The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-19

character. His manner toward Roke- smith was especially harsh. He had spoken to him when the Boffins first came to the Wilfer house to take away Bella as Our Mutual Friend" Now he alluded to him as "Rikesmith" and was mighty gruff about it, too, besides "coming down on" the secretary in Bella's presence at every opportunity. In addition, Mir. Boffin began to grow horribly miserly and talked much about coming to the workhouse. The books he made Wegg read for him now were biographies of celebrated misers- Blewbery Jones, Dancer, Hopkins and like characters.
 Bella was much distressed at this change She was mercenery herself, to be sure, but seeing that quality in another showed her It's repulsive aspect As for Wegg. he smiled a smile which said. Just what I expected" and went prodding about the dust heaps at Bof- fins Bower in search of buried treasure more industriously than ever.
 Though John Rokesmith did not meet the company which came to dine with the Golden Dustman, he heard nevertheless at second hand some of the gossip talked at the table. and thus came to know that Rogue Riderhood had spread a report that Gaffer Hex am, who had found the body of John Harmon, had fallen under suspicion that he had really murdered John liar mon and that he had escaped arrest only because the police. who went to investigate him, had found him drowned in the river. Rokesmith heard further more that poor Lizzie after her fathers death had found refuge with a curious little creature, Jenny Wren, who made dresses for dolls Jenny When was crooked in the back and queer" in the legs and supported by her industry a bad child" in the shape of a drunken old father.
 The suspicion which attached to the memory of her father weighed heavily on Lizzie and 1t was with the idea of relieving her from this sorrow that a rough looking seafaring- looking man called one night at the, abode of Rogue Riderhood and by confronting that industrious rascal with certain facts known to both of them concerning the Harmon murder" extracted from the Rogue written statement to the effect that, as far as he knew and believed. Gaffer Hexam had been innocent of the charges brought against him-this to be forwarded to Lizzie.
 When the ough-appearing. seafar- ing appearing person left Riderhood's 8 tumbledown dwelling, he pulled off his false whiskers and. aside from be- lHB wrapped III ms DduIlcdl OVefcOdt, looked for all the world like that Julius Handford who had so mysteriously dis appeared at the time of the finding of John Harmons body.S Strange to say he also looked exactly like John Roke- smith, secretary to the Golden Dust man.
 Let me try to think my way through this great perplexity," said the stranger to himself. putting his thoughts Into words n ha1r hiu0G 0GaIf hal of strange events in which he had be- come involved. 'I have no clue to the scene of my own death. When came back to England, there was on board the ship, as third mate one George Radfoot. We looked so much aliNe as to be, upon occasions. mis- taken for each other. We became friends and he learned my history and why I was coming back to England
 We made a little plot of getting rough, sailors clothes when we came ashore, throwing ourselves in the neighborhood of Bella Wilfer and dis covering what sort of girl she was before l presented myself to Lightwood to claim my inheritance--if l concluded to do so.
 When We came ashore Radfoot took me to this part of London. and we stopped for moment at Riderhood's. He and the Rogue seemed to be old ac- quaintances and 1 remember that, after coming out of the house Radfoot had little folded paper in his hand which he shifted from one pocket to another. Then we went to- some lodging house overlooking the river for the night. and in our room ordered coffee.
 "Radfoot, I remember. carried under his arm canvas bag containing a suit of his clothes. I was to buy my sailors outfit on the morrow, so brought no clothes with me other than those I wore. It was rainy and I was wet. When We reached our room Radfoot insisted upon my putting on the dry clothes which he had In the bag. Then