The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-30

w NAV ELEN. rise siyvard, 70 that when oae locks up towards their eyes the space appesxs only a great slit in the obstrucfioa befueen sun and earth, and the clanging shustess and stYange devices built out from the windows as receptacIes .yary the monot-
 ony of bare walls and constantly suggest the presence of humanity. children literally swarm here, sharp, sArewd, coarse. 6ry, filthy; of both sexes, and of all conditions except those decent
 Evii-looking men, and women still more
 repugnant 10 the possibilities of the on- locker, fit about, or leer unpleasanfly at
 the strange visitor, for these have no sympathy with the better or more favored
 elements about them, and invar;ahly
 dislike to receive callen in their neiek- borhood rom the outsids world, Q busy
 with its concerns only . fev feet away, but practically as far removed from them as though great gulf was hxed b. tween.
 This locality is called the thieves kitchen, and in it had been looking for something which might have answered for "Tom-al-AloneS," when | came
 upon the churchyard, and the gateway, and the steps which witnessed the dos
 ing scene in the life of Lady Deadlock. A narrow alley, over which the buildinss
 make square roof at the frst stosy. iur- nished . passagsway of perhaps twenty
 eet in length, us to the snsPs aioresaid, and the barred gate vas closed and locked, the lower half being roughly bounded over to guard against the depfedasions of the young Arabs around. took hold of the bars, leaned my head agains them, and made such examination ofthe church. yard IS vas possible. A lev hat grave stones were scattered about, crrmSs;ng with age and exposure, and against the building walls, opposite the gateway, 1 could see others in little betser cordition. A notice duly posted on the vall informed ali interested that the place vas the pro- Perty of " St Mary's Le Strand" noted church in the great thoroughfaTe near by, which placed in the middle of the way, divides the traffic and passing precisely as does the old State house in Boston that of State street.
 Among the shrubs and flowers of St. Mary's diminusive front yard found the sextou-the caretaker," as such super- inseudenfs are labeled here, though not particularly in connection with churches who, warmed instantly by a silver piece touching his hand, agreed to show me over the churchyard. The old gate reached, he produced the keys, threw back the combination of iron bars and wooden panels, and VIC mounted over the half dozen stone steps upon which Lady Deadlock lay prone during the night when Inspector Bucket and Esther Sum- merson were seeking her ia. and vide.
 The old burial place was perhaps 70 by 100 feet in area, completely enclosed by buildings of the class above described as peculiar to the locality, and the back windows of many tenements of the denlzens of Thieves Kitchen" looked into its confined space. This was evident enough by the accumulations of debris and nth which were present on every side, having been thrown ont of windows by the housekeepeFs, much to the dis gust of my guide, who swore roundly, in a muttering string of adjectives, at the dirty beasts." "It is too cruel" he ex- | plained "only last Saturday lpaid four- teen shillin' to have this place cleaned up, and nov look at itln His indignation vas fully justified. Subsequently, | | brought an operator here, and obeained | negatives of the steps and entrance way, the churchyard, etc., . proceeding which 1 greatly excited the populaaioa of the | Look out Cor them :" shouted | the lively old sexton don't lay any thing down! They'll seal you, sir, if mo- body can zee them.S
 There is no doubt that this is the very spot chosen by Mir. Dickens for the | scenes above alluded to. 1 have been assured by pezsons who have told me, | that Mir. Dickens himself oAen % repre- sented the matter to them, and that this l $ the very place; and, indeed, no other situation in Loddon 90 exactly 6ts all the | descriptions of the locality in Bleak | House."