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

sters. The next morning he crawls.
injured as he is, to the same house,
where his story is believed and he
finds new and lasting friends.
Again the lad is sought out by Fa-
gin, aided by mysterious man who
has shown great emotion at a chance
sight Of Oliver in the street, and who
now plots with Fagin, not merely for
the possession Of the boy, but for
his moral ruin, which now seems to be
desired especially by this so-called
Monks.
Their whispered plottings are over
heard by Nancy, who atones for her
former kidnapping of Oliver by risk
ing her life to inform his new friends
of his true parentage.
The interview between this scorned
street girl and the beautiful Rose
Maybe, adopted niece ofIOuver's pro-
tectress, gives Dickens a splendid OPP
portunity to which he does not fail
to do full justice. "Coldly and harshly
treated by Mrs. Maylie's self-righteous
servants, the girl is in defiant mood
when finally admitted and remarks.
with a toss of the head It's a hard
matter to get to see you, lady. If
had taken offence and gone away. as
many would have done, you'd have
been sorry for it one day, and not
without reason"
But 1.-The kind tone of the answer
she received, the sweet voice, the gen.
| tie manner. the absence of any accent
of haughtiness or displeasure took
the girl completely by surprise, and
Lob, t,,t~ Tod To- Nv
she said, clasping her hands passion
more like you, there would be fewer
! like me, there would, there would"
Then comes the startling account OF
what Nancy had overheard; Monks
| has secured by clever inquiry and
bribery, the locket and the ring; he
| recognizes Oliver; he alludes to his
| fathers will and speaks Of the graft
fication it will be to him (Monks)
to make a common felon Of his young
| brother Oliver. He also says with a
laugh that there is some comfort In
/ the fact that his identity has been
| kept from his latest friends, "since
how many thousands and hundreds OF
| thousands of pounds they would give
to know who their two-legged spaniel
| is"
Rejecting all Roses efforts to place
her in some safe refuge from her
horrible associates, and refusing all
rewards, the weeping girl returns to
the only life she has ever known. ar
ranging to repeat her evidence tc
some discreet man whom Rose Is to
bring to London Bridge.
Nancy keeps this appointment with
Rose and Mr.. Brownlow, but 1t costs
her her life. as suspicious-Fagin has
had her followed and watched. Skies
insane with rage. brutality disregards
her protestations that she has shield
ed him and has remained faithful tc
him. Disbelieving her, he beats hel
to death with club, and finally fees
from the terrors of his own memory
Of the deed, and dies by an accident
as he is trying to escape arrest.
The gang is broken up by evidence
in Mr. Brownlow's hands. Fagin Is
tried and hanged.
AS to Monks, whose real name Is
Leeford, Mr.. Brownlow proves to be
his fathers intimate friend, to have
had first-hand information Of all the
facts the dissolute son had tried tt
conceal. Oliver is his half-brother
natural son Of Edwin Leeford and Ag
mes Fleming, to whom he had turned
in passionate love from his unhappy
and wretched home. His will left the
bulk of his property to Agnes GI
default of other atonement) and tt
their unborn child. If boy, however
he was only to inherit If he kept hi!
name unstained during his minority
Rose is the younger sister Of the un
happy Agnes.
i Monks takes the share given hin