Show II II OLIVER TWIST r by Arrangement Arrange Arrange- ment With J Jackie Coogan Coo- Coo caD gan Productions From the Screen Sena Version Verona of Charles Dickens Dickens' Famous Fa moos Work Released by Associated ted First Na- Na NaI I By WALTER ANTHONY Chapter IV THE SOUL OF NANCY Make em your model the old cen gentleman admonished Oliver constantly constantly con can referring of ol course courso to Charley Charley Char Char- ley Bates Bates' and the Dodger Do everything they bid you and take their advice in all matters espe matters espe especially dally the Dodgers Dodger's my dear Hell He'll be a great man and will win make you one too it if you take pattern by him Is la my my handkerchief hanging out of deAr my pocket p my Yes sir air said Oliver i 1 See if you yon can take It out oat with- with without out oot my feeling it ft it itOliver Oliver held up the bottom of th the hand band as he be had with one pocket seen the Dodger hold it and drew the handke handkerchief lightly out of of it with the other Is 11 it gone goneT cried the merry mem old gentleman said Oliver Here Hereit it Is sir i I r Yo Youre a clever boy my my dear Fort many days Oliver remained in F Fagins Fagin's ains ain's room picking the marks out of ot handkerchiefs and sometimes taking part In the tha game described At length however he be began to lan Ian lanfor languish air and entreated for fresh the old gentleman to allow him to toIS toI out oat to work with his hi two comI com com- IS ISO Igo I corn 1 pinions One morning Oliver obtained the I on he be had so 10 eagerly sought I There here had handkerchiefs to upon upon for two or three days The three boys sallied forth t the Dodger with his hia coat sleeves tucked up and aDd his hia hat bat cocked aa as usual Charley Chaney Dates Bator sauntering along with his bis bands hands in hi his bia pockets and Oliver between them theist wondering They were just emerging from a called narrow c court urt in I Dodger lb Green GreiD where the tread made a sudden Budden atop stop and laying his I finger on his hia UP lip drew his hi companions companions com com- back again with the greatest great great- est eat caution the matter matterT demanded Oliver Do Do Hush replied the Dodger at the book book- you ou see sea that old cove gall Tha he old gentleman over they the wayt said eaid Oliver Yes Yea I 1 see y tim dm Hell fleU do said M the Dodger What was Olivers Oliver's s 's horror and nd alarm rm as u be ta stood a f f. f few w pae paces pacta ei i ol off hU ilia band hand to M th Dodger plunge into the th- old gentleman's pocket and thence a I from trem In ID aa sa I UM tM ef ed rise b far the e watches mt aM tail q r tilt I I a 4 p tan o-tan B 5 tk and ad betook ha be took to his Ida heels as ta last fad as be ha could na This Thia was all aU coDe done in m a minutes minute's space aee In In In the very instant when Other began to run the old gentleman gentle gentle- man maDo putting patting his hand to his bis pocket and nd missing g his handkerchief turned turned turned turn turn- ed sharp around Seeing the boy scudding away he naturally eon concluded eon con I eluded him to be the and shouting Stop thief P with ait all his Ms might made off after him book bookIn In hand band The Dodger and Charley Bates guessing exactly how the matter st stood od took aft after r the he fleeing Oliver and joined their cries Stop thief J with the growing tumult Such an unequal chase could not last but long and the hunted boy was captured at last The Theold old gentleman unwilling lin to Bill Bm Sik and aDd Toby t tike take k Oliver o. o on II it i marauding marauding trip lower picture re U le of Jackie Jacki Coogan ii ai Oliver on believe the testimony of i his own eyes was forced to concede a reluctant reluctant reluctant re re- Im afraid he is Is' to the police police po po- po lice officer who pointing to Oliver asked naked if it he was the culprit But Dut please dont don't hurt him added the theold theold theold old gentleman compassionately gazIng gazing gaz gas ing lug at the frightened child It would have gone badly with Oliver at the court had not the tha bookseller arrived at just the juncture june junc- ture tUlu when the judge was about u uto to pass sentence The boy was clearly guilty in Jud Judge c F Fangs Fang's ng's Judicial mind Everybody was wu guilty when brought to book in that amiable jurists jurist's c court urt and why should hamake he ha make an Mn exception in favor of a boy whose weakness and fright caused him actually to faint But nut the booksellers bookseller's booksellers bookseller's book book- sellers seller's testimony could not be im Im- poached He Me had bad seen Been the entire transaction from within the store where a customer had bad detained him The Tho old gentleman whose presence pre pies ence enee at the bookstall had been the cause of Olivers Oliver's misfortune was w. l o overjoyed at st th the th confirmation his faith in the boy had received and eager to make what amends w were r under the th the circumstances carried the UK tainting fainting boy put pot vt of the UM court and to his home borne Mr was Oliver's Olivers O bens bens- and aDd K Mrs i. i Dedin Bedwin the booral keeper who ao evsy the him was an au Others Olives tarry fairy gd rM- rM t tAme gb tt IS tsa a weeks Mk a bet be- be f. f ton fan N Oliver Ollie was tov to lean v ry 7 much a about t th the e loving care with which he be was wu for tb the first drat than tims thanin in Sn his hIa life surrounded d. d Privation weariness anguish