The national whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1847, 1847-08-03

L
ish ill-still, you know, feel that duty
4 devolyes upon me. And when duty de-
wolves upon an Englishman, he is bound 4
get rid of it, in my opinion, in the bes
way he can. Well! our family has hae
the qualification, to-day, of connecting it.
self, in the person of my lovely and &C.
compllshed relative, whom now see-iI
point OF fact, present."
Here there is general applause.
Present repeats Cousin Feenix, feel.
ing that it is a neat point which will bear
repetition,-" with one who-that is to
say, with man, at whom the finger Of
scorn'can neyer--in fact, with my honorable
irieod Dombej, Il he will allow me to ell
him SOD
Cousin Feenix bows to Mr.. Dombey
Mr.. Dombey soiemnly returns the bow
everybody is more or less grati6ed and
affected by this extraordinary, and perhaps
unprecedented, appeal TO the feelings.
Il have not" says Cousin Feenix, !" en-
joyed those opportunities which ] could
have desired, of cultiyating the acquain-
lance Of my friend Dombey, and studying
those qualities which do equal honor to his
head, and, in point Of fact, to his heart;
for il has been my misfortune to be, as we
used to say in my time in the House OF
Commons, when it was not the custom to
alude 10 the Lords, and when the order Of
parliamentary proceedings was perhaps bet
ter observed than it is now-to be in LIN
point Of fact" says Cousin Feenix, cherish
ing his joke, with great slyness, and finally
bringing it out with . jerk, Gin another
placen"
The Major falls into commissions, and is
recovered with difficulty.
s.But know sufficient Of my friend
Dombey," resumes Cousin Feenix in a
graver tone, as if he had suddenly became
a sadder and wiser man, ssto know that
he is, in point of fact, what may be en-
phatically called IA merchant British
merchant--and a--and man. And altho'
have been resident abroad for some years
Git would give me great pleasure to receive
my friend Dombey, and everybody here, al
Baden Baden, and to have an opportunity
Of making 'em known to the Grand Duke,)
still know enough, flatter myself, OF my
lovely and accomplished relative, to know
that she possesses every requisite to make
man happy, and that her marriage With
my friend Dombey is one Of inclination
and affection on both sides"
Many smiles and mods from Mr.. Cerker.
Therefore," says Cousin Feenix, 81
congratulate the family Of which am a
member, on the acquisition Of my friend
Dombey. congratulate my friend Dom
bey on his union with my lovely and ac-
complished relative, who possesses every
requisite 10 make man happy and take
the liberty of calling on you all, in point
of fact, to congratulate both my friend
Dombey, and my lovely and accomplished
relative, on the present occasion"
The speech of Cousin Feenix is received
with great applause, and MIR. Dombey re-
turns thanks on behalf Of himself and Mrs,
A Dombey. ] B. shortly afterwards proposes
Mrs. Skewton. The breakfast langushes
!. when that's done, the violated Indictments
are avenged, and Edith rises to assume her
travelling dress,
4 Allthe servants, in the meantime, have
been breakfasting below. Champagne has
grown too common among them to be men
TONED, and roast fowls, raised pies, and
| lobster salad, have become mere drugs.
4 The very tall young man has recovered his
spirits, and again alludes to the excisemap.
His comrades eye begins to emulate his
4 own, and he, too, stares at objects, without
taking cognisance thereof. There is ge-
neral redness in the faces Of the ladies'; in
the face of Mrs. Perch particularly, who is
joyous and beaming, and lifted so far above
the cares of life, that if she were asked just
now TO direct wayfarer to Balls Pond,
where her own cares lodge, she would have
some difficulty in recalling the way. Mr.
Towlinson has proposed the happy pair
to which the silver-headed butler has re.
sponded neatly, and with emotion; for he
4 half begins 10 think he is an old retainer
Of the family, and that he is bound to be
affected by these changes. The whole
party, and especially the ladies', are very
frolicsome. Mr.. Dombey's cook, who ge
neraIiy takes the lead in society, has said
it is impossible to settle down after this
and why not GO, in party, to the play
4 Everybody Mrs. Perch included) ha'
agreed to this; even the Native, who i.
tigerish in his drink, and who alarms tn,
ladies Mrs. Perch particularly by the roll
ing OF his eyes. One of the very tall yount
men has even proposed ball after th'
I play, and it presents itself TO no one MRS
Perch included) in the light Of an impos
sibiity. Words have arisen between thu
housemaid and Mr.. Towlinson; she, OF
the authority Of an old saw, asserting mar
riages to be made in Heaven: he, affecting
to race the manufacture elsewhere; he
supposing that she says so, because sh'
thinks of being married her own self: she
saying, Lord forbid, at any rate, that sh
should ever marry him. To calm thes
flying ,aunis, the silver-headed butler rise
to propose the health Of Mr.. Towlinson
whom to know is to esteem, and to esteem
is 10 wish well settled in life with the OBJ
jec. Of his choice, wherever there the sill
ver-headed butler eyes the housemaid) sh
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