The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-09-04

~ nfNlAlI 'Ntflt At wv NhNltf-t NH'F
tsc c.NrTymans llps were uncloscd 70
nsk, "Wli thou have this woman for
thy welded wifc2" In the grny old
house OF Tod, u distinct md near voice
spoke In the silence Of the empty
chuvch:
"Thc marriage cannot 20 on: ] de-
clare the existence Of nm impeachment"
Asked by the clergyman for tho
facts. the speaker showed q document
to prove that Mr.. Rochester had mar.
ried bertha Mnson. fifteen years be-.
fore. In spanish Town. jamaica; and
produced Mr.. Mason 10 witness that
the woman was alive and nt Thorn.
field
Edward Rochester confessed hardly
and recklcssly that he had married, ns
Tho lawyer Inserted; that his wife wns
sim living; aud that hc Ind kept her
secretly NJ Thornileld FOR years. Sh"
vns mad: and she came of n mad
family: Idiots and mnnncs for three
generations. lie bud been lnvclglcd.
into the mnrringe by her fnmlly. with
The connlvnncr of his father nnd broth.
rr. who hnd desired him 20 marry n
FORTUNE. ur invited the clergyman, Tie
lnWycr. md MIR. Mason 20 come NJ 10
Thornfleld nnd see what sort W n be-
lnr he Ind been chcnird into cspous-
Inc. md judge whether or not he had
rlgh, to break the compact.
Al Thornneld hc took them q the
third story. In room without WIN
dow, there burnt fire guarded by n
high nnd strong fender, md lamp
suspended from the ceiling by n chnin.
4 'rusty maid servant hen, over the
lire. apparently cooking something. In
the dccp shade. mt the further end OF
the room. aNAgurc ran backwards and
forwards. What II was. NJ hrst sight
one could not tell; n grovellcd. seem
ingly on NIL fours; II snatched and
growied like some strange Wild ant
mai: hut N was covered with clothing:
and a quantity ~ dirk. srissled hair
Wild nv name. hid Its head and face.
"Thnt is my wife," said Mr. Roches'
ter
Then all withdrew.
Tint night Jane stole AWAY from
ThornHcld. The few shilI,ngs that she
possessed she gave to the driver Of the
first coach she saw. 10 tnke her NJ far
NJ he would for the money. Thirty.
six hours later he let her an NJ
crossroads In the moorinnds. Into the
henther she walked. That night she
ate biiberries. and slera under crng.
Two days later. famlshcd and
drenched. she wss tnken into Marsh
End. the house Of Rev. NJ. John Rivers.
young md ambitious clergyman In
the nclrhboring village of Morton. Its
two sisters. Mary and Dinnn. were
NOR. than kind to Jane. They were
soon to return 10 their work NJ goy
crnesscs IN u large south.of. England
city.
81. John secured employment for
school IN Morton. His plan was 10 he.
come missionary IN India. lie asked
jan. to hecomc his VII. and go With
him hut something kept her from
conscnilng; he did not really love her
he feit the call To missionary work, hut
she dId not.
Then hc discovered for her that her
uncs snd died. leaving her f2OO00.
This was confirmed by Mr.. Briggs. III"
solicitor In London. She discovered.
too. that IN. mother of ~. John and
Mary md Dlnpa had becn her fathers
sister, 80 TINT they too should have
been heirs Ia her uncle in Madeira. She
insisted on division OF the legacy
with them.
One night 81. John was pressing her
for her final decision. The one candle
was diving out: N" room WIS FUN ~
MOONLIGHT she heard voice from
somewhere cry
"Jnne' Jencl Jane"
Scxt day she was on her wny to
Thornncld In thiriy-slN hours she nr.
rived az 'Thc Rochester Arms" two
miles away With much mislivlnR she
wnlkcd up to Thornheld--to IND only
n blnckcned ruin
Nnck ~ the Inn she learned thnt
Thornhcld Hail had burned down about
harvest time In the previous year. Tho
fire had broken ont In the drad Of
night Mr. Rochester had tried Ia res
cue HIS wife. She had climbed onto
the roof. where she had stood, wnying
her arms. and shouting out I'LL they
could hcnr her mile IN. Mr. Roches.
ter had Rsccnled through the skyiiRht.
The crowd had heard him call. "Ber-
'ha :" They Ind seen him approach
her: and then she had yelled. and civ
cn spring nnd the next minute she
had lain dead on the pavement.
Mr.. dorchester had been tnkcn from
the ruins, alive. hut sadly hurt one
eye had been Knocked out, and one
hand so crushed that the surgeon Ind
had to amputnte II directly. The other
eye iniiamed he lost the sight of that
also.
He was now at Ferndean. manor
house on farm he had about thirty
miles on; quite n desQlpte spot. There
~