The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-05-12

was led to invest his firms mon.
the famous Mrs. Merdle's scbor,o u
And then the bubble broke rs
committed suicide. The Dale
money was gone. Arthur's er,e ts
ruined and Arthur himself was ~. was
into prison-the same moor dan vNh
prison that had, for so long beo U'V :,
home of Little Dorrlt we
The days dragged YEARLY nm
At last Arthur, despondent -,
crushed, haggard from broodIno a aus
stricken with fever, one day sa, "uu
in a vision, kneellng before him a
figure Of dear Little Dorrit Sha s
fastened to make happier tho 10, au
the man who had helped her fo'nnu
In the same gloomy surroundings aus
whom she loved. She nursed him ~
his sickness. She offered him on ~. ~
money to help him overcome bIs a."
tress. And then. rs he refused a..
money, he realized. for the frs, A..
that she loved him-and that no toa
loved her. WV
A feeling Of peace comes over nj,
mind.
The clouds begin to break.
And strange TO say II is rascauv
adventurer, Rlgaud, a murderous io1
bird with dropping nose and ascenSIn.
inustache, who opens the rift stilI fus
Their for the sunshine. He has dIscov
cred Mrs. Clennam's secret bavInr
stolen the strong box that Fllntwjncb
had Struggled into Holland and IN
which lay page of the will of Ar.
thurs uncle, n page which Mrs Chen.
nam had concealed for years.
Rlgaud visited the strange old ,odv
Leaning over the sofa, poised on two
legs Of his chair and his left elbow
coarse, insolent, rapaoious. cruel. he
reveals to her his knowledge.
Then, torn by the explosion Of her
passion. the old lady vehemently tells
her own story.
She had learned, after Mr.. Glen.
MANS marriage to her "a marriage
commanded by his overbearing uncle)
that her husband had loved and gone
through a sort OF ceremony with
beautiful young singer whom Fred.
eric Dorrit, kind-hearted musician
(the uncle of Little Dorrit), was ba
friending and giving an education. She
had obtained the first clue from those
Initials in her husbands watch which
she found years ago, slgnlfylng "DO
Not Forget" She accused both her
husband and the woman, who put the
initials there.
Instantly Rlgaud, seeking to black.
mail the old lady, declared he had de.
posted with the niece, Little Amy
Dorrit, then at the prison with Al.
thur, a packet containing the sup
pressed section of the will with In.
structlons to open II at certain hour
unless reclaimed by him. What would
Mrs. Clennam pay him to reclaim III
To the establishment OF all. the par
alytlc old lady rises TO her feet and
rushes from the house to the prison;
seeks Little Dorrit; calls for the pack
ct, and then bids Amy read IT, at the
same time begging her to forgive the
past.
Il forgive you freely" cried the gen
erous girl.
"God bless you'll" was the fervent
and broken response. Al
And then came the good news that
Arthur's firm had re-established Itself
and that he would be able now to
leave the debtors prison.
SO they were marrled-but not BE-
fore Little D0rrit had handed to Ar
thur folded BIT Of legal paper ask.
Ing him not to open It but to burn Il
in her presence.
'Is 1t a charm?" he asked, smil.
lngly. "And does the charm want any
words to be saidr he added as be
held the paper over the flames.
"YOu can say (lf you don't mind I
love your" answered Little Dorrlt
So he said It and the paper burned
away.
With II died the secret OF Arthurs
birth, never to be known to him;
with It, also. Little Dorrlt had volun-
tarily destroyed the evidence Of her
own legacy.
And they were married with the sun
shining on them through the painted
figure Of Our Savior on the window
Then they went quietly down into
the roaring streets, inseparable and
blessed; and, as they passed along
In the sunshine and shade, the noisy
and the eager and the arrogant ano
the frOward and the vain fretteo
and chafed, and made their usual up
roar.
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