The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02

to a nearby inn. 5s & Il s5i
Wrayb,irn was not dead, but was dread
fully dlsfigured. For many days he how
cred between life and death. Jenny Wren,
the dolls dressmaker, came and she and
Lizzie nursed him. las soon as he could
speak he made them understand that be-
fore he died he wanted Lizzie to marry
him. a minister WAS sent for, and with
him came John Rokesmth and Bella. So @
the sick man was married to Lizzie and qt
from that hour he began to get better.
till before long they knew that he could
recover. IN rs
n Meanwhile, not waiting to see the result
OF his lnumero,ls a ttaok, the school
master had fled down the river bank to a
the hut where Rierhood lived and ther u
the villanous lock-t tender let him rest and
sleep Az the other tossed In his guilty n
slumber, Riderhood not ed that his clothes 4
were A like his own. He unbuttoned tbs 81
sleeping man s Jacket, saw the red hand
Ikerchief. and having, heard from q pass
ing boatrnan OF the attempted murder,
he guessed that dstone had done y,
and saw how he had plotted to lay the
crime on him. e 5 gs5S 81 s35 .3f 33Ss$S
When tho school-maeter went away. he A
followed him. watched him change clothes
In the bushes and rescued the bloody
ga r1nents the other threw away: sSs
Stl With these in his hands he faced the "
school-lnaster one day In hls Classroom n
and made him promise, under threat Of
exposure to come that night to- the hut NJ
by the lock. Headstone was afraid to dis
obey. When he came there, Riderhood 81
told him he must give him money sat
once or he would foil oW him till he did,
{ Headstone refused and {as the other had Ii
Threatened, when he started back to Lon
don, he found the lock-t ender by his side.
TLe returned to the hut and the other
did tho same. u s5S SissfSS
y1o%l,
walked beside him. Then Headstone, tir-ss$
ing. suddenly caught Riderhood around
the waist and dragged him to the EDGE
Of the lock. s, ;ssIs Ri
Let 50 .' said Ridsrhood. 5.'Y 81 can
drown me
555ss..I can. q \ painted Hcadstone. ..aAnd III
can drown myself. Ill hold you living
and Ill hold you dead. Come DOWN ss ss
E Riderhood went: over backward into
1.-the water, and the schoo1tnaster upon
him. VI When they found them. long after
ward, Riderhood g boz y was gtrdled still a
with the schoolmaster's arms. and they
held him tight. 8 "a Ss Ssss
wicked men whom fate had brought into 5
Lizzie s life. 3s n 82 g III RI ss
All this time. OF course Bella had been "
believing her husband to- be very poor. b
AT first he had intended to tell her who Y
he was on the day they were married.
SaIQE INNS 6Qo 30 Sull-8a
selfish and contented, I. cam a ford to be
rich YETI So eIpretended to get a posi-
5tion In the city ut small wager. = Them
after q few mont tbs, he thought 1t over
again. and he said to himself: She IS
such a cheerful little housewife that 4 Il
can't afford to be rioh yet. And at
last a little baby was born to Bella and ~
then they were SO happy that he said
''she is so much swceter than she ever ~
was that I can't afford to be rich just
yet, 81 $si4 Y ssiij
But meantime Bella was Ina ginning Mr.. IS
Bof1n cruel old rniser. and md: Mr. BoiIlln
didn't like this, SO John agreed that he
would tell her all about it. But first he u
got Bella to describe exactly the kind Of Ak
a, house she would like " they wero5yery. q
very rich, and when she told him, he and 81
Mr.. #Boffin had the Bofhn house fixed over.
in justGthe way she had sallld-W VI g IL
nursery with rainbow-c olored walls. and
blowers on the staircase, y and even "a
little room null Of I've birds, 4 and a jewel y
box full of Jewels on the dressing table.
Fate. however. had arranged even y N
greater trial Of Bella's love for him than
In the street one day they came face to 81
face with n man who had been in the
police station on the night the body
which 4every one believed John Harmons
had lain there. He had seen the emf
trance OF tho aGitated stranger, and had
neIppu ilIc pullGb lHoAA AiloHtf VdIAl
search for Rokesmith. Now he at once 4
recognized Bellas husband as that man.
who the police believed had probably II
committed the murder. f.
Rokesnlith knew The man had recog- "
nlzed him. and when they got home he
told Bella that heSwas accused of killing IL
the man the Harmon will had hidden "a
But nothing now could shake her faith
in him. How dare they!"' she cried. n
Indignantly my beloved husband I'd He
caught her In his arms at that. and *
while he hold her thus the officers en-
tered tn arrest him.
Rokesmith found the matter very easy
to explain to the satisfaction of the pos
lice, Int no told Bella nothing, as yet,
and trusting and believing In him ahso-
llutey, she waited in great wonder, Next y
day he told her he had a new position.
and that now,t they must live In the city. Z
where he had taken furnished house
for them. 83 f s445s III
They drove togather to see It, Strange II
tly enough 1t seemed to he IN the same 81
street as Mr. Roflln's house. and, stranger
yet, the coach stopped atMr. Rottln's own s
door. Her husband put his arm around III
her and drew her in. and she saw that
everything was covered With flowers. 4
As hSsled her on. she exclaimed IN aston-
tshment to sea the little room full or
birds. Just as she had Wished u
Suddenly her husband opened a door.
and there was Mr., Bottin beamng. and
Mrs. Botiln shedding tears OF 10Y. and
Folding her to her breast as she said;
..Ny edeary, deary, deary. wife OF John
and mother of his little child My loY-
ing, loving, bright bright, pretty pretty!
Welcome to your house and home, my
deary!" ~
Then Of course. the whole story came
out THE mystery was solved and she
knew that John Rokesmitli was the same
person as John Harmon, and that her
husband was really the man the old Har-
mon will had picked out for her %
marry. N . Y g. H
In the splendid Rofiin house they all Il
four lived happily for many years, SUR
rounded by Bella's chi'aren. And they
were never 80 happy as when thsy vel n
coined Eugene Wrayhurn. with 1Azzle,
Ills Wife. or Jennie Wren. The little dolrs
dressmaker. M % n Fl