Connecticut western news., 1920-12-30

ESSS zN 5 Fl, 1S16, and died E xI March 81, 1855.
 Their father was ' &e am Irishman of &ssa poor health and II N#% Fl eccentric ways. Their mother died f \ when the children H $$$%sH:xl ! were young, and IissS1 @ they were left to l& l bring themselves! kA 3Ne &&lo up fin m bleak and Ig solitary house, E%A MSs<4I close to tn q, IS&E xN churchyard, thsfrl t3 only soIace mn tn-. tense enjoyment, of the werld of make-helfeve. Deaths tn the family, sexrow and trtbuIatfom@ of all kfnds,i the struggle to make a way ix the world by teaching and serving as gov, | eKHeSs. the necessity ox actinw asl mother ts the family, all were a part of the intenss life of Charlotte. In 1Sz0 the three sisters fssue& a. small volume of 'poems under the names of Currer, Ellls and Acton Bell. The book was hardly noticed at the tine. The three sisters each began . novel Mmily's SWutherfng Heightsnl and Anne's SA@nes Grey" found pub- Hshers, but @The Professor" of Char lotte remained unaccepted until she had made her name famous with other works. She threw herself into the conn position of "Jnne Eyre,o which was published in 1847. It took the reading public by stormJ the literary sensation of the day was @Who Is Currer Bells' The answer did mot come till Shirley had been published in 1s49, when the author became n part of the great world of letters. "Villette," her last book, came i'm 1853. The next year she xr RnA Mxw she died the year after, when success and happiness should have crowned her life.
 Beginning with the life by Char lotte's friend, Mrs. GaskeII, the three sisters have been the subject of tn- numerabIe books and articles. F A T HER very birth Jane Eyre
 "A was left in the cold lap of
 charity. Her aunt-in-law, Mrs. Reed of Gateshead Hall, kept the or phan ten years, during which she was that she vas glad enough to be packed of to Lowood school semi-chartable @ss---===- TIT girls.
 E3er career there was very honor 0aes; fsosx pupil she became teach @ Ee@ esSe ft to become governess of a4za@ vase@S, SAe ward of Mir. Ed vsx=A E.=s=s.se, et Thc-aaeld Manor. IAesa ssa<a =a====aIy nk-@ Ae. sttua- escN: TAe grMaA nlA henAe: the quiet library; her little chamber; the garden with its huge chestnut tree; and the great meadow with It's array of knotty thorn trees, strong as oaks.
 If MT. Rochester had been hand some, heroic-looking young gentleman, Jane could never have felt at ease with him. But he was a sombre, moody man, with broad and jetty eye brows, decisive nose. and grim, square mouth and jaw; and in his presence the plain little governess felt somehow happy. Yet his character was beyond her penetration she felt vague sense of insecurity. ...-.
 He confided to her that Adela Va rens was not his child, but the daugh- ter of Parisian dancer, who had de girl. So much he told her; but of the strange shadows that passed over his happiest moments, of his apparent af-, lection for Jane Eyre along with his withholding from her some secret grief, she could make nothing. ]
 Then there came most mysterious happenings to Thornfleld. One night Jane Eyre found the door of MT. Koch ester's room open, and his bed on fire. She managed with great difficulty to quench the flames, and rouse him from the stupor into which the smoke had plunged him. He advised her to re- main silent as to the affair. |
 Later a MT. Mason, from Spanish Town, fin Jamaica. arrived at Thorn field while Mir. Rochester was enter taining a large party. That night Jane was awakened by a cry for help. When she reached the hall, the guests were aroused. -. s-fazss#. .fe
 MT. Rochester, candle In hand, was descending the stairs from the third floor. .c s1""A servant has had night mare.r hs said. eaf sE- a rss-a p. ! < Thus he persuaded the guests back into their rooms.f But all night Jane was obliged to attend Mir. Mason, who lay in bed on the third floor, badly wounded J in the arm and shoulder From scattered hints Jane gathered that a woman had Inflicted the wounds. A doctor was summoned. and before morning Mir. Rochester had spirited the wounded man away in agcoach. with the doctor 10 watch over him. fro.e nq
 Then Jane was suddenly summoned ito Gntheshead, to her aunt, Mrs! Reed. who lay dying. Mrs. Reed gaveRher a. letter. It was from John Eyre, in Ma deira, asKmg rnar his niece, Jane Eyre. come to him; that he might adopt her, as he was unmarried and childless. It was dated three years back. Mrs. Reed had never attempted to deliver 1t to lana Msrwa- honarrn- cLo diclilxoxa hn.