The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-19

oi ! walked nrross the fields 10 tho hall
consted along tho orchard wall and
looking through gate glanced up TO see
u any slgn of lie was stirring In the
hall What did | behold!
Tho lawn. tho grounds wer" trodh"n
and waste; the hlAckened front OF the
odl'co still stood. but tho portals yawned
void There was no roof, no hlitlcments,
no chimncys all were crushed I'm. There
Nas the silence " death about the
ruined place No wonder that tho letters
had addressed 10 the inmates Of tho
Hall had meyer been answered. as well
ditpatch eplstlos 10 the vaults In "A
church aisle. What story helopgsd 10 thN
disaster Dreadful question: arose 10
which ! found no answer As | wandered
about the ruined place ! could see that
the disaster had been ~ mo- recent oc-
currcuce. I walked back 20 the inn and
fed The landlord n h. knew Thornfeld
hail "Oh. yoS. Ncll' lis anyone living
IN living there, It Is ruin. II WAS
burned down last autumn The fire took
place In the dead of night II was
terrible spectacle 4 witnessed II myself
Ten me tho story said Well
ma nm, you see there was a lndy lunhtc
Ia the house She was kept In close
confinement They say Mr.. Edward
| brought her from abroad This nnatic
Indy turned ont to be Nr Rochester =
wife Tho only way IL became known
ctness. and then somebody who knew oh
|Jcctcd 10 tho marriage. The servants
sny they never saw anybody M much IN
love as Mr Edward was with this gov
erness. Well. after the Governess had
disappeared nobody ever knew where
she went the mad wife got loose from
her keeper. Mrs Pool, and set the house
on fire"
who was at tho Hall when the fire
/ took placer" "sh. nobody but the mad
lRdy. Mir Edward and John end his wife.
two servants rest had all been sent
away. and MIR Edward lived like her
init Well. when the firn broke out In tho
middle ~ the night he went up Into the
attic when all was burning below and
tried to rescue his mad wife who was
/ out on the roof shouting and waving her
/ arms.
she was big woman and We could
SEQ hrr long, black hair streaming against
tho flames "Rertha." called MIR koches-
ter, as he came w through the sky light.
| She heard him and, with horrible
laugh. jumped down upon the pavement
below II was an awful sight She was
killed Instantly l suppose. but II was an
awful sight MIR Edward got out of the
building, hut ono arm had TO be ampu-
iatcd. he lost one eye and the other was
| go Injured that he In now stone blind
Poor Mr Edward Some say II Is a
judment on him for having Kept his wife
In secret and trying to marry the gov
erness ~
where does Mr. Rochester llve''
asked. AT FerndeAn, place OF his
about thirty miles of, - desolste spot IN
a wood. who Ia with him. John and
his wife ho would have no one else
Have you any sort ~ n CONVEYANCE w ~
have n postchalsc, madam Let II be
! got ready at once and II your poHtbOy
can drive me 90 Fetndean before dark
this dsy III pay both YOU and him twice
the usual hire
II was lust ere dark, when, through n
thick wood reached the ancient manor
house Of Forndean. II was, as tho land
lord of the Rochester Arms had said
quite n desolatc spot Can thefe be nt'
hcref' | asked M looked AT the gloomy
place | dismissed and paid the post
boy and advanced on foot 20 the house
The door opened and there camo out 4
figure which ! recognized IN spite oi th'
dusk that had falen--thc figure ot my
master, Edward Rochester
Hts form Was NJ thn same strong ant
stalwArt contour MS ever. his port SUI
erect his hair sull raven black bu, "
his counlcnancc | saw q change that re
minded me Of some wtongod aud fctterc,
wild beast Tho CsgCd rngln, In whoa'
gold. rlmmrd eyes cruelty is eSu.luished
might look as this sightless Samson
John followed him out and, taking HI
arm and telling him that II was begin
ming TO rain led him unreslsting uaok Il
the house
when they had disappeared wen, 4
tho door aud knocked Johns wife opene,
lit MARY" I said. how are your
sho started as n she had seen n shus,
lis N really YOU, misH'' she said, en-
planned In a few words 10 John ana Mar
that had heard all that had happens
since I hSd Ieft the Hall aud that hnl
come TO see Mr Rochester. They hest
tateh SAYING that he would SEQ no one
Mary placed two candles and q glass o
water on n tray. She was TO take them 4
Mr. Rochester Mary, give me th
hs I entered the room where my mas,c
sat the dog, Pilot, sprans from hefor
tho fire and after sniffling mo hesn
: to jump about joyfully and bark 'nowr
, Pilot" said. who Ia thatr' cried Nj
Rochester who Is ,hau ls II lanei
found YOU have come hack ,o YOU
81 TO me. broken cripple. oh, Jane, N
l ord has punished me for my own wick
/ sdner. hut now he rewards mo for win
! ming the love ~ such a woman as lot
/. . Hut the sacrifice Ia too great viii no
. However, I had my own way with hir
and found that he Was much more trac,
! able than he had been IN former times
q II am only crippled man, twent
= years older than you" he protested
: ui.P~ '.D W." ~ o',' " '' y" =" '''
yes, r,r." answered
q 'Of late, Jane, only ~ late, 7 hNy
. begun TO acknowledge the hand ~ Uo'
\ have experienced rerorse aud repent
i ante And I have ~ lunEsd Tor YOU
l. MY punishment" he went On
'gome DAYS since n was last Nor
y day nisht--a singular mood came ov'
4 me-one In which sflef replaced frens
Q sorrow. sullenness. Lats that night
4 may have been eleven or twelvr-t SUI
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