Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-01-22
DOMBEY AND son.
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mt IN record IL LisraS tf,llv--o witch. and
p,nl and tho "a, bcr two f,mil;,rs ms they all
en-, bv The fro ,oro,bcr 7, would have been
ouitc in keeninc With the anncarance of the par
~ if thew Ind all srrnnc nm the chimney in
bicb wind ono n;ght and nevcr been heard of
INV more
This. however. never came to pass. The
cat. and paul and Mrs pipchin. were constant
" to bn f,nnJ in their usual places after dark
and PAM cschrwinr the companionship of Mas
ter Bitherstone. went on studying Mrs. Pipchn,
and thc cat. and the fire. nrht after niuh,. as
if tbnv were a book of necromancv, in three
volumes.
Mrs. Wickam put her own construction on
Paul's ccccntricitics and being confirmed in
her low spirits by pcrpexcd view of chmneys
from the room where she was accustomed to sit.
and by the noise of the wind. and by the general
dullness (rashlincss was Mrs Wickam's strong
expression) of her present life. dcdnced the most
dismal reflections from the foregoing premises.
II was mart of Mrs. pipchins policy to pre-
vent her own .vounr bussv'--that was Mrs.
Pipchin's generic name for female servant
from communicating with Mrs Wckam: to
which end she devoted much of her time to con-
cealing herself behind doors. and springing out
on that devoted maiden. whenever she made an
approach toward Mrs Wckam's aparment-
But Berry was free to hold what converse she
could in that quarter. consistently with the dis
toiled nccssantlv from morning to night and
to Berry. Mrs. Wckom unburlened her mind.
whit pretty fellow he i, when he's asleep.
said Berry, stopping to look at Paul in bed one
night when she took up Mrs. Wickams supper
.Ah!' sighed Mrs. Wickam. sHe need be-
.Why. he's not ugly when he's awake OBJ
served Berry.
NO. Main. Oh. no. No more was nv un-
c!e's Betscy Jane said Mrs. Wickam.
I. Al
connection of IDEAS between Paul Dombey, and
Mrs. Wickam's uncle Betsey Jane.
NV uncle's WIFE Ms. Wickam went on TO
saw died lust like his mama. Mvnncle's child
took on lust as Master paul do. Nv uncle's
child made peoples blood run cold. sometimes.
she did.
How ?, asked Rerrv
Il wouldn't have sat IN all ,rb, ,lone with
Retsev J,nc,' said Nrs W;cL,r, M, If vop'd
have mt Wickam in,o business ravt morn;rc
for himself | conlln,t have done if. Miss
Berry
Miss Rory ra,ur,lIv ,slod rhv mr., Rut
Mrs. Wickam. arrceaijv 70 the nsage Of some
ladies' in her condition. nnrsucI bor avn branch
of the subiect. without anv conjunction
.Be,sev Janc.' said Mrs Wick,m .y,s =
.waat , chilli rs I conIJ wish 70 soo JooulI.n,
wish r. 500 a s,yeo,ar E,er thinr, b,t .h;lJ
could have in the wav Of iIlnssses Re,sev lana
had come thronub 'rhe cr,,nns was.as COM
mon tn bnr sid Mr. W;cla,o .as lila, -
vonrsof Mis- Rarry ui,s Rerr, ;rvnlnn,a'
yilv wrinliad bor no!c i''' '"'0'''''
RI, Ro,so,, lava, s,id u.s 1y;o,,o,, 1o,,.-
o-;pr hor ,o,o nni I,at;n,, ..,',,,J ,I,a o"
and io,r, ri pani in hod .hal , ";u ~
b.r cradle h,, hnr ian,r,ad - ',II'.,
saw how. nor Icoul,i,,t saw whem NOR couii'.t
.,y u.ho,bar ,j,o l,'r ~; ~ ,,' Nv, .D''i''
R,tsav lane he'd L,o, ,,.a.or',I h. H., -,
Mis- Rorrv you NAV. ~, na ny ,,e I'. w.,
ofTsnJoJ N;.s hano s, ~, w
think in vour NV, crnsc;o,ca ,f,,;, u; '''u o ~
,nrs, vou.u find ,onr .,,irt' al tho Lo,,o. g.,
!, in tl,i .ou .'o a.. ~
This burvnG.cronnJ If =, nl,,.o ,rI,;cb !. 80,
ino or me dmvn N,s,or p,nI', Httio ros,loss
in his sleen, Pat his back if Won n ni,.,
.Of course vou tbi,I,, said porrrt. ro,,,,,. do
;nr wh,t sbe vas asked .,h,, he I,s hoon ,rrrs
cd nv his mother ion D
Kelsey lane re;uroad Mrs Wck,m in bor
mast solemn tone; wa. nut mon a. that chiIJ
has been nut mon AMI cb,nrod ne tb,t cliiJ
has cbanded | hova seem Lcr Sit ol,on nnJ
o6on think think tb;r,;nr Tho Inn Ib,ra
seen her look often md otlon old old Old
like him. Ihaye heard her. many n Time talk
lust like him. consider that child md Be,scv
lane IN tbe Same fo,,;rr on,irol,, Me, Re-,
is your uncle's child alive y asked Rarry
Yes Miss. she is alive returned Mrs
Wickam with an air of trium,h for if was owl.
dent that Miss Berry expected the reverse. and
is married to a si!ver.chaser. Oh. YES Miss
SuE is alive said Mrs Wick,m. l,vinr strono
stress on her nomina,ivc case.
II heinz clear that somebody was d,od Mrs
Pipchin's niece manfred vim II was
II wouldn't wish to make Won nncasv, 70
turned Mrs. Wickhan. mrsnin, h.r .,n,or
.Do'nt as, mo, ffS
This was tho srrost v,,,, of ho;,,. .,.o.
ar,in Miss Rcrrv renc,,oI bar o,o.,;r, ,hnro
fore and after some re.ist,rra anI roI"c,anoo
Mrs. Wicknm laid down her kniC. omJ ona;
dancing aro,,nd thc rnnn and n, p,ui i, "f LaI
said. - '''
Sbo took G,ncics IN noonIo ul,;,,.;o., 9, >,
cics some Of them other. affection. ,la, ' "m
might cxnect to sno-~ony s,ro,rer tlan o' oa'
mon. Thcv all died. '''''' N''
This was 50 very pucvnac,,d and ,,r,l ,
Mrs. Ppchin's niece. that she sat unrirht n
the hard edge of the bed.ead. breathing shor
and surveying her informant with looks of II,
disguised alarm
Mrs. Wickam shook her lcf r,re fiup.r steo
thily toward the bed where Florence law: the
turned it upside down and made several cmpha,
ic points at the floor; immediate below whic
was the parlor in which Mrs Pipchin habituall
consumed the toast.
RI memher my words Miss B ,rry,' said Mr.
III. 4 T.