The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

her secret for tho sake Of her husband,
I Sir Leicester. Esther thought her heart
once. But she comforted Lady DedIock.fg
| and told her nothing would ever change
| her love for her, and they parted with
I3tcurs and kisses.
Another surprise Of d different sort
| awaited Esther on her return to Bleak Il
I House, Mr.. Jnrndyce told her that he
Flowed her and asked her IL she would
marry him. And, remembering how "a
| der he had always been. and knowingethnt
| he loved her In spite Of her dlstigured
! face, she said yes. 5
Esther saw Allan Woodcourt on the street.
/ Somehow at the first glimpse of him she
knew that she had loved him al along.
lsed TO marry Mr.. Jarndyc and she be.
(! gan to tremble and ran away without
speaking to IFoodcoutt at all. M
But they soon met, and this time 1t was IA
Joe the crossing sweeper who brought
| them, together. NVoodcourt found tho poor
ragged wanderer In the street, SO i'll that
I he could hardy walk. He had recovered
! from the smallpox, but 1t had left him so "
}consrmp on. The kind hearted " surgeon
shooting gallery. where they did what they B
could for him and where Esther and Mr.. A
found him place to- stay In MIR. Georges III
I&Jarndy wee came to see n I'M. ii Ei25
~ Jos was greatly troubled /! at having "
brought the smallpox to- Bleak House. u
and one day he got some one to write
he and nig hned
I and all tho Others would forgive him. an
And this was hts will s#B
On. the last day "a llanj iNWoo cd court. sat w
said, 3S5 N hear you, Sir, but It's dark-let
me cat Oh your hand.
zoe ca n you say what II say
III say =, anything as you do sir, Tor &
Our Father 3ss
our Father At yes, that's very good.
(which art in yen. - e s|
a IN heaven. Is the light a-comtn'. a
"Iallowed be thy name b 5.85
"Halow ed bet - 49, I,
But the light had come at last. Little
I dos was q cad. 45
Esther Becomes the Mistress
Of Bleak louise. s.55
When the last bit Of evidence was fast
lin his & possession, Mr. Tulking horn,6
/ plnming himself on tn ecleverness With
ThlG he had his way into Lady
London home and Informed her OF all Il
he had discovered. delighting in the
fear and dread Of him which she could 81
not help showing She knew n ow that
| this cruel mans knowledge . he Would n
always hold over her head, torturing her
with the threat Of making It known to g
her hus band.
Some hours after he had gone home,
she stole after him to his house to beg
! him not to. tell ll But II was dark there. 81
She rang the lawyers private bell twice. s
but there was no answer ana. she $re-a%
turned ~ In despair. BY O colncid ence u
someone else had been seen TO- III at
MT, Tullsing borns house that, sarleSn light
letter ff he had loaned to the
When morning came It was found Il hat
night in the lawyers house. Mr. 1'ulk-SSS
inghorn was found lying dead on II the%S
floor Of this private apartment shot
had 50 cnnningly d discovered and gloated Fl
over with such delight had not been
able to save his life there in that room.
Mr.. Tulkinghor was go well knownS2
Thc4pOlfce went at once to the shooting 43
gallery to arrest Mr. II George and he
was put into Jail. ~ a ~
gcence, no ~eyer. and all lin all his arrest
turned out 70 be q fortunate thing. For
by means Of It Ga Mrs R9uneewel Lady
he was her own son George, who had en-
listed rs a soldier many years before and s8
mind'nnot to return til he was pro sper.
Ing. But somehow this time had never.
come; bad fortune had followed him, and "a
though he had acted 50 wrongly he had
sncveral lost his love for his mother, and s.
glad IL sXs s the baony
Sir Leicester's personal att I, ant;
Lazy had h9pssad
soon found that this was not to be. TIE
bundle3of letters, was IN the possession Of
had had long ago called 70 his ala, he, es
they concerned Lady Dedlock. and as he y
thought she might have had something 81
duty to tell him all that his employer
had discovered o.Sir Leicester 4.
was q fearful shoe, 70 the hang NIX
proudly, When The deteetiys had finished q III
lie came to his senses he had lost tho
They laid him on bis bed ss ,,,,d fGr
hut t's she had disappeared,
Il Almost at one and the same moment
s t un he a hs story Sh
Sir Leicester but that she herself was
snspeeted q the murder These tive blows
W m eoak nna ye leaving
money and jewels behind her. with q
note for her husband. she went out INTO ~
tho,shrll, frosty Wind The note she lett
S'''SIf ] am sought for or accused OF The
murder believe belle, W9liy
more May you forget me and forgive
me" AZ
They gave Sir Leicester this note. and
grent agony came to the stricken mana ij9
heart, He. had alWays4loved and honored
What hla been told him. Nor did he hes
slieye for q, moment that she could pc
guilty OF the murder He wrote on q n
Slate the words, ''lrorsive--find, y and Y o I,
detective started at once TO oFerta ke tie y
liz went first 10 Esther, to whom he
told the sad outcome, and together they z
began the search, For two days Z, hey q. se
llabored, tracing her movements, hlt by
across tho frozen wastes outside of I0nrl
don, where brick klns burned, and where Is
She had eNchanged clothes With q poor h