South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-01

court in London for how many long
years only few bewiEgcd and fuzzy
harTisters knew before T. Esther
Summersou. came To- feel something
~ its dcadening touch. This scare
crow Of a suit had become so com
plicated that no man alive knew
w nat &c meant. To was once about
an old JarndyCe will. but WAS ncv
only question of costs and they
ere eating up the original property
every day People were ragged
into IL whether they would or no.
More than one tragedy 10 had coca
stoned I was told that Tom Jarn-
dyce. a despairing sutton. had said
OF chanccry: It's being roasted at
s. slow fire. it's being stung 20 death
b. single bees. it's being drowned by
drops it's going mad by grains.
And then he went and shot himself
But ChanCery brought mo many
strange experiences. some bitter sor-
rows and great happiness.
Ny childhood knew no mother. My
earliest recollection was Of a kindly
woman who called herself my god
mother. Once ] had asked her
about my real mother. and size had
replied Your mother. Esther. is
sour disgrace. and YOU were hers"
when nay godmOther died / was told
hy Eenge and Carboy, great Lon
dCn lawyers. that a guardian had
been appointed for me and that his
name was John Jarndyce: that he
had been asked 20 receive into his
home ward Of the chancery court.
q young lady. and that / was 10 be
her companion and was 10 go 10
Hieak House. dowr in Hertfordshirc,
10 live. Then first / met my beau
tiful darling. Ada Clare. and her
hand 80, tuf1uf cousin Rfeha
Carstone (also a ward in the ter
Tible Chanccry), a gay. unstable boy
whose love Ada soon returned-alas
for in the end they we're married
and Richard, chasing the will o.
the wisp of Jarndyce and Jarndyce
passed out of the world forever.
Through my guardian. kindly
hearty gentleman nearer so than so,
perhaps, / met many people OF low
and high degree OF the latter were
Sir Leicester Dedlock. and my Lady
Dedlock. great personages in rank
and fashion. with fine town-h house
in London and a superb country es-
tate, Chesney Void, off in Lincoln
shire. Sir Leicester had married
for love. rumor had IL. a bit be
meath him. But my lady showed
no signs OF that She was proud,
cold, naughty, they said, with beau
~ still, not yet in its autumn. Sir
Leicester. % years older. was a man
of worthy presence, ceremonious
and stately He had supreme faith
In two things: the British aristOcracy
and Lady DedloCk.
Ny lady was in Jarndyce and
Jaryndice through some almost for
gotten ancestor. One Afternoon in her
London mansion Mr.. Tulkinghorn.
The family lawyer was with her in
connection with the case. Mr.. Tulk
inghOrn. I came 10 know. was a
rusty, silent man. the butler OF the /
legal cellars OF the Dedlocks; grown I
rich out of aristocratic marriage !
settlements and aristocratic Wills: |
au oyster of the old school whom /
nobody could open.
Who copied that" cried my lady |
impulsively as she caught sight Of
some handwriting on a legal docu-
ment before her. Why do you
ask ." aueried the keen lawyer.
struck by her animation and un-
usual tone Anything 10 vary this
Jetestable monotony." she returned.
then tainted.
With Mr.. Tulkinghorn to wonder
at anything was to investigate il.
Why had my lady asked about that
Handwriting? Why had she tainted
Perhaps SnaEsby the law stationer.
Who had had these papers copied.
could enlighten him. Yes. Snagsby
new. II was the work of gloomy.
oyerty-stricke rccluse calling him
self Memo and lodging over one viii
famous Krooks' rag and bottle shop.
Thither they go and up into the
sgualid chamber. Memo is lying on
his wretched bed his eyes staring.
his body motionless. God save us.
hc IS dead exclaimed Mr.. Tulking
horn
heard OF the inquest through
Air. Guppy. a shrcwd young law
clerk who made hopeless calf-love
90 me. The only witness who seem
ed "a have known the dead man was
Jo. a forlorn hoy crossing sweeper.
and he knew little except wos
eocd 10 me- @ wos.' But Mr. Tulk-
inEhorn docketed 10 for further use
meantime. Ell have seen the man
whose handwriting attracted your
attention" ne wrote Lady Dcdlock.
And soon after. on visit 10 Ches-
nov void II found him-dead." ne
tells my lady face 10 face And
whether each eVermore watches and
srspects the other. what each would
Give To know how much the other
rows-ali this is hidden for tlm
IN their own hearts
The faithful Mr.. Guppy. whom ]
r0u1d never encourage because
we'll because there was pr. Allan
Woodcourt. for one thinE-Eave nae
the news Of JOS arrest for lettering.
and OF the strange story ne told iu
exclamation ~ money found pu him.
They took him 20 SnaEsby's. and
this was JOS tale. They're wot's
left. Mr. SuaEshy. ont OF a sowing
as vos give me hy a lady i'm "a vale
"a said she was a servant. and as
come 20 my CrOSSIn' One night and
asked 70 be showed this ere 'ouse
and the 'ouse wot him as you give
the writin' 10 died az. and the herrin'
GROUND wot he's berricd in And I
done tt
And now why did SnaEshy hurry
off to grim old Tulkmgh0rn with
fbis odd taIe7 And why did Mr..
TuIkinEhorn at once call I'm Bucket.
great London detective. 90 go and
fofch Joe And was there any dark
irnport 20 the bit OF melodrama i'm
the LAWYERS office whore the wait
VAS shown a yelled woman dressed
a servant IT'S 'er. an 10 ain't
'er." ne had said. gazing rapt'y az
the figure. 81 know the vale an