Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-31
sJGHMoN DUMPS.


,ubiee, matter Of Story bring always Gale q
the nero. however little heroic he may person
aIlv have been) married Dora Cnfia on o'.
Swi,hins,day, in the first year OF the las reign
Ti,,ir baSr Simon was registered in the parish y,
hoax with the FIST syllable speli "S-i-''-u;
Inc infant Dumps was registered SIoHMos.
Siehmon sighed away his infancy like othef
babes and sucklings, and when hr grew 10 ce
a hobeJy hoy there was seriousness !" NO
v;s,g. and much-ado ahou, no, hing ness ~
nj, eve which were proclaimed ny good na'ar
ed p-ople 10 be indie ations OF deep 'hought
and profundiiy while Others, less :" hai'ei,ns
sweet" declared the, indicated naoght ou,
want of comprehension, and the duioes' u
stunidi y.
A. he grew older he grew graver; sad was
his look sombre the lone of his voice, ana nd"
an ho.r', conversation with him was avery Sc
rious F,ir indeed.
Buryinp Ground buildings, Paddingon road,
was thu scene Of his infant sports. his 'a'ne'
earned his hueiyhood, by letting himself "u' as
a niue, or u,nurn-,. % furnisher vi iu"e' ATS.
"lfuie" and " voluntary tuoc" were his STOCK
in trade ..E -.
Often did Mrs. Dumps ink the seams nf his
small-t lothrs, and darkrn his elbows WIN
bla,kinp brush. eye he sailed forth 10 follow
his public performance (of. rehed,sed). Master
Siphmon did innocen,!y crumple his grapes,
and sport with his weepers.
His melancholy oulgoings At length were
rewarded by some pecuniary ncomi' IS. ne
demi>e Of Others secured living for him, AID
ai,rr a few unu suaily propitious sickly seasons.
he gIimiy smiled a. he coun ed hi. gains; the
muu,ner exulied, and, In praise oil his probes
Sion the mute bee anne eloquent.
Another eyt nj occurred: a!'er burving so
m nv people proIe s>ionally, he at length barred
Mrs. Dumps; that oe course, yeas ny no means
matter nf M ines,. have before remarked
tina she was descended from tn Cofhns; she
was now ga,he ed 10 her anc"s ors
Dump, had long ben proud ot gen'iliy OF
appearance, u suit Of block had Re n his wrk
in,, dSy costume, nothiag ,hyrefte could ne
more sv dian 20, DAM lusn gentleman.
He did so; took VIII 4 Gr,ve,epd; chose
for his own sill ing room { amber 'haIlo"k
ed ag ms d dead wa !, and whilst be was lyi"g
in stare upon,he >quans OF is sofa, lie though:
s,riou,ly of he education Of his son, and re-
solved ,ha, he should be Instantly tsugh' the
de d languages.
S,ghmon Dumps was decidly young man
Of serious turn Of mind. The mrtropoli'
had Few attractions for HIM; he loved 10 ii"ge'
near the mnnnMen,; and il ever he thought 81
a continental excur,ion, the Caacombs aud
Per. Ia Chaise we're HIS srducers.
His father died-his old EN- loy r furnished
him with funeral; the mule was silesced, and
the moui ner was mourn,d.
Sighmnn Dnmps bee anne more seriuus than
ever; he had !. decided nervous malady, a. abb
bCrrpnce Of snciey, and a sensitive shrinking
when he frl, that anybody was locking a. hin
He lad heard of The invisible girl: he would
have given worlds 20 have been an invisible
youne gentleman. and to have giidrd in and
gu, Of rooms. Undecided aud unseen. like draf
through kcvhole This, however, va, no 70
br his lot, ike insn 'used with leaking
shoes, stepping lghdv and tip'oeing walled
not creak ,lways t.ayed him when he wat
most aux,uus oieep into corner.
A, his f,,her's dra'h h. found himself pos
s.ssed Of a competency aud a villa but he vas
unhappy, hr was known in the neigborhuod,
people called on him, and he was expcc ed to
Call on them, and these Calls and re-cals bored
him. He never, in his l,E could abide locking
ny onrs srra,gh' in the face; pair Of human
eyes meeting lis own was actually painful to
lin 1t was not 10 be endured. He sold his
villa AVID determined to go 10 some place where
being a.ato,al stranger) he might pass unno
iced and unknown, attracting 40 attention, no
rmatks.
lie went 10 Caeltrnham and consulted Bots
'agon about hi, nerves, was teconu' ndeG a
curse of the waters, and horse ex. rcise
Fine son Of he we-2er very naturally thou ght
he had already "too much Of wa:er;" he,
| 'owe.er, hired nag, 'ook m.l'Suburb IN
.dging, and as nobody spoke o him nor seem
e. 20 care about him, he grew better and felt
edatrly happy. This blcst srolusion, " The
orld forgetting. by the world forgo,," was not
ne prede >,ined fate Of sighnon: odd creu:ns'
c-s always brought him into notice. he horse
he had hired was pitbald, sweet gle, ami
NAL warranted safe support for timid inv a.
lid On this penaid did Dumps jog though
the green lanes IN brown studies.
One day as he PASSED a cottage face peered
al him through an open window he heard an
exclamation Of delight, The door opened, and
an elderly female ran after him. enireating him
10 stop, much against the grain hr complied.
S'lwas heaven sen, you, sir" said his per-
suer, gu, Of breath; "gtvr me- for the love Of
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