South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-03

LETT IN the cold lap or charity. lies
aunt-in-law. airs. stcei Of Gates
head Hail kept the orphan 10
years. during which she was sub
fected 20 such hard. nNed hatred thai
she was glad enough TO DE packed
oft 10 Lowood school. a semi-char-
table institution fer girls.
Her career there was very honor
able. from pupil she became a
teacher she left t. 90 become gov
crucs~ Of AdeIa Varcns. the ward or
Mr.. Edward Rochester. al Thorn
field Manor There ene thoroughly
liked her situation The grand ola
house. the quiet library; her little
chamber. the garden with IT'S huge
chestnut tree. and the great meadow
with Ith array OF knCtty thoIn-trees,
strong as oaks
n ar. Rochester had been
handsome. hcroic-looking ycupg
gentleman Jane co-ld never have
felt at ease with him. But ne was
a sombra, moCfv man with broad
and jettv eyebrows decisive nose.
and grim. square mouth ard Jaw.
and In mis- presence the plain little
gOverness felt somehow happy Yet
his character was beyond her pene-
tratiOn. she felt vague sense o. in
security.
He conGdcd 20 her Jhat AJela
Varens was not his child, out tie
daughter OF q Partisan dancer who
had deceived him. and deserted
the little girl. so uIucn he told her,
but of the strange shadows that
passed over his happiest moments.
Of his apparent affection for Jane
Eyre along with his withholding
from her some secret Grief, she couiI
make nothing.
Then there cane most mysterious
happenings 20 ThornEeld. one night
Jane Eyre found the door OF Mr..
Rochester's room open. and his bed
On FIRE She managed with great
difficulty 10 luench the flames, and
rouse him from the stupor into
which the smke mao plunged him.
BE advised her 10 remain silent as
20 the affair.
Later n Mr.. Mason, from Spanish
Town. in Jamaica, arrived at Thorn
neId while AIR. Rochester was en-
tertaining a large party. That night
Jane was av akened by cry for
help When she reached the hail,
the guests were aroused
Mr.. Rochester. candle in hand.
WAS descending the stairs from tho
third floor. a servant has had
nightmare ne said
Thus ne persuaded the guests back
into their rooms. But all night Jane
was obliged TO attend Mr.. Mason
who lay in "A he'd on the third floor.
badly wounded in the arm and
shoulder. From scattered hints
Jane gathered that a woman had
inflicted the wounds a doctor wa
summoned. and before morning Mr..
Rochester had spirited the wound
&C man away IN "a coach, with the
doctor 10 watch over HIM.
Then Jane was suddenly summon
cd TO Gateshead. 10 her aunt Mrs
Iced. who lay dying. Mrs Reed
gave her letter. 1t was from John
Eyre, in Madeira. asking that his
niece Jane Eyre come 20 him. that
rae might adopt her. as ne was uE-
married and Childless. Il was dated
three years back Mrs. Reed had
never attempted TO deliver it to Jane
eyre. because she dislilled her too
thoroughly to lend a hand in lifting
her 10 prosperity.
When Jane returned 10 Thornfield,
NIr Rochester proposed TO her, and
because she loved him and believed
ir him, she accepted.
: month later, at the wedding.
when the clersyman's lips were un-
closed 10 ask. "NNilt thou nave this
woman for thy welded Wife," in the
grey old house of God. a distinct
and near voice spoke in the silence
of the empty church
The marriage cannot 20 on. 1
declare the existence of an impedi-
ment'
Asked by the clergyman for tho
facts. the speaker showed a doCu-
ment 10 prove that Mr.. Rochester
had married Bertha Mason. IS years
before. in Spanish Town, Jamaica;
and produced Mr.. Mason 20 witness
that the woman was alive and a.
ThOrnfield.
Edward Rochester confessed hard
ily and recklessly that ne had mar
ried. as the lawyer asserted; that his
wife was still living. ana that ne
had kept her secretly at Thornfield
for years. She was mad and size
came OF a mad family; dots AMI
maniscs for three generations. He
had been inveigled into the mar