New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-18

the Nipper proposition.
The matter being settled thus, little Paul sessn
TO cry most piteousy as II he had oreeoding that
no good would come OF il
What the matter with the child e ssked
Susan
He $ cold. think, said Polly walking with
him 10 and fro and hushins him.
Ii was a bleak autumnsl afternoon indeed and
ss she walked and rshed, and, glsncing through
the dreary windows pressed the little fellow closer
to her breast the withered leaves came showeriug
down
CHAPTER VI
Palrs Second pep-trdslon
Polly was bese! BY so many missvinss In the
morning. that but for the incessant promptngs .!
her black eyed companion she would have abcn
doned all thoughts OF the expedition, and formally
petitioucd tor leave TO number one hundred
and forty.seven under the awful shadow Of Mr
Dombey's roof But Susan, who was personally
disposed in favor of the excursion, and who like
Tony Lumpkin) ii abe could bear the dsappoint
nents OF other people with tolerable orttude, could
not abide to dsaproint herself threw 30 many IN
genious doubts in the way Of this second thought,
and stimulated the original intention with so many
ingenious arguments, that almost as soon as Mr.
pombeys stately back was turned, and that gentle
man was pursuing his daily road towar1 the city
his unconscious son was on his way to Stages
Gardens
This euphonious locality was situated IN sub
urb known by the inhabitants Of Stages Gardens
by the name OF Canberling Town; designation
which the Strangers Map OF London. as printed
with view to pleasant and conmodloup refer
encel on pocket handkerchies, condensea, with
some show OF reason, into Camden Town Hitier
the two nurses bent their steps, accompanied by
their charges Richards carrying Paul OF course
and Susan leading little Florence BY the hand. and
giving her such jerks and pokes. from time TO time
as she considered it wholesome to administer
The first shock OF great earthquake had, just at
that period rent the whole neigbborhood TO the con
ter Traces OF its course ere visible on every side
Houses were knocked down; streets broken through
and stopped deep pits and trenches dug in the
ground enormous heaps OF earth and clay thrown
up buildings that were undermined and shaking
dropped by great beams OF wood. Here chaos
of carts overthrown and jumbied together, lay
topsy-turvy at the bottom OF steep unnatural bil
there confused treasures OF iron soaked and rusted
in something that had accidentally become pond
Every where were bridges that led no where tho.
roughtares that were wholly impossible; Babel
towers of chimneys wanting halt their hight TEN
oornrv wooden houses and enclosures, IN the most
unlikely situations carcases OF ragged tenehehts
and fragments OF unfinished walls and arches, and
piles of scatlodng, and wdemesses oil bricks, ana
siant forms of cranes and tripods strsddlng above
nothing There were d hundred thousand shapes
and substances Of incompleteness, wildly mingled
out Of their places, upside down burTowing IN the
earth aspiring in the air mouldering IN the water,
and unlntelligibe as any dream Hot springs sna
fiery eruptions the usual attendants upon earth
ouakes lent their contributions OF confusion 10 the
scene Boiling water Kissed and heayed within
dilapidated walls whence also. tho glare and roar
of flames came issuing forth and MOUNDS OF asncs
blocked up rights Of way, and wholly changed tue
law and custom Of the neighborhood
In short the yet unfinished and unopened nan,
I road was in progress and. from the very core OF
all this dire disorder trailed smoothly away, upon
its mighty course OF civilization and improvement
Hnt as vet the neighborhood was shy 10 own the
Railroad One or two bold spectators hsd pro.
iscted streets and one had ouiit h'Iie' Dut mao
s;ooped among the mud and ashes 70 consider iHI'
,bsr IF n A oran.new Tavern, retolent OF fresh
/ ,nor,az and size and fronting nothing at all, had
,sk.o for its sign The Railway Arms; but that
oybt be rash enterprise--and then 1t hoped to sell
drink 70 the aorkmen. 90, the ExcEyators House
of Call had sprQng up from beer ihop; and the
oldestabshed Ham and Beef Shop had become
The Railway Eating House, with roast leg OF
pork daily through interested motives OF SIMILAR
immediate and popular description Lodging house
k..pers were favorable in like manner and Tor the
ike reasons were not 10 be trusted The genera
belief was very slow. There were irowzy fields,
and cowhouses, and dungbillS, and dnstbeaps, and
bitches and gardens and summer houses, and car
oerbearing grounds. q, the very door Of the haii'
! way Little tumuh OF oyster shells In the oyster
,eason and OF lobster smells In the lobster seaaon,
and OF broken crockery and faded cabbage leaves
in all seasons encroached upon It's high places
Posts and rails, and old cautions 70 uesPass.'s,
sno backs of mean houses and patches OF wrescneo
veost ation stared IL out Of countenance Sotnns
was tf;e better for IT, thought OF being 70; ns
miserable waste ground lying near II eooi1 n as
( lauohed il would have laughed II 10 scofn, NAV
( many of riae rnissrable neighbour
staeg's Gsrdecs was uncolnmonly nsefeooloa,es,
It was hide row of houses, with litte saaus'.o
patches of ground before them fenced on WIN Ole
doors barrel slaves scraps Of tarpauiin, ana oead
bushes with botsomless IN Kettles and exhausted
irou tenders thrust lntothe gaps. here tne ctagg
&C.,. trained scarlet beans, KEEP. fowls and
49, s-sctec rotre,, summer houses, lone was g1
"a 10, lid clothes, and smoked pipes Some
90 ~ ooinor tts: stsggs Gardens derived its
-. s,oy5 deceased capitalist, one Mr.. Stages,
~ bad built-it Tor his delectation Others, who
bsd natural taste for the country held that IL ds
r.d rou those rural times when the sDtlered herd.
| under the familiar denomination OF staggses had
resored Us shady precincts. BE this as It may.
Stages Gardens was regarded by It's population az
sacred grove not 70 be withersd by railroads ana
80 confident were they generally OF Its long OUT
hying any such ndiculocs inventions thas me mas
ter chimney weeper at the corner, WHO "ss J
derstood 10 take the lead IN the Local po;itics "
Gardens had publicly declared that On se &c
of the Railroad opening If 1t ever cia open, .wo "
his bo.s should asceud the fues OF ms 'Sess,
vtb instructions 20 hal the iailcre WI" "eisA'D
ieers from the ch;rlney-pots, Ills,
To his pnhaIlowed spot, the very name oi "ntch
ia h;,ber+o been carefully concealed lrom M.
49, h., his sister was ittle Paul now borne oy
/ FATE and Richards
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