El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-16

err h had said. gazing raptly At
lne IlBure. know the vale an
the bunnit an the gownd; but 1t
amt 'er and, nor yet 'er rlngs. nor
'er." There amt a doubt" Bucket
had whispered to Mr.. TulkinEhorn,
that 4 was the other one with this
ones dress on"
Meantime had had my first
glimpse Of the celebrated Lady Ded-
lock 1ly guardian had taken Us all
down TO Lincolnshire 70 visit
friend. and ir was IN the little parish
church I saw her. Shall I ever for
get the rapid heating al my heart
Occasioned by the look I met as i
stood up2 Shall I ever forget the
manner IN which those handsome
proud eyes seemed 10 spring out Of
their languor and TO hold miner And,
very strangely, there was something
Qulckened within me associated with
the lonely days at my god mothers.
vas soon TO know what this meant,
and. curiously enough. through ar.
Guppy.
ny Impossible suftor, It seemed,
had noted a resemblance between
myself and Lady Dedlock- he had
learned by chance that nay name was
not Esther Summerson. but Esther
HaWcon. Hoping 10 help me, straight
10 Lady Dedlock he went with his
news She received him haughrly,
but when he informed her that he
had found that his cherished Esther
was Esther HaWdon. Ny God" had
burst through her icy reserve.
Life went on for a while with
charming grace and pleasantness at
Bleak House. Then the darkness OF
a terrible disease encOmpassed me-
and when had recovered my face
was so sadly changed that ] hardly
knew myself To recuperate my
guardian took me down 10 Lincoln
81 p |HHa q r.
i met Lady O'clock again.
was resting on bench IN the
beautiful wood near the great man
sion one day when she came and sat
denly she caught me TO her breast,
kissed me, fell down on her knees
and cried 20 me- 20. my child. my
child am your unhappy and wicked
mother. O. try to forgive me. I had
thought you dead In infancy Ny
cruel sister told me So" Then I felt
a burst of graritOde, through all my
tumuit Of emotion. that was so
changed that I could never disgrace
her by any trace Of likeness.
But at once knew that our secret
was not sale- Ny mother told me
of The cold and crafty 1ulkinghorn.
already suspicious Of her and ready
TO charge her with the truth Gould
you not trust HING I had asked i
shall never try, she replied The
years VIII end where it viii ] FOL
low It alone TO the end, wherever the
end be-"
Soon I knew that the mercuess
Tulzinghorn vas hot On the scent.
JourueyinE down TO Chesney Void.
he told my mother mat he knew
everything and would hold her in his
CHASTITY grip, awaiting his own time
for revealing the story 40 Sir Lei
cester- Nor did the piriless solicitor
the Dedlocks returned 10 their state
~ London house he sought my Lady
and declared 20 her that soon. per
haps On the morrow, his duty de-
that he inform Sir leicester
Of his Wife's former disgrace. 4 an
he started for home. But. with an
inward fire consuming her. she
would walk in the garden for an hour
or more. she told a Turnkey. no, she (
would need no further escort
The next morning London rang Z
with the news that the great law I
yer. Mr.. IullLnghOrn, the trusted I
solicitor OF nobility the lmpregnable I
guardian OF family condolences, had Z
been found by terrified servants IN /
his chamber ia Lincoln's Inn Fields I
lying face downward on the Moor, Z
shot through the heart
Oh, with what fear 7 heard this. I
If-but then came the newspaper re- /
.lLL ANal .-Aa george a aaAa ana d
hearty eL-soluier, who had been I
heard 10 threaten Mr.. Tulkinghorn, /
because the lawyer had squeezed him I
financially, and who had geen seen Z
~ Lincoln,s inn Fields on the night (.
lf the murder. had been arrested. &
charged with the crime But why, /
The mystery was not solved, IL /
seemed Il 1Ir. Bucket. / found was (
5till on the trail of-someoue. Then /
lne day ar bucket told my lord that I
& was not the soldier who had killed I
ilr. TulkinEhorn. but a woman And !
be went on with all the story OF my /
mothers early disgrace with Captain 7
HaWdon, and how llr- Iulkinghorn I
had discovered it. threatening her I
with exposure. huW my lady had I
been seen going out or the night OF /
The tragedy and how a yelled woman I
lad been noticed near the lawyers f
rooms at the same time. 1T IS my I
iuty TO tel you this" said the de- /
.ectiTe. ito prepare sou FOR the rev t
sIarion I am ABOUT 10 make. Others [
Know OF it, you must Then en- was /