and exposure con conspired to bring Oliver close In Indeed indeed in fD deed to his hia death but care care medical attention and the prayers of noble creatures ultimate ultimately t triumphed Wheres s 's the third ti third nl boy the merry old gentleman asked himself in m nervous apprehension as the footsteps footsteps footsteps foot foot- steps of the Dodger and Charley Bates were noted by Fagin H He did not have long to wait for an answer Bates Bates' and the Dodger opening the thedoor thedoor door stood abashed before their master Wheres Oliver said the furious furious furlone furi furl ous one gentleman far from being mer mer- ry Why the traps have got him IF- IF e r lIE lIE- i II h 1 i 91 a. a e s 's dr u ar f a 7 PP i and that's thata alt all about it It said the Dodger What would have happened out o. o of oft t the tho o demoniacal frenzy of the merr merry old gentleman will never appear which of course is fortunate for Mr John Dawkins who though never never nev new newer er hitherto noted for his admiration of Bill BIU Sikes was waa certainly grateful when that burglarious gentleman put in an appearance and diverted the attention of Fagin from his vie vie- tims With much fiction and some ome fact the boys bol pieced together i a astory story 01 that explained the absence o of Oliver how bow he be had bad been arrested and how it po for them to save him I Nanc Sikes coming shortly afterwards after after- afterwards wards ward was finally induced by bJ U the combined persuasiveness of Bill Bm SIM and aDd Fagin to nad 9 the l del delicate te tuk t k of presenting C herself at the p police Uee headquarters as to ta make can emI s UM tM whereabouts of Oliver w attending g to tel bar rag that Over bad had bees been takes taken tram Erato the court by the old gentleman ties gen whose oboes pocket be was sup sop posed to tob ive ve picked and by that worthy rid and sorrowful old oW man mat bad had been been- taken J the police didn't know where Bill my dear said Fagin Fagi 1 to his hia friend Mr Hr Bill BUI Sikes murderer weve got to get that boy back He Hel means a lot of money lOOney to us Bill I dropped his customary contemptuous ous attitude with his partner and listened carefully while Fagin explained explained explained ex ex- ex- ex to him why it was necessary that Oliver should Mould be committed to toa a life of dishonor With returning health Oliver rejoiced rejoiced re re- in his hilf surroundings He told his his' friend Mr Brownlow about 1 his a alife life at the workhouse at rys ry's and later at Fagins Fagin'S To the horror of the good people he be gave an imitation of the merry mem old gentleman gentleman gentleman gen gen- teaching him how to pickpockets pick pickpockets pickpockets pockets and it was not necessary for him to assert how he had been l made to think it was but bat a game Needless to to say BaY Mr Brownlow and Mrs Bedwin believed Olivers Oliver's story implicitly but bat Mr Brownlow had a friend Mr who thought it was a sign of weakness ev ever r to agree agree with any anybody y Accordingly Accordingly Ac Ac- cordingly he assured his friend Mr r Brownlow that he would regret his kindness kindness' to the lad for it was clear cleat to him Mr that Oliv Oliver r was to eviL Very well answered Mr Brownlow one day when was was was' unusually persi persistent in the utterance utterance utterance ut ut- I will wm terance of his suspicions prove to you you ou th that t Oliver OliveT Js h i trust trost- worthy Calling the the boy boyto to him bini he be entrusted entrusted entrusted en en- trusted him with a twenty pound note some books and the commission commis don sion to go to the bookstall t to pay his bis bill and be sure that you are are back bade in fifteen minutes said aid Mr Brown Drown low Putting his watch on the table in front of him Mr Brownlow resumed resumed ed his his' chair Mr sat In his and both bot stared at the dial of the watch It grew so 80 dark that the figures fig urea ures on the face of the watch were no longer discernible d wigs Grim doubt produced Hs its own evidence Oliver was caught aught Nancy and Bill Dill haunting the district through which the boy had to ito pass kidnapped him with such each speed and energy as persuaded the casual passersby pass pass- by ers that Oliver was was indeed the naughty little brother that had runaway run rum away from home as described in Sn well feigned tenderness by Nancy At Mr Fa Fagins Fagin's s 's it was but the tho work of a few minutes to reduce Oliver to the condition of rags and desolation in which he bad had lived up op to the time of his arrest and now with all his illusions gone and the blank misery of his condition staring star ing him in the face Oliver sought in vain for peaceful restful sleep deep Ill be back Mr Brownlow in fifteen fifteen teen minutes he murmured in his troubled drea dreams Olivers Oliver's disappearance shattered the happiness but not the faith of the Brownlow home Neither Mr Brownlow nor Mrs Bedwin believed that the gentle genUe lad had bad betrayed their confidence but were sure he had tad been the victim of some lome ugly plot And in the days daYI of Olivers Oliver's restoration restoration res res- to the gentle care of Fagin Fa- Fa gin em Nancy came to tore regret her bet part partin in the UM plot for Olivers Oliver's destruction a. a Oliver's Olivers piteous plight and his bis dear deal innocence awakened in Nancy that maternal instinct which U Ie latent oven even in la the UM moat most abandoned of wo- wo To Te Be Em t f te J |