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

been Inc hOst5 clue SO IonS SOuBHtt 10 tussEA
q snow s began falling az the ylight$
wore O wAy, and the coach lWhe els made
2ss a1 aaa shs ns So
two wanderers a,ad taken refuge 9
Ssnd az a ta1 s
WIIdo ~ f bes Sie' CHI Church s This
ose Msh shs srS b Eur .hstsEs
iisi.t only only ono n XVI Whole e vlliass
they left the driver 70 take the horses
| 3to8the Inn aud approached the building.
They went quite close and looked through
the wit dow. HI In the DOM they saw an
Ing to himself e and Kit, seeing that itS
was his old master, opened the door. ram
in and kncltiIbyg him and caught his hand
The old gran dfa her did not reooeni3ea
thought man spirits had talked 10 him
that day Al He was much changed, and Sit3
seemed as IL some great blow or grief had
Ecrazed him. He had. q q ress Of litt}ey
pattod M e. he a muttere e that Us h
| been ep-nsleep9 "a long time now, and
was marble cold and w build not wake.
| Fer little hoinely dressl he said.5
they are. s. OF see where her fact vent
bare upon the ground .8s az hey told mo az.
forward that the !. stones had cut and
bruised Il them. She never told me that
membered since how she liked sbehindE
|8me,N that I$mlght not see how lame she
was but she had my hand ins hera
and seemed to lead me stll =.
tho others were wet With tears, for tMsy'
lAhnd begunTt osunders stand the sad truth
! S3& Kit could mot speak, but the stranger
did Oh speak of title rJel1''S he said; q
other child who loved YOU Whens V =
were al child yourself? Say that you had
5n brother long forgotten, who 81 now sfats
last came back to you to be what you we're
brother know me. ana l3 SltfeS
Evils still be preci GUS Ito us q gal
aT The &old man 81 ok hi III cad. Tor grief
had 3 Killed gall memory. hing them
afs namo
They fol lowed .sy u bbed as heyt en-;
tered, for there her bed III tie q y Gil lay
dead! @ I
ear gentle pat ent Nm nol1le Nell
sschoolm,aster told them u her l1st8ho urss
'They had read and Setl kto her a w ME
AND then sho Ind sunk pee lyft Sslee
Il knew what sll en- said llel'$
and the l,ad he q! them
for often sheSW hispe ed, sod bless you;a
And she spoke once Of beau ~ mus 81
lthat was In the al aBa s8%s
lSthatS,they would KISS her once more
|SnhatS done, she turned Ito the ole man
With a lovely snaile on her ace-such ne 81
said as hoE had never SCI n--nnd drew boths
Igarms about 4 his ne ok. ey did no 8kroW
Eats first that she was d en- d. S3sS
They laid little N ell rest next day tns
the church where she had 50 of 81 en- sat-:
The old man never real lied tessW fas
had happened ~ thought sne - iW afhat
then they would go away tog get he
fused to sit Land wa toh for her eaci1 ate
noon beside her. grave Y, 1, n
l#3 One day he did not re turn at tho usual
hour and they went to look for him. He
was lying dead upon the stone
'Tlley buried him there beside the child
no had loved, and tnea SnutScns
l8where .hsy had often 81 s1eys
both lie side by ade q 4, u Il,
Zone OF those who had knoWn Ne.t
ever forgot her 8 tory. tier heE death OF
the old maj, his brother, the stranger VINO 7
| had 6sought$them so long. traYeled y IN the
steps OF tho two wa derers and searche9$
out and rewarded ,nll wis, had been. KIND
farley 1ryme founs
ltthem all. Even the roug canal noAI
were not forgo item. j, y, I, !, y.
Kits story got az M, ~
! him 4 d good position and secured q his
mother from want So that his Creates
Imisfortune turned gu tter all. to be hi
iii The sit little maid WHOSE evid ence cleared
ISKIitss'eof the terrible charge against him 4,
Lived to marry the clerk OF Il Brass. the
lawyer, ana meek Mrs, Quilp, after, her
husbands marie ], ~ osetves 8
I$dend warts money III. IL s3, Z, y.
me fate OF tho others W hose nj ok edness
has been d part OF this story was not So
pleasant, Tho two gamblers WHIP. temptea 9.
! the old man to steal Mrs. Jarley's & tronEs
| box were detected In nnot her crl me and
sent to ail.5 Brass became a CONVEX, cons.
| demned to walk on a trehdmll s ohalneds
to a long Inc Of other evil men, and drag
Iiging wtIare ever he went q heavy Llron5
| bali. After he was released he Joined his 6
| wicked sister, ana the two sank 10 Narf ana
lower till they might even be seen on
dark nights on narrow LONDON \, streets 20,
like tie twin spirits OF wlckednass ]; and I
crime, HI I'd HIS 81 80
had children of his own he often. took5
them to tho spot where. stood w hat had
been the "Od Curiosity Shop and told 4
them over and over the story Of llt 10 \
| Nell. And he always ended by saying
that II they were good like her they might
so some tlmo where they could sec. and
know her as he Ind done when he, he was ~
boy. "A 5 {t5{ Y ii .s3 NJ