The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05

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a .easmaker'sE3 (for Mr.. ntalini 4 a had q;
+ thrown nway Ills wife IS money, on 4 race
horses It'll Il the sheriff hnd seized the
ST req and sh Yas acting a = COM
panlon to d Mrs WI Utterly ns pa le, lan-
guiI lady no cons idered hers very
6fashlonableS lad " indeed, and was al ways 8
suffering from Imaginary ailments Lord re-
Frederick ana Sir Mulberry Hawk came
often to- the house, pretending to Tia tier t,t
Mrs WI titterly,$but really to see 3ltntea
aWho heartily Hsdisliked them 20 Mrs Ne
atslast came to realize that
tho. two men 1T whose attentions she
Ind felt so flattered really cared only for
her young Companion and being vain VI !
and Jealous,sfshe torlnented and seeded
the poor girl till her life was Q burden
$5i al, length feeling that she could bear
EitM no longer, Kate went to- Ralph anu
bt eyed him with tears to help her. fl NJ
ancthcrRsituation. but the 70 -lendl &c
refused to aid her. Noggsi the lerk, wa s 3
sorry for her. but could do nothing IN e sss
cert to write to Nicholas, and this was
Nicholas pos haste back to- Lond on.ss
4 Just what kind OF persecution Kates had
been; subjected Ito lhe learned by accident
always Us soon Us he got there, SS ~. "
55I AS ne satfin8n coffee house he suddenly
heard the words e ittlo Kate SNickl eby.''
spok en- by a man behind him. He turned
and listened. -Four men whom "a ne Il y. had
never seen were H d rinilng tonsts to i her,
aud Nicholas grew hot with rage at tho
coarse words they used. Sitting there.
scarce able to contain himself. 4 he; heard
tho whole story OF his uncle Ralph 8 plot,
he heard Ibis sisters sufferlngs derld ed
h4. goodness 8jeered at her beauty made
tho subject Of insolent jests. One of he
four men, Il Of course, was Lord Freder1cK
Verisopht. and the coalNest and most
vulgar, of then, all, as may be guessed,
was Sir Mulberry Hawk III i.8
White with anger, Nicholas confronted
Ethe PARTY and throwing down hts card on
the table, declared that the lady In cues?
tior was his II sister and 4 demand led OF
.swer, Nicholas denounced him as $aj lar
ard a coward, and seating himself e. sWore
the other should mot leave his Sigh be- e!
fore he knew who he was.
/ When Hawk ATTEMPTED to enter his
&carrla &c, Nichola S sprang on to the step.
Tho other. ina fury struck him Will 4 the
whip, and Nicholas, $gWrenching 1it4 from
him, with ono blow laid open. Hawks
cheek. The horse, frightened at the
struggle, started OFF at a terrific speed,
and Nicholas felt himself hurled to the
ground. AS he rose he saw the runaway
horse fwi,irling across the pavement. up
set the carriage with O. crash Of breaking
K glass. Nicholas had no doubt that inc
man 1t held had been frlghtfully hurt, w
not killed. He felt faint from his own
fall, and 1t vas With difficulty that no
Srestcted Nogg's garnet whither, before the
adye nturo in the coffee room, he had sent
& S,nike to announce his coming. al 5@s
His first step now was to write a letter
to Ralph telling him that he at last
knew what villain he was, gands that he
and his cast him OF forever, With shame
that they had ever asaed his aid. Next
day Nicholas took Kate from the Witt
gtcrly house and his mother from her poor
lodging, and rented them rooms IN an
othe, part OF the city.I Then he started
sout to find some employment for himself self
For long time he was unsuccessful,
but one day (and o very lucky day.
Nicholas thought 4 It ever afterward) he
met on the street, O. round faced ), jolly
locking old gentlemen n, with whom he fell
into conversation, and before long. with
ont knowing IT. he had told him all his
troubles. 3 b9 81 ss9I "A
THIS old gentleman was named CHEEKY
bic, and the firm to which he belonged
was Chceryblc Brothers. lie and his
twin brother had come to London, pare
foot when they were boys, and though
they had grown very rich, they had never
fcrg,tte ten what It was TO be poor and
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/, Nicholas to como with him to his office,
and thcro they met the other Mr.. CHEEKY
bic. IN y 3as4 l5.i ~! III sS "a n
Nicholas could scarcely tell them apart,
for they were alike rs two peas. hey
were precisely tho same size, wore G. othes
Just alike. and laughed In the Same aiey,
They each had even lost exactly the same
number Of teeth They were loved by
Everybody. for they went through llfe
doing good wherever they could, 8y t1'hey
both Ikea Nicholas at once and = he up
SHOT was that they gave him q position
III their counting room and rented 8 Q
pleasant cottage near by for his mother
and Katc. 5s5 I'll a $i
So there Nicholas took up work md
they were all l,appyf and comfortable
5yely different from lph i Nlckleby, 7 ne
ruoney-lender in his fine house, wit h only
tho memory Of his own wicked ness Tor
company. n Il. u;
! 4, WHAT HAPPEN . ND 10 EVERYBODY
l,alph Nickleby's4 q hatred had been
growing day ny day, As he could mot
harm Nicholas now, he, tried to- hurt
Inn. through smlke, Flo sent for saueers,
and the latter. finding smlke alone one
day on the street, seized him, put him
IN q coach and started To- take him ba l,,
10 Dotheboys Hall But luckily his VIC
time escaped ana got back to London
Tten Ralph formed a wicked plot to
gat fmlkc surely In their hands, lie
hired a man to- claim that he vast the
boys ~ ], who had first taken him g
I squeers's schools sdueers, too, sworf. 4
| this lying tale, but the cheeryhle
brotllers suspects the story. aud when
\ Italpn saw they were determined to Pr
i Nicholas protect s1nike. he was afraid e
! so any further With the plan, 50 8he
i nlnolnered his rage for tho time being
and meanwhile a most lHlpoftant tllinl
Happened to Nlcholas--he5 fell In love-
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