The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23
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! concerned Esther, were occurring in! Lon n.
I don, life at Bleak House. Went quietly
and Esther ,o had n DS Seso
Mr.. Jarndyce above, every one. Harold
simpoe as charming and f ar, so,n g
c nnd sn5u ng a lis a s9
went to the Sity they saw Miss Rite t,
Wrt,nR ri clerg Sou The srowns Of 9
| fee and the education OF the natives OF
Borrioboola- Cha.
B. Fssther especially grew to Ike Z, caddIe,
Jellyby dictated her letters The. poor
girl had much, good in her. and Esther
Ceddle finally fell ms love with Prince
young man whose father kept a dancing
81 WIFI nse eem lefe V False
teeth false whisksrs Wg ana padaed
s sass ana l1s a snafs eb box Eva
tightly buttoned up tint when he
howed YOU gould almost see creasss somf
himself "a node OF pollteness md stood
about to exhibit his clothes while he
made his son. Prince. do all his teach
Africa llS' that she married Prince and moved
into the Turyeydrop dancing school and an
Mrs. ellyby had 70 hire q boy to. help
her Dt tn e fFsa rRS he
~ Gnce Esther and Ada went WI IN 3 N r.
!Jarndycc to visit Mr.. goythorn-- himisofI
AZ Is ssaatrY hsazs, ,1 ljy ys1
Dor, Sir Leicestcr d dock EST her had
Hftsy hSeaS 81 ana eseu' sun q.
day in church she sew 7, !, g
There vas strangely famiar
n 1s
loudly. But this was before Lady Ded;s
sna se all ut
of great anxiety to ali ut Bleak louise
nnnl1y to mat h1
as we'll but to Mr.. Jarndyce's concern
he had begun 70 think and drea n. 9. the
tho Wo nhn S s i Mr. Mr.
Jarndyce, from his own bitter experience
hated the Chancery Courtsand everything
conpestsa \, With itamd say wit g!et
ll9nnd ound 1t easier to trust In
the future lallto la5orn !, the Il, present.
from rom bad 3si to worse. He began the study
and .lastly',decided 70 enter the army, He
as = his is money lasted Harold skimpole
found him n very fine friend to have and
hsped him! spend The letter. - a Use
1ntrSapes Whoiss Who made him believe
the great chancerya suit must soon END
In his; favor and who, when Richard had
his n hi ha9
his mind, too, gainst$ MI Jandyce, Y so
tint Richaid began to think his truest,
friend deceitful. 55 n 3t
Fl Ada saw this with&pnn, but she loved
Richard above llGclse,tsand the more SO
when she Ssnwssh him so s.wretched and de-
ceved last, witholt,tellinE either
going to do, she went to Richard one
day and married him., so that as her hus-i
band he could take tho little fortune she
possessed to pay Hholcs 70 80 on Win
the chancery suit.
"a great misfortune befell Esther about
this time-a misfortune that came to her;
strangely enough, through Joe the cross
Ing sweeper.
Half-starvcd ragged and homeless all
ibis life, little Joo had never known q
kind word save those given him by the
por copylst who had lived above krooh's
Ing n corner to sleep in can be called
5living) In a filthy alley. called 81 ,om-nll-
IAlone's.I'.l It scanned to him TINT !. every VERY,
one he met told him to a"move. on. a. The
he stopped for warmth. all told him to
t,'lnove on,s. till the Swretched lad Won
.dered II there was a ny spot IN, London
where he could rest unais. sar psd y ma
out the woman WHO had hired Joe to show
her The cemetery, had dogged him so with
his detective that at length the lad had
TIC open country. There no was taken
very Ill, and on the highway near Bleak
House one evening Esther found him
helpless and delirious with fever.
Touched by his condition she had him
taken at once to Bleak House and put to
bed, Intending when morning came to
send for a doctor' But in the morning
little Joe WAS MISSING SSH Mhoug a q the hs
found, and they decided that In his de-
lirium he had taken to the road again.
1t was. not tn long after that Esther
about by Harold skmpole, who WIS then
Visiting Bleak House, and In his supreme
scfshness feared the boy might be the
.bearer}o Of some contagious disease
case. Joe's illness was smallpox, ana q
few days later u maid of 5IIsther's fell |
iii with it, Esther nursed her day and
night, and just ms she was recovering |
was stricken with 1t herself.
In her unselflshncss and love for the |
rest before unconscinusnesa came, she
made the maid promise, faithfully
Mr. Mr. Jarndyce nor her beloved Adn) 10 cn-
ter the room ill ali danger was past.
For many days she lowered between
life and death and all the time the maid
kept her word. Caddie came from. the
Turveydrop dancing school early and late.
miles from London in thin shoes TO In
,quire for her. And mt length. slowly,
she began to grow well again.
But tho disease had left Its terrible
mark, When she first looked In a mirror
she found her beauty was gone and her
face strangely altered, This was a great
grief to her at first, but on the day when
Mr.. Jarndyce came into her sick room
and hold her lnhls arms and SAID, m" ny
seen me ana is fonder OF mo than be-
fore, So what have ! 10 mourn mourn fa X
tho young surgeon somewhere on the sea.
and she was glad that, II he had loved
her heforo he sailed away, he had not
told her so. Now, she told herself, when |
they met again aud he saw her SO sadly
changed he would have given her no /
promise he need regret,
Z When she was able to travel llsther3|
Went FOR a short stay at the house of Mr.,
Boythorn and there walking under the
trees, she grew stronger
One day, MS she sat In the park that sur-
rounded the house, she suw Lady Dedlock
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