New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-21

Ij-;a- s,Bcs bsr husband demise. Within th-ee
DAYS af:er Ms Chicks first alluso4 70 he-. this
excellent old LADY mad the satisfaction oi snrcIpat
ing handsome addition 20 her current receipts.
from the pocket OF Mr. DCmbey and OF receiving
Florence and her l,;ie brother Paal as inmates OF
Mrs. chick and Miss Tox who had brought them
doxa or the previous night which they sli-passed
az an hotel had inst i-i"en AVA from the door on
their iourlcv home again and Mrs. t!Pchin, with
he. back - the fi-e, stood renewing the ne"'-co
ers ike an old soldier Mrs. Pipchns m!ddIe-aged
1ece.-.- r,o,; naturet! and devoted slave bat pos
sessin- caunt and .ronbounI aspect and much
afflicted win bails IN her nose. was dlvestin-
Master Rhinestone OF the clean collar he had worn
on parade Miss Pankev, The only other little
boa!ier at present bad that moment been walked
oil 70 the Castle Dungeon. Al empty apartment. At
the back, devoted to correctional purposes Tor
having snifte! thrice IN the presence OF Visitors.
" eli SIR said Mrs. Plpchin 70 Paul, :" now
DO you think you shall Ike me
4 don't think shall Ike you at all replied
Paul . ! want 10 60 away. This IS ut my house
No. I: mine, retorted Ms PiPchin.
rs very nasty one, said Paul.
There s a worse place IN II than this though
said Mrs. Pipchin. where we shut up our bad
Has Re ever been in it !" asked Paul: pointing
ont Master Bilhcrstone.
Mrs. Pipchin nodded assent; and Paul had enough
to do Tor tine rest OF tina: day II surveying Master
Btharstore from head to foot and watching all the
workings OF his countenance. with the interest at
tachiuE to bog Of Mysterious and terrible eHPa-
risnces.
At one O'Clock taere was dinner. chiefly OF the
farinaceous and vegetable kind when Miss Pauaey
A mild little blue eyed morsel OF a child. who was
sliamI,oosd every morning. and seemed IN danger Of
being bedawev atogcthcrl was led in from cap
tIvitv b. the ogress herself and instructed that
body who sn5tfe, before visitors ever went 10
Heaven When this great truth had been thorough
IL impressed upon her she was regalsd with rice
and subsequently repeated the form OF grace estab
lished in the Castle. IN which there was special
clause thanking Mrs Pipchin tor a good dinner
Mrs Pipchin's niece Bcrinthia, took cold pork
Mrs Pipchin. whose constitution required warm
nourishmcnt made special repast OF mutton
chops which were brought in hot and hot, between
two plates and smelt very nice
As it raiued after dinner. and they couldn't y9Dut
walking on the beach and Mrs Pipchlns constltu-
ton required res: after chops, they went away with
Berry otherwise Bernthal to the Dungeon an
empty room looking out upon chalk wall and
wacr-hutt and made chastity by a ragged fireplace
without any stove in IT, EnlYcned 10y company.
however, this the best place after all Tor Der.
~ PLAYED with them there. and seemed to ENJOY
game at romps as much as they did until Mrs. Pip
chm kaockin. angrilv nj the wall, Ike the Cock
Lane Ghos, revived. they lett Oft and Berry told
them stories in whisper Til twilight.
For tea there wns plenty OF milk and water and
bread aud butter with little oacktea pot for Mrs
Pipchn aud Berry. ard buttered toast unlimited
for Mrs. Pipchn which was brought in, hot and hot
like the chops Though Mrs. Pipchin got very
greasy. outside. over this dish 1t didn't seem to
lubricate her. internally, Mt all for she WAS MS
fierce rs aud the hard gray eye knew no soft
enng
After tea Berry brought out little work box,
with the Royal Pavilion on the lid and fell to work
ing busily while Mrs PiPchin having put on her
spectacles and opened q great volume bound IN
green oalze, began to no.. And Whenever Mrs
Pipchn caught herself fallin, forward into the fire
and woke up she filped Master BitherstOne on
the nose for noddins too
At last 1t was the chldrens bedtime, and alter
prayers they went to bed. As little Miss Pankey
was afraid Of sleeping alone IN the dark, Mrs PIP
chin always made point of driving her up stairs
herself. ike sheep aud it was cheerful To hear
Miss Panhey moaning long alterward in the least
eligible chamber. aud Mrs Ppch.n now and then
going in 10 shake her. At about half past niue
o clock the odor OF warm sweet bread Mrs. Pip
chin's constitution would Mt 60 10 sleep without
sweet bread diversified the prevailing fragrance OF
the house which Mrs Wickam SAID was a smell
of building and slumber fell uPan the Castle
shortly after
The breakfast next morning was like the tea over
night except that Mrs Pipchin took her roll instead
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over Master Bitherstone read aloud to the rest Il
pedicree from Genesis lludiciously selected ny
Mrs Pipchinl getting over tie names with 'hs case
and clsRrness OF person tumpiIhg up tue tteau
mill That done, Miss Pankey was borne away 10
bs sllampoocd and Master Bltherstone TO have
something else done TO BIN wlth salt water from
which he always returned very blue and detected
Paul and Florence went out III the meantime on
the beach with Wickam-who WAS constantly In
tears-and at abou, noon Mrs. Pipchln presided
over some early readings. II beng part Of Mrs
Pipchins system not to encourage chds mind TO
develop and expand itself Ike young flower but
To omen IL By force like anoyster the moral OF these
lessons was usually OF violent and stunning char
acter. the hcro-a naughty boy-sedcni, IN the
pidest catastrophe being finished off by any thing
less than lion or bear
Such was h;a at Mrs PIpchns. On Saturday
NJ pombev came down; and Florence and Paul
Yould 20 10 his hotel and have tea. They passed
the whole OF Sunday with him, and generally rode
out before dinner and on these occasions Mr.
D1mbey seemed 10 grow, like alstai; assallants
and instead OF being one man IN buckram, 70 be
come a dozen Sunday evening was the most
melancholy evening IN the week Tor Mrs. Pipchin
always made point OF being particularly cross ON
sunday nights Miss Pankey was generally brought
back from M sunts at Rottendean III deep dis
tress and Master Bitherstone whose relatives
were all In India aud who was required 10 SIT, be
tween the services IN an erect position, with his
head against the paror wal. neither moving hand
nor foot. suffered so acutely in his young spirits
tat he once asked Florence, ON Sunday night If
she could give him any idea OF the way back to
Bengal
But 1t was generally said that Mrs Pipchin was
woman OF system with children; aud no doubt
she was Certainly the wild ones went home tame
enough, after sojourning Tor few moaths beneath
her hosptable roof 1t was generally said too that
it was highly credi,able for Mrs Pipchin to have de
voted herself to this way OF e, and TO have made
such sacrifice OF her feelings, and such resoute
stand against her troubles when Nj. PiPchin broke
his heart in the Peruvian mines
At.his exemplary old lady Paul would sit staring
Ia his little arm chair by the ire Tor any length OF
time. He never seemed 20 know what WEAKNESS
was. when he was looking tixedly at Mrs. Pipcbin.
He was no, fond of her; he was not afraid OF her
but in those old moods OF his. she seemed to
have some sro,esque attraction Tor him There he
would SIT. looking at her. and warming his hands,
and looking at her until he sometimes quite con
founded Mrs. Pigchin osress as she vas Once
she asked him when they were alone what he was
YOU. SAID Paul. without the least reserve
Aud what are YOU thinking ABOUT me asked