Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-06-04

Nancy Il WAFAt4ltL --1t ga N+-1 es-- Ne ~
pupil Of Fagiu. and mistress of Bin
skies, the greatest ruflan of the whole
gang.
In order to close divers mouth. by
making him also q criminal. he Is taken
along on a h0usebreaking attempt.
Protesting. he is put through q small
iudow that he may open the door 10
f.t companions. He is firmly deter
ul.ned TO warn the people Of the house.
bu- the burglary is a failure, and OIL
liver. wounded by a stray shot, is left
in ditch by the fleeing sanEsters
The next morning he crawls. injured
as he is. 10 the same house. where his
story is believed and be finds new and
lasting friends
Again the lad is sought out by Fagin.
aided by mysterious man who has
show. great emotion at q chance sight
IF Oliver in the street. and who now
plots with Fagin not merely for the
possession Of the boy buJ for his NOR
al ruin. which seems to he desired es-
peeially by this so-colled Monks.
Their whispered pIottings are over
heard by Nancy, who arones for her
former KIDNAPPING Of Oliver ~ risking
her life to inform his new friends OF
his true parentage.
The interview between this scorned
street-girl and the beautiful Rose May
lie. adopted niece of divers protect
resS. gives Dickens a splendid oppor
tunlty to which he does nor fail TO do
fun Justice. "C0ldly and harshly
treated by Mrs. Maylie's seIf-righteous
servants. the girl is in q defiant mood
when finally admitted, and remarks,
with a toss Of the head, It's hard
matter to get TO see you, lady. If /
had taken offense and gone away, as
many would have done. you'd been sor-
ry for it one day, and not without
reason
But ethe kind tone of the answer
she received. the sweet voice, the gentle
manner. the absence Of any accent Of
haughtness or displeasure took tie
girl completely by surprise and she
burst into tears. oh. lady. lady she
said. cIasping her hands passlonately
before her face, if there was more
ike you, there would be fewer like
me. there would, there would ="
Then comes the startling account
Of what Nancy had overheard: Monks
has secured, by clever inquiry and
bribery. the locket and the ring; he
recognized Oliver; he alludes to his
fathers viii and speaks Of the gratifi-
cation it win be to him (Monks) to
make a common felon of his young
brother Oliver. He also says with a
laugh that there is some comfort in
the fact that his identity has been
kept from his latest friends, "since
how many thousands and hundreds of
thousands of pounds they would give
TO know who their two-legged spaniel
it,"
Rejecting all Roses efforts to place
her in some safe refuge from her nor.
rIbls associates. and refusing all re-
wards. the weeping girl returns 10 the
only life she has ever known, arrang-
ing 10 repeat her evidence to some dis
erect man whom Rose is TO bring to
London Bridge.
Nancy keeps this appointment with
Rose and Mr. Brownlow. but it costs
her her life. as suspicious Fagin has
had her followed and watched. Skies
insane with rage. brutally disregards
her protestations that she has shielded
him and has remained faithful TO him.
Disbelieving her, he beats her to
death with a club, then fees vainly
from the terrors of his own memory
of the deed. and dies by an accident
MS he is trying to escape arrest.
The gang is broken up by evidence
In Mr. Brownlow's hands. Fagin is
tried and hanged.
As to Monks. whose real name is
Leeford Mr.. Brownlow proves TO be
his fathers intimate friend, to have
had first-hand information of all the
facts the dissolute son had tried to
conceal Oliver is his half-brother,
natural son of Edwin Leeford and Ag-
mes Fleming. to whom he had turned
in passionate love from his unhappy
and wretched home. His will left the
bulk Of his property to Agnes Gin de
fault of other atonemen) and to their
unborn child. If a boy, however, he
was only to inherit if he kept his
name unstalned during his minority
Rose is the younger sister of tn IN
happy Agnes.
Monks takes the share given him
and leaves England. Oliver is adopted
by Mr.. Brownlow; Rose marries Mrs
Maylies son, Harry, and the two house
holds enter on wellmerited blessings
and happiness.
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