The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19

q ~ Old curios ~ Shop, 4 because all
sorts OF curious things were,
kept for sale there such as rusty swords:
China figures, quaint carvings and old
fashioned furniture. ri II ,S Fl M 5gSs{
4 4S "A little old man owned he shop, and
The looked as old as anything IN He
was thin and bent With long gray hair
and bright blue eyes. and his face was
SsWrlnkled and ~ Ia OF x caro-. ie had q
giandchild who lived with lima pretty
little golden haired Isl II whom every one
y called Little Nell. y who kept he shop
clean aid neat h and cooked the meals
5ust as a grown woman would have done
FL She slept In % 1oack Ks room In IA bed SO
small II might almost have N been q
fairy's. She E1 lived n q very lionel 4 life.
IS but she Kept d Cheerful il face and did not
complain. II XXI a,
She had only one protector besides her
srandfathers3a and that was q biz. a ayy x:
ward boy, e named Chrlstoph her, who wa
called kit for short. . He had Sa very!
large mouth and a turned up nose, q and
when he spoke he. had a habit Of 81 landing
q sideways and twisting Ills head back over
his should er. Everything he did seemed
funny, and title Nell laughed at him q II
IN The while. though she loved him almost as
much az she did her grand fathe he = g
iran errands for them, and In tho Y long q
winter evenings she used n to B tea Oh INN:
MI u read and writ II 5s3
3as8IIlt liked TO DO gtang iitSa nd even liked
S8to Be laughed ! al 81 an IL ways ended by
lanr.nng hirnself, { With 5his mouth de;
s5 open and HIS eyes shu He WIS tlhe
most good nntured lad In the w rld, and
would have given Its 4 lie TO make little
Nell ha ppy ss Z }53
8sf5He knew sic was not al happy as she
seemed to her grand fit her s ey mere
va some mystery loo the old y man
that she could not nlde rstand Il Aln1os.
q every night he left her to Sgoto I bed d az
alone IN the shop, and went away and dl ~
~ not come back Il Ill sunrise. when the door,
8bcll> woke her and she u y hi n IN, y 5sR
And, * %, VI lie Away tai ed Fof the great
~ fert,, SHE y wa s toa have some tlfne--lhI
X onIy some Snystcri ols$ pl Ia II ne was W ork
sinr' On turned DIT riEl, tin ria Ees ana
#tine If irocks Il and pan
n seemed J, always go b ~ VIZ
Door iold mari grew ~ So dde ; ts ~
The grew more fe 90 E ss55 5s;.
Often Il Snight little ~ ell sat thes Up
per windo tching Z, crs lhs,
and enring that he nigh fdie or 1859 5ais
S,,,,nd. . shcs never knew at litslsedt 70
annd III the shadow OF NJ, aIchway s OPP
IL 7cslta and watch TO see hat no $harin
ia herNstill she va nished ana Y ne a
knew she had gone to bed \,
VIVA, Htrouble ed little N ell nost d OF O. ~
vas a strange visitor her andIaothes
Used to have This wa az MO 60 Us ll.ua
named ouilp. with the body q y a.aWar.
and tho head Of fils5 p.asao
were sharp and cunning ms l hce we !,
$saiways covered with a tuhh ~ beatd hH !,
mad a cruel smile TIM t4ma do him looK
%I{re n painting log. TIe llad grizz!ed iisIl-
pied hair, crooked finger mai lis and wore
naiIrtys handkerchief tied round MS neg y,
Instead OF a. colla Eie used ,to soling
money to her grand "a ther, and alIle y ei'
often saw him look, at her at8tho con.
tents ofetheS shop In al glcatlIlg Y 49, .t'A.
made her SILVER. g s,ii5 II It'll
s2 indeed. everybody who eyer met Q ll'
,,,,aaT 4 frnid or him. and most afraid Of al
was8 his wife. & He had q habit Of drinking
Sacal6ing tea and OF eating boiled GEES,
shell and all, that quite terrified sher
#HesIdes. he treated the poor Lac y cruel
s$ly. Sometimes, for instance, " hen s ne
dIspleaseds him, he made her sit po o. up
tight In a chair all mig hout9mo Y,
Ing or going to bed, Will lie he sat s '1 9
Ing and making faces q T = or.
#2iittle Nell often had ITO ca rry mes.
sares from her grand father the dwarf
and came to know that he had some enc y.
fallen into Gull = 20 wer. tf{, 4,
ss@5 Tho fact was that the old man had peen
borrowing money from the 4 dwarf Tor y g
Dong time and had spent IT on the ne great
a plan, which he had thong 1T sure to sue
4cecd. and he nov owed 3mu l more than
55nlls the shop and everything In y 1t was
worth IA . ". y
& Qullp had loaned the money because 4, q ne
thought when the wonderful apla u sues
Eceeded hc would make tie srand tli her
u give him back very much M no 7 nan nc
had loaned him. But hen The Old mar
continually wanted to horro " more money
and yet pa ld>-p one ba ok the q Warl had
grown suspicious and tried hard TO tind
s.nut what the great plan was. 70 do his
IL l1o used to question little Nell and try 2
get her to tell how her grand 20 Their pass
ed tho time. itS $S "A. Is I, 4, q.
6T3 she would never tell him anything, but
one day, when she had brought q mes
sage 10 his house.. the dwarf 4. hid IN ~
closet and listened while tho child to ~
his wifeEl how her grand Their very ~ NJ
inter Dullps had brought him money, went
out and did not come home. tll Y "a preak,
and always then sadly. You SEQ g Ut tie
Nell was In such trouble that sle had
toGtell somebody h about It II and 5as: nd
vice, and the dwarf's wife 3fhadd always
been very kind TO her, H Il 81 j. vs. IS
S5 Hut when u Quilp llca ia tlle I sto w. lle
guessed The secret hat her GRANDPA her.
Ml,oplng town more for little Nell, had
igamhled away al the! / money, He was
fiji Of ia ga and sent word tina I lie would
loan no more, A 2t ta 5s Il. ], u
81 The old man was In great grief at this,
&1lisFmind had not been st rong for A long
time, or this foolish and Wrong plan would
never have naislcd him, and now ' at tf q,
thought that he would have no more
chance Ia win the fortune for his grand n
child he fell al. n Tho child did her best to
comfort him., bu t he told herft ". IN
deserted them they would be- NO \ better
than begEnrs. N 55 IS A a KS. "A. NJ
fa9fs&pI,etS us be heggars tllen and be happy,''
Nsaid little Nell, putting her arms around
IL his neck. q would atler Sbeg NJ nan llYe
I, as NO do now, You are sol,ro wful new
lot me know # II you g re- weaker LET LET
e ma be your nurse. N II breaks my 3hea att 70
o see you SO and not to know " nv. Let
Ius leave this place and sleep In the fields
IN the country and never \ liink OF money
si again, and III will lleg for vs. bot ~ 5
s8AF Nett her had heard tie dBarf, who tllnd
stolen into the sllop beh IND then. y! Etse