The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-01-20


impulsIvely. az she caught sight OF
some handwriting on legal document
before her. why do you ask r.
queried the keen lawyer, struck by her
animation and unusual tone. ANY
thing to vary this detestable monot-
ony." she returned, then tainted.
With Mr.. Tulkinghorn to wonder at
anything was TO investigate IL. Why
had my lady asked about that hand
writingf Why had she fainted7 Per-
haps Enagsby, the law stationer. who
had had these papers copied. could en-
tighten him. Yes, snagsby knew. II
was the work OF a gloomy, poverty
stricken recluse calling himself Memo
and lodging over one vilIainous
Krooks' rag and bottle shop. Thither
they 90 and up int the squaiid cham
Der. Memo Ia lying On bis wretehed
bed, HE eyes staring, his body motion
Less. 4tsod save ua. he In deadls ak
claimed Mr. Tuikinahorn.
/ heard OF che Inquest thrsugh Mr.
0uppy, ahrswd young law eaask VINO
had made hopeless eaif+lovs to mae.
The only witness who se@med 10 have
known the dead IMAM was 10. foriArn
boy crossing-sweepsr. and he knew At.
tie except I'D wos good 10 ne, %
wos." But DIR. Tulkinghorn doaAatsd
10 Cor further se--xnaantime: Fl
have seen the man whose handwriting
attracted your attentson.* be wrote
Lady Dedlock. And soon altar. On
visit TO Chesney Void: II found him
dead" he tells my lady face to face,
And whether each evsrmore watches
and suspects the other, what each
would give to know how much the 9th
or knows-ail this La hidden for tirne
In their own hearts.
The faithful Mr.. Quppy, whom
could never encourage because well,
because there was DIR. Allan Wood
court, for one thing gave me the news
OF JOS arrest for lettering, and OF the
strange story he told In explanation
OF. money found on him. They took
him 10 Snagsby's, and this was JOS
tale: They're wot's left, Mr.. Snags-
by. out of sov'ring as wos give me
by lady In vale as said she was q
servant, and as come TO my crossln'
one night and asked 10 be showed this
ere ,ouse and the 'ouse wot him as
you give the writin' to died at, and
the berrin' ground wot he's berrled
In. And / done it,
And now why did Snagsby hurry Off
to grim old Tulkinghorn with this odd
AaIap Ara ,.,hx, alta Az Hs,,lIr =, oh ry,
at once call In Bucket, great Lon
don detective, to go and fetch Jof And
was there any dark import to the bit
OF melodrama In the lawyers office
where the walt was shown o yelled
woman dressed as servant? sits
Ter, an 1t ain't err" he had said. gslz
Ing raptly at the figure. II know the
vale an the bunnit an the gownd |;
but II ain't 'er and, nor yet 'er rings,
nor yet 'er voice, It's 'er, an 1t ain't
Ter. "rhere ain't a doubt" Bucket
had whispered TO Mr.. Tulklnghorn,
"that 1t was the other one with this
ones dress on"
Meantime ! had had my first glimpse
Of the celebrated Lady Dedlock. My
guardian had taken us all down to
Lincolnshire TO visit friend, and u
was In the little parish church saw
her. Shall l ever forget the rapid
beating at my heart accustomed by the
losk met as I stood upS Shall !
ever forget the manner In which those
handsome. proud eyes seemed to
spring cut of their languor and 10 hold
miner And, very strangely. there was
something quickened within me. assoc
ciated with the lonely days at ray sod
mothers. I was soon to know wh&
this meant, and. earieusly enough
through Mr. Guppy.
MY impossible suitor. 1t seemed. had
noted resemblance betweea myself
and Lady Dedlock- lie had learned
| By chance that my name was net Est
Their Summerson. but Esther Hawdon,
Hoping to help me. straight De Lady
Dedloek he went with his news,
she received him haughtily, but when
he Informed her that he had fouud
| that HIS cherished Esther was Esther
Hawdon. my God, bad burst through
her Icy reserve.
Life went on for O wilile with
charming grace and pleasaRtness ar
Bleak House. Then the darkness Of q
terrible disease encompassed me, and
when l had recovered my face was 80
sadly changed that hardly knew mss
self. TO recuperats my guardiaa took
me down to Lincolnshire. near Ches-
ney Void. And there met Lady Dedl
lock again.
was resting on a bench h the
beautiful wood near the great raansioa
enc day when she came ahd sat down
on the seat beside me. Suddenly shs
caught me to her breast, kissed me-,
fen down ora her knees and cried TO
me: "Oh, my child. my ehssd: / ana
your unhappy and wicked mother,
On, try 90 forgive me. had Thought
yoa dead ia infancy. My cruel ststev
told me 500 Then I felt . baxzt OF
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