New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-18
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Mss Tox inclined her head; but very coiiy IN
deed. Nv.
Joe's lurinary has been out OF town. Ma s'il'
| perhaps, inquired the MAJOR.
I ou, OF town oh no | have not been our .,
town" said Miss Tox. Il have been much engaged
lately Ny time Is nearly all devoted to some very
intimate friends Ism afraid have noue 10 spare
even now. Good morning, Sir
As Miss Tox with her most fascinating step ana
carriage disappeared from Princesss Place the
Major stood looking after her with buer tace tnan
ever muttering aId growing some nor at aA COM
plin.entary remarks
. WHY. iamu,e. Sir. said the MAJOR rolling his
lobster ewes round and round Princesss Place snd
s,osrropbizns its fragrant air six months ago, the
woman loved the ground Josh BasstocA walked on
What's the meaning OF II
The Major decided, after some consideration, that
it meant man traps that II meaat plotting ana
SHARING: that Miss Tox was digging pitfalls " out
vou won catch Joe Ma am, said the Mayor
:. =, rnuch Ma am. tough is J B. Tough. and
3e.v;lish sly over which reflection he chucked
for the rest OF the day.
But still when that day and many other days
were gone ana past. II seemed that MISS loS ICON
no heed whatevero. the Major, ana thought nolfi'nS
at all about him She had been wont, once upon
time 70 look out at one OF ner little dark wlndoWS
by accident and blushiu-ly return the MAJOR
greeting but now. she never gave the MAJOR
chance and cared nothing at all whether ne looNed
overthe way or not. Other changes had come -
pass too The Mayor. standing IN the shade OF ms
own apartment, could make out that RI ar Oh
greater smartness hai recently come over Miss
! Toxs house; that new cage with sllded wires
had been provided Tor the ancient little canary oiru
that divers ornaments. cut out otcocred crdooarus
( and paper seemed 10 decorate the chlmney-pic'e
and tables that plant or two had suddenly spr",,s
/ up In the windows that Miss ToN occaslonhi!
( practissd on the harpsichorI. whose garland oil
/ sweet peas was always displayed ostentatieusly'
crowned with the Copenhagen and Bird w alt2es IN
( 8 Music Book OF Miss ToX own copying
Over and above all this. Miss Tox had lonS been
/ dressed with uncommon care and elegance III s!lSh'
! mourning Bat this helped tie Major out oil ms
difficulty and he determined within himself that
/ she had come into n small legacy, and grown proud
/ Il was on the very next day after he had eaSeG
! his mind by arriving AZ tins decision that 'he MA
or sitting at ms breakfast saw an apparltloa so
tremendous ana wonderful IN Miss ToN slltte draw
/ ns.room that ne remained for some time rooted 10
his chair then rushing into the next room returned
with double barreled opera glass through winch
lie surveyed II mtently Tor some minutes
Its A BABY SIR said the Major, shutting up
the glass again Tor fifty thousand pound
The Major could n iorgetit. he could do nothing
bnt whistle and stare 10 that extent that his eyes
compared with what they now became. had been
! former times quite caveruous and sunken Day
after day. two three, four times week, tins Baby
reappeared, The Major continued to stare ana
whistle To all other intents and purposes he was
mind what he did He might have been black MS
well as blue and il would have been no conSe-
! queuce To her
The perseverance with which she walked out OF
| Princess Place to fetch this baby and ITS nurse
! and walked back with them aud walked home with
! them again and continually mounted guard over
! them aud the perseverance with which she nurscd
/ il herself and fed 1t. and played with IT, and lroZe
its Young blood with airs upon the harpslchort was
extraordinary. At about this same period too. she
was seized with passion for looking at certain
/ bracelet also with n passion Tor looking AT the
I moon of which she would take long observations
/ from her chamber window But whatever she looked
at sun moon stars or bracelets she looked no
more at the Major. And the Major whistled, and
( stared and wondered and lodged about his room.
/ and could make nothing OF It
q. You Il quite win my brother Pauls heart, and
/ that the truth my dear, said Mrs. Chick; one
! day.
| Miss Tox turned pale
:. He grows more like Paul every day. said Mrs
! Chick
! Miss Tox returned no other reply than by taking
the little Pail in her arms, and making his cockade
perfectly Hat and limp with her caresses
! &c His mother, my dear, said Miss Tox whose
acquaintance was to have made through you, does
/ he at all resemble her
Not mt all returned louisa
She was-shc was pretty believe ialtered
| Miss Tox
Why poor dear Fanny interesting said
| Mrs Chick after some judicial consideration.
Certainly interesting. She hal not that air of
commanding superiority which one would some
how expect. almost matter OF course. TO lind IN
my brothers wife had she that strength aud
ygor of mind which such a man requires
Miss Tox heaved deep sigh.
But she pleasing said Mrs Chick ex
tremely so And she meant oh dear, how well
poor Fanny meant
You Angel" cried Miss Tox to little Paul.
/ You Picture OF your own Papa /"
II the Major could have known how many hopes
and ventures. what n multitude OF plans and specu-
lations frosted ON that baby head; and could have
them lowering, in all their heterogeneous con
fusion and disorder round the puckercd cap Of the
unconscious little Paul he might have stared in.
! deed Then would he have recognized, among the
crowd some few ambitious notes and beams belong
Ing to Miss Tox then would he perhaps have un.
derStood the nature OF that ladys altering invest
lneut in the Dombey Firm.
If the child himself could have awakened in the
night and seen, gathered about his cradle-curtans,
faint reflections OF the dreams that other people had
OF HIM they might have scared him with good
reason But he slumbered on. alike unconscious OF
| the kind intentions OF Miss rox the wonder OF the
Major the early OF his sister and the stern.
visions OF his father and innocent that amy spot
OF earth contained Dombey Il Son.
End Of Part H.