New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-12-28
CHAPTER XLviL

not a footprint did she mark upol H. bat he set his
own there straight
CHAPTER XLyu.
Tie IiHn.tTtok
Thu barrier between Mr. DOmbey and bis wife |
was not weakened by time. Ii-assortct couple. !
unhappy ia themselves aGd ia each other bound |
together hy no tie bat the manacie that loLed their
lettered hands. ald strainlng that 50 hashy, in /
their shrinking a-under that II wore and ctaicd 10
the bone. Time. CONSIDER Oi affection aud slitener
OF anger could go nothing go help them. Their |
pride. however different M Kind and Object was |
equal 10 degree aud ia their hnty opposition |
struck out hire between them which might sm0l |
der or might blaze as circumstances we've, bat
burned up every thing within their mutual reach |
aud made their marriage way road OF ashes.
Lot us be Just TO him. Ia the monsirous delu
SION OF his lie, swelling with every grain Of sand
that shifted in It's glass be urged her lie little
thought 90 what, considered how but still his
feeling toward her such as u was, remained as AZ
trst She had the grand dement, OF unaccoIntaby
putting herself in opposition 10 the recognition Of
his vast Importance. aud o the acknowledgment Oi
her complete submission 10 u, and 50 Tar 10 vas ne
cessary 10 correct and reduce her but otherwise
he still considered her. in his co.d~ay, lady capa
bic of doing honor, II she would. 10 his choice and
name, and of rejecting cred on his proprietoship
Now she with all her might OF passionate ana
proud resentment. bent her dark glance rom day
10 day and hour % hOur-lrOm that night In her
own chamber, when she had sat gazing no the
shadows on the wall. to the deeper night fast
coming-upOn one figure directing n crowd Of hu
Mutations and exssperatons against her aad thai
figure still her husDai-is.
Was Nj. Dombeys mastervice that ruled him
50 iuexorably, an unnatural Characteristic IL
might be worth while sometimes 10 inquire what
Nature is. and how mcn work Ia change her, and
whether in the enforced distortions produced. 10
IS not natural 20 be unnatural Coop any son or
daughter OF our mighty mother within narrow
range and bind the prisoner to one deai and oster
II by servie worship OF Il ON the part OF tie few
tmid or designing people STANDING round, aud what
is Nature to the willing captive who has never
risen up upon the wings @. free mind-drO0piug
AID useless soon--to Sc her in her compr, hensye
truth
Alas are there so few things in the world
about as. most unnatural. and yet meg. natural 10
| being So Hear the magistrate or Judge sdm0nish
the unnatural outcasts OF society unnatural IN
brutal habits. unnatural IN wan, OF decency. un.
natural IN losing and c0nl0unding oil distinctions
between goOd and evil unnatural ia ignorance Ia
! vice. IN rccElcssness. ll cJntumacy, ia mind, IN
| looks. Ia everything But follow the good clergy
man or doctor who Win hls lie impei.led al
every breath he draws, goes down into their dens,
lying within the echoes OF our carriage wheels enG
daily tread upon the pavement stones Lookround
upon the world OF odiOus sIghts-mllllOns oil i'm
mort IL creatures have no other world on eRr-h-at
the lIghtest mention Of which humanity reyOlts
and dainty deicacy living Ia the next street stops
her ears, and isps don't believe u! Breathe
the polluted air, foul with every impurity that is
poisonous 20 health and lie aud have every sense,
conferred upon our race for It's delight and happi
ness offended, sickened and Disguised, and made
a channel by which misery and death alone can
enter. Nsinly attempt 70 think OF any simple
plant. or flower, or wholesome weed, that, ser IN
this ieted bed. could have IT'S natural growth or
put its little leaves forth 10 tie God design
nd ruasfIU child.
with s,unted form and wicked face, hold forth on
rs unnatural siniulness anI lament It's being, 50
early, far away from Heayen-but think little OF
is having been conceived, and born. aud Bred IA
He'll
Those who study the physical sciences and
bring them u bear upon the health Of Man tell us
that If the PARTICLES that rise from vtlated
Dir were papable u the sight we should see
them lowering IN dense black cloud above such
haunis. and rolling slowly Ou - corrupt the better
portion OF a town. But Il the moral pestieuce that
rises with them, and In the eternal laws oil out
ragged Nature. is insepsrabie from them. could be
made disccfnsbie too, how terrible the revelation
Then should We see deprayity, impiety, drunken
less, theft murder add 4 long tram Of nameess
sius against the natural affections and repulslons
| Of mankind, overhauging the devoted spots aud
creeping on. 70 blight the innocent and spread con
| tagl0n among the pure. Then should We see how
the same poisoned Juntains that hOw into our
hospitals aud iazar-hOgsls mgudate the iaiis and
make the convict ships sHim deep, and roll across
| the seas aud Overrun vast continents with crime.
Then should We stand appalled, to know, that
where &c generate disease 10 strike our children
| down and entail itself on unborn generations there
also breed, by the same certain process, inian
| cv that Knows uO innocence. youth without
modesty or shame, maturity that IS mature Ia
nothing bat 10 suffering aud guilt, blasted Old age
| that is a scandal on the form We bear. Unnatural
humanity When We shall gather grapes from
thorns. aud fss ilom tnistles when fields Of grain
sd all spra up from the Otai 10 the by VaysOi our
| wicked cities and roses bloom Ia the lac church.
| Yards that they cherish then We may look for
natural humanity, snd md II growing from such
| seed.
Oh for a good spint y ho would take the house.
| tops OF. with more poteHt and oenlauant hand
than theaue demon 10 the tale aud show Christian
people what dar6 shapes issue from amid their
homes T. swell the rstiD1e 1i the DESTROY ing An
| eel a. he moves forth among shem Fox only one
night view Of the pale phantoms rising from the
scenes Of our too long negle = AMI, from the thick
| and suilen air where Wee and Fever propagate
tlca Their raining the IRENE lloussoca refribgtons
| which are ever pouring down. and ever coming
uickeri Bri-ht and b.est the morning that should
i rise on such a night. for men. delayed no more by
| stumbling blocks OF their own making mich are
but specks Of dust upon the path between them
add eternity. would then apply themselves Ike
| creatures oil one common origin. owning one duty
10 the Father OF une family, and tending b one
common end, - make the world better place
Not the less bright and blest would that day be
| fl- r1qsing sone who never have looked out upon
the world Of human life around them % knoTi-
| edge Of their Own relation . 10, and f1r making
them acquainted with a perersiol OF Nature In
their own contracted - mpsthies and estimates
~ great and set AZ natural M It's development
when once begun. as the lowest degradation known.
But 20 such day had ever daw1ed On Mr. Dom
bev or his wife; and the course OF each was taken
through six months that ensgsd upon bis accI
dent they he'd the salse relations one toward the
other mss5le rock caGid nor have stood more