Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-12-11


discriminating in her wrath, 'ard really feel it
AS honor to receive your commands, being
black slave ard mulot'cr. Mrs. Richards il
there's any other orders you can give me, pray
mention EN-
Nonsense orders said Polly.
oh bless your heart Mrs. Richards cried
Susan, temporaries always orders permanent
ccs here, did MT You know that why wherever
was you born, Mrs. Richards But wherever
you was born, Mrs. Richards pursued Spitire,
shaking her hoa dresolutclv, and whenever, and
however, (Which is best known TO yourself) you
may bear in mindpie1se that its one thing to give
orders, and quite another thing to take EN-.
person may tell person TO dive off a bridge
head foremost into iive-and-forty feet of water.
Mrs. Richards, but person may be very far
from diving
There now said Polly. YOU re angry be-
cause vou'rea gc 4 little thing, and fond of Miss
I Florence !; and vet Won turn round on me, be-
cause there's nobody else
It's very easy Tor some to keep their tempcrs,
and be soft spoken, Mrs. Richards returned
Susan, slightly Modified. when their child's
made as much of as prince, and is petted and
patted till it wishes its friends further, but when
sweet young pretty innocent that never ought
TO have cross word spoken to or of it. is run
down. the case is very different indeed. Ny
goodness gracious me, Miss Floy, you naughty,
sinful Child, you don't shut your eyes this mi
mute. Il call in them hobgobIins that lives in the
cock-loit, TO come and eat you up alive! !
/ Here Miss Nppcr made a horrible lowing,
supposed to issue from conscientious goblin Of
the bull species, impatient to discharge the se
we're duty of his position. Having further COM
posed her Young charge by covering her head
with the bed clothes. and making three or four
angry dabs at the pillow. she folded her arms
and screwed up her mouth, and set looking at
the lire for the rest of the evening.
/ Though little Paul was said, in nursery
phrase, to take deal of notice for his age he
took as little notice of all this as Of the prepara-
tons for his christening on the next day but one !;
winch nevertheless went on about him, as to his
/ personal apparel, and that of his sister and two
! nurses, with great activity. Neither did he, on
the arrival of the appointed morning show any
sense OF its importance being. on tue contrary,
unusually inclined to sleep, and unusually In
cined to take it i'll in his attendants that they
dressed him to 90 out
It happened to be an iron-grav autumnal day,
with shrewd east wind bowing-a day in
keeping with the proceedings. Mr.. Dombey re-
presented in himsefthe wind, the shade, and an
tumn ofthc christening. He stood in his library
TO receive the company. as hard and cold the
weather and when he looked ont through the
gdsS room, AT tle trees IN tilc niue garden, tIIclr
brown and yellow leaves came Tutoring down,
"a if he blighted them.
Ugh They were black. cold rooms ;and see
med to be in mourning. like the inmates of the
housc.-The books precisely matched as to size.
and drawn up in line. like soldiers looked in
their cold. hard. slippery uniforms, as if they
had but one idea among them. and that was a
FIRE yer. The booi.-case. glazed and locked. re.
+, nuHiatoI all fami,nrtie-. Ir. Pitt, in bronze
On die top, win no trace OF his celestial origin
about HIM guarded the unattlinabe tire lsure like
, an enchanted Moor. y dusty urn at each h 9,
, corner, dug up from an ancient tomb, preach
Ell dnsolation and decay. As from two pulpits
and the chimney-glass. rejecting Mr. Dombe,
: and his portrait al one blow, seemed fraugh
with melancholy medtations.
The stiff and stark hre-iron- appeared to CLAIM
, a nearer relationship than any thing else ther
to Mr.. Dombey, with his buttoncd coat hi
: white cravat. his heavy gold watch-cain an
: his cracking boots. Bat this was before the ar
: rival of Mr. and Mrs. Chick his lawful relative,
who soon presented themselves
r Ny dear Paul Mrs. Chick murmured. a
she embraced him, 9 the beginning hope, c
/. many joyful DAYS y
!, Thank YOU. Louisa said Mr.. Dombav. grim
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