The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-05

enty-five miles from London, in the
lying-in room of the almshouse. His
mother, worn and exhausted from a
long and painful journey on foot, had
been found unconscious in the road
and had been carried to the only place
OF refuge for such as she seemed to
be. His name he owed to the invent
I've genius Of the parish beadle, who
remarked: THE last one was a s.
Swubble named him, the next one as
comes will be Unwin, and I've got
names ready made to the end Of the
alphabet and all the way through it
again, when we come to the e."
The wronged and unhappy mother
died without revealing her name, and
the only proofs Of the boys identity,
locket and ring, kept even at the
price of starvation, were stolen from
the corpse beforeit was cold by the
old crone who had been in attendance.
The orphans childhood, passed in
cruel neglect and semi-starvation, was
brought to an abrupt close by his own
unparalleled act. Desperate through
munger, he and his companions de-
term1ned that one of them shall Sc
cure for all an extra helping Of the
thin and watery Cruel which is their
principal diet. Nine-year-old child
though he was, he was RECKLESS with
misery" He rose from the table and,
advancing to the work-house master,
basin and spoon in hand, he said:
PLEASE sir, I want some more"
Such unheard-of daring received
speedy treatment. The next morning
bill, posted upon the gate, offers
five. pounds to any one who will take
Oliver Twist Off the hands of the
parish.
Then there follows a brief stay as
the apprentice of a coffin maker and
undertaken, who, with an eye to eff.
feet, promptly makes the sad-faced
little waif a chief mourner at the
funeral Of children, and many were
the professions little Oliver headed
in hat band reaching down to his
knees, to the admiration of all the
mothers in the town."
His master Is, on the whole, well
disposed toward him, but fights with
bullying older apprentice bring him
into unmerited disgrace and punish
ment and he runs away.
On the outskirts of London he
chances upon the fascinatingly droll
Artful Dodger, pickpocket and pupil
OF Fagin. The curious behavior Of his
new associates Is only a game to the
innocent boy, when Fagin places jew.
elry, katches, handkerchiefs and snuff
boxes in his pockets, and then stands
| looking in imaginary store windows
while Gin an unbelievably short time)
every one of the things is taken from
him. The true meaning Of it all burst
upon the Mortified Oliver when he Is
taken on an expedition and sees the
| game" in full operation. DaZed anc
| confused, he Is the only one captured
! and taken before a magistrate. His
| innocence is established, but he faints
in the court room, and is taken home
by the remorseful Mr.. Brownlow, the
man whose pocket he was supposed
to have picked. In his new friends
house, Oliver is nurscd through a ser
ious illness, and better days seemed
to have dawned for him, when h.
again falls into the hands of Fagin
This is no chance happening, for the
old crook, dreading the information
which the boy may give, has hin
kidnapped, while on an errand foI
Mr.. Brownlow, by Nancy, a wretchec
girl of the streets, pupil of Fagin, ant
mistress of Bill Skies, the creates
ruffian of the whole gang.
In order to close divers mouth, b,
making him also a criminal, he il
taken along on a housebreaking at
tempt. Protesting, he is put through
a small window that he may open tn,
door to his companions. He is firml,
determined to warn the people of tn,
house, but the burglary is a failure
and Oliver (wounded by a stray sho
is left in a ditch by the fleeing gang