime" And then, Take
the pencil and write under my name, i forgive
! h,r'
She never changed IN, order Of these three
sentences but she sometimes LEFT uut a word in
uuu ar other ol th,u; never pItng m another
word hut always iraNm bl NH, aul going Oh
To- III" nest A. od,
A. / could dc uo service there, and As | hal,
nearer home, that pr ,-ng reason for anNiciy
and fear which even her wandering, could %
drive uul ct my mind, | decided in thc course
Y, the Night that ! would .ymu 10y the early
morning coach walking ul milc on so, and
bcn,, tab ~ p clear ul the town. A. about